On Saturday evening, as his plane flew from Las Vegas to Miami during a busy coast-to-coast trip, US President Donald Trump took a moment to chat with reporters at the back of Air Force One.
Fox News was back on the in-flight TV screens, replacing CNN, and the president, fresh from a week of shaking up the government and changing immigration policies, was feeling upbeat.
"We're getting A-pluses for the work we've done and how much we've accomplished," he said when asked by the BBC.
"People are saying it's the most successful first week any president has ever had," he added.
During a 20-minute chat with journalists, Trump confirmed he had made some late-night changes, removing several independent watchdogs from government agencies.
There was more: the president mentioned he thought the US might "get Greenland" as its own territory; he urged Egypt and Jordan to welcome more Palestinians; and he said he had a "very good relationship" with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer—even though "he's liberal."
It was one of those spontaneous Q&A sessions that Joe Biden rarely held while in office, showing just how much has changed in Washington and US politics since Trump returned to the presidency six days ago. In the Oval Office, the Diet Coke button—a nifty gadget in a fancy wooden box that lets the president order his favorite drink anytime—is back.
Also back are the bust of Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill, a rug used by Ronald Reagan, and a portrait of the seventh president, Andrew Jackson.
But the changes in Washington go way beyond these symbols of presidential power.
From signing a flurry of executive orders with his trusty black Sharpie to having casual chats with the press in the Oval Office, Trump's return to the White House has almost wiped out his predecessor's key achievements in just a few days, making it feel to many like he never left.
The story of the 2021 Capitol riot, which once left Trump politically isolated after he left office, has been rewritten. The president pardoned over 1,500 of his supporters who were charged for the violence that day, one of his boldest moves this week, which drew immediate criticism from Democrats and disapproval from some senior Republicans.
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed concern, saying that releasing "violent felons who brutally beat police officers and women" puts public safety at risk across the US. On Sunday morning, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham also criticized the pardons, calling them a mistake.
In other news, Trump has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, stated that the US only recognizes two sexes, pulled the country out of the Paris Climate Agreement, paused America's large foreign aid program, and warned the global business leaders at Davos with tariffs unless they manufacture their products in America.
The pile of leather-bound executive orders on the Resolute Desk shows how the Trump 2.0 era is unfolding in a new political environment, with a more confident commander-in-chief at the helm.