Rep. Madeleine Dean on Ousted House Speaker, NFL Champion Malcolm Jenkins

In the weeks since he took office, the Trump administration already has cut the department's staff in half and overhauled much of the department’s work.

The hard edge reflected Trump’s steamroller approach to his second term, brushing aside opposition and demanding loyalty throughout the federal government.

When the president speaks to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, his words are bound to be different from when he addressed lawmakers at the beginning of his first term.