--- title: Donald Trump: How His Third Week Went description: President Trump's third week in office kept up the frenetic pace of his first two weeks. canonical: https://time.com/4664706/donald-trump-third-week-travel-ban-betsy-devos/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-10T19:36:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:42:01.231Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Biggest Moments of Trump’s Third Week og:description: From Nordstrom to Betsy DeVos and the travel ban og:url: https://time.com/4664706/donald-trump-third-week-travel-ban-betsy-devos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0facf2e48f233d39/6988b9678e060110de469205/trump-week-3-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP-SUPERBOWL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Biggest Moments of Trump’s Third Week twitter:description: From Nordstrom to Betsy DeVos and the travel ban twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0facf2e48f233d39/6988b9678e060110de469205/trump-week-3-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Travel Ban, DeVos and Nordstrom: The Biggest Moments of Trump's Third Week > Sponsored content. 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Jeff Sessions to be attorney general in the Trump administration despite fierce Democratic opposition to the Alabama Republican over his record on civil rights and immigration._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 10, 2017 7:36 PM UTC  President Donald Trump watches the Palm Beach Central High School marching band which greeted him as he arrived to watch the Super Bowl at Trump International Golf Club Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump watches the Palm Beach Central High School marching band which greeted him as he arrived to watch the Super Bowl at Trump International Golf Club Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 5, 2017. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 10, 2017 7:36 PM UTC President Trump’s third week in office kept up the frenetic pace of his first two weeks. Late on Friday, [a federal judge in Seattle](http://www.npr.org/2017/02/04/513446463/who-is-judge-james-l-robart-and-why-did-he-block-trumps-immigration-order) issued a temporary restraining order [halting the travel ban](http://time.com/4660416/donald-trump-ban-muslim-blocked/) on people coming from seven majority-Muslim countries. Trump lashed out at the ruling Saturday morning, tweeting that it would cause [“big trouble”](http://time.com/4660428/donald-trump-federal-judge-blocks-immigration-order/) for the nation’s security and referring to the “so-called judge.” A [three-judge panel](http://time.com/4662860/immigration-order-arguments-judges-what-to-know/) later [upheld the restraining order](http://time.com/4666551/travel-ban-donald-trump-ninth-circuit-appeals-decision/), leading to [more criticism from Trump](http://time.com/4666798/easy-d-donald-trump-tweet/). While [federal judges stayed silent](http://time.com/4664957/trump-tweets-judiciary-judges-gorsuch/), Trump’s own Supreme Court pick [said the attacks ](http://time.com/4664730/donald-trump-neil-gorsuch-tweet-judge-demoralizing/)were demoralizing. On Sunday, Trump faced indirect criticism from an unlikely source: [Super Bowl ads.](http://time.com/4660769/super-bowl-anti-trump-ads/) [Six members](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/sports/football/new-england-patriots-white-house-visit-donald-trump.html) of the winning [New England Patriots](http://time.com/4661940/new-england-patriots-devin-mccourty-white-house-donald-trump/) said they would not make the customary trip to the White House. Meantime, protesters started to turn up the heat at congressional town hall meetings over repeal of the Affordable Care Act, something Trump had once promised to do soon after taking office but which he now says [may take until 2018](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/donald-trump-health-care-law-repeal-replace-plan.html?%5Fr=0). Trump [spoke to the troops](http://time.com/4661131/watch-live-president-trump-addresses-macdill-air-force-base/) for the first time as commander-in-chief, using the occasion to argue that the media [“doesn’t want to report”](http://time.com/4661625/president-trump-media-report-terrorism/) on terrorist attacks. The White House later provided a list of attacks, which [many](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/07/the-trump-teams-list-of-78-underreported-terrorist-attacks-is-a-bit-of-a-mess/?utm%5Fterm=.2627ceb23a5c) [news](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/the-white-house-list-of-terror-attacks-underreported-by-media.html) [outlets](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/07/us/white-house-attacks-list-cnn-coverage/) [debunked](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/07/trump-list-underreported-terror-doesnt-back-up-claim.html) as [including](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/02/07/white-house-78-terror-attacks-list-trump/97582018/) attacks they covered. Trump’s pick for Education Secretary, billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, faced a tough confirmation vote as two Republican Senators defected, forcing Vice President Mike Pence to [break the tie](http://time.com/4662686/betsy-devos-education-secretary-tie-break/), though the episode mostly served as a reminder of [how little power](http://time.com/4662853/betsy-devos-confirmation-democrats/) Democrats have right now. