Trump's Inauguration Keywords① - Focus on Tariffs, Heightened Judicial Uncertainty

Simultaneously, the domestic press is showing great interest in executive orders, with attention not only on President Trump's wide-ranging actions through executive orders but also on the judiciary that is putting the brakes on these actions.

On the 20th, Yonhap Infomax analyzed domestic media coverage of President Trump through the 'BigKinds' big data analysis service of the Korea Press Foundation.

Over a thousand news articles related to President Trump from this year were analyzed, and BigKinds derived related keywords by weighting the news.

Analyzing with the words 'Trump' and 'United States', related keywords such as China (88.62), Canada (71.67), and Mexico (64.64) were presented. The inauguration ceremony (65.2) and others were excluded.

Based on the latter half of last year, before his inauguration, keywords surrounding President Trump included guilty verdict (62.56), opinion poll (59.77), and criminal trial (33.56).

The guilty verdict and criminal trial refer to the 'hush money' scandal case. It is interpreted that interest in the president's qualifications grew as related scandals continued to emerge.

While there was increased interest in presidential qualifications before the inauguration, attention is now focused on his actions after taking office.

China, one of the keywords, is a country that President Trump has consistently mentioned since before his inauguration. The Biden administration has also said it will significantly increase tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, with China being identified as a bipartisan target for containment.

In addition, Canada and Mexico, mentioned earlier, are all countries that President Trump has marked as tariff targets.

On the 2nd, President Trump announced that he would impose a universal 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on China.

There weren't only welcoming voices within the United States. The United Steel Workers (USW) expressed concern, stating, "About $1.3 trillion worth of products cross the Canada-U.S. border annually, supporting 1.4 million U.S. jobs and 2.3 million Canadian jobs. These tariffs not only harm Canada but threaten industrial stability on both sides of the border."

Two days later, on the 4th, President Trump decided to defer the 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico for a month. Instead, the additional 10% tariff on China took effect as announced.

Moreover, President Trump recently stated that he would impose tariffs of about 25% on some items including automobiles, putting domestic companies in related industries on high alert.

At the same time, there was one area that the media was paying attention to: 'executive orders' (62.59).

President Trump has shown wide-ranging actions through executive orders.

In addition to executive orders on tariffs, he is focusing on erasing the colors of the Biden administration by guaranteeing individual gun ownership rights and completely banning 'DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)' policies within the government and military.

Some of the policies President Trump is pushing have been halted by the judiciary.

Last month, President Trump signed an executive order limiting birthright citizenship for those who are not lawful permanent residents, but a federal court issued a temporary suspension of its effect, deeming it unconstitutional.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York also temporarily suspended the Treasury Department payment system access granted to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is in charge of government restructuring.

Some have suggested that the conflict between the executive and judicial branches could intensify.

The New York Times (NYT) evaluated on the 10th that "it signaled the beginning of a phase that could quickly develop into a sharp confrontation between the executive and judicial branches" regarding Judge John McConnell of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island urging compliance with the court's decision to restore the suspension of government subsidy project expenditures.

Meanwhile, other related keywords that followed included Ukraine (37.98), Bitcoin (34.38), and Kim Jong-un (33.13).