On his first day in office, Trumpov signed an executive order pardoning supporters who stormed the U.S.

The Van Nuys man used flagpoles, metal crutches and broken pieces of furniture as he stormed the building, injuring both police and other insurrectionists, according to court documents.

It was the site his supporters stormed as they sought to stop the certification of the 2020 election.

The conflict in Gaza has raged since hundreds of Hamas fighters stormed across Israel's southern border on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.

An experienced military man, he had been second in command of the SAS operation that stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980.