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a potential Democratic challenger in 2020, [gained national attention](http://time.com/4663871/democratic-senators-elizabeth-warren-coretta-scott-king-letter/) when she [ran afoul of a Senate rule](http://time.com/4663698/elizabeth-warren-rule-xix-history/) while criticizing Trump’s pick for attorney general, fellow Sen. Jeff Sessions. The Pentagon [looked into renting space](http://time.com/4663587/donald-trump-pentagon-trump-tower/) in Trump Tower. Trump [criticized Nordstrom](http://time.com/4664326/donald-trump-ivanka-nordstrom-sean-spicer/) for dropping his daughter’s clothing line, while advisor Kellyanne Conway [drew ethics concerns](http://time.com/4666116/ethics-calls-kellyanne-conway-nordstrom/) for [promoting the brand](http://time.com/4665182/kellyanne-conway-ivanka-trump-products/) in an interview in the White House. And Trump finally came around to [honoring the “One China” policy](http://time.com/4666703/donald-trump-one-china-xi-jinping-china-us-taiwan/).  U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands as he arrives at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, U.S., Feb. 2, 2017. Carlos Barria—Reuters  Demonstrators pray as they participate in a protest by the Yemeni community against President Donald Trump's travel ban in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Feb. 2, 2017. Lucas Jackson—Reuters  President Donald Trump chats with reporters on board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, bound for Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 3, 2017. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  A military aide, carrying the "football" containing launch codes for nuclear weapons, accompanies President Donald Trump onto Marine One upon Trump's departure from the White House in Washington, on Feb. 3, 2017. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  President Donald Trump puts his hand on General Motors CEO Mary Barra while hosting a strategy and policy forum with chief executives of major U.S. companies at the White House in Washington, on Feb. 3, 2017. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for a gala for the American Red Cross, in the ballroom of Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, on Feb. 4, 2017. Stephen Crowley—The New York Times  President Donald Trump watches the Palm Beach Central High School marching band which greeted him as he arrived to watch the Super Bowl at Trump International Golf Club Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 5, 2017. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  President Donald Trump looks at a figurine given to him by a group of county sheriffs in the Oval Office, on Feb. 7, 2017. Evan Vucci—AP  A TV news crew sets up a stand on the ground of the White House on Feb. 7, 2017. Alex Wong—Getty Images  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, center, leans down to greet children and other guests following her swearing in ceremony administered by Vice President Mike Pence, left, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House, on Feb. 7, 2017. Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  Hundreds of public school students from all over New York City, staged a noon-walkout and rallied against the presidency and policies of Donald Trump, on Feb. 7, 2017. Michael Nigro—Sipa USA/AP  President Donald Trump speaks to the Major County Sheriffs' Association and Major Cities Chiefs Association in Washington, on Feb. 8, 2017. Evan Vucci—AP  Holding a transcript of her speech in the Senate Chamber, Sen. Elizabeth Warren reacts to being rebuked by the Senate leadership and accused of impugning a fellow senator, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., on Feb. 8, 2017\. Warren was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions after she quoted from an old letter from Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow about Sessions. J. Scott Applewhite—AP ## Transcript Are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote? If not the ayes are 52, the nays are 47. And, I'm sorry. And one senator responded present. the nomination is confirmed. 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