The president said he would promote more competition, but broke with promises that he made while campaigning, like calling for Medicare to negotiate lower prices.
The president, angry about an increase in illegal immigration, dressed down Kirstjen Nielsen in front of the entire cabinet during a meeting on Wednesday.
Rudolph W. Giuliani described hush-money payments like the ones made on behalf of President Trump as routine. Greenberg Traurig said it did not condone such arrangements.
The head-snapping rhetorical turn has opened the president to criticism that he has been too quick to embrace a brutal leader as a worthy negotiating partner.
Breaking a campaign promise, President Trump will not push for the plan, which was popular with voters but not other Republican politicians, when he speaks on Friday about soaring prescription costs.
The likelihood of Mr. Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomatic efforts once seemed far-fetched. But as talks with North and South Korea progress, supporters see merit in the idea.
The president’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement opens several weeks in which he will finally put in place the “America First” approach he has long promised.