Our Weekly Presidential Report Card finds President Trump breaking all the rules with bold action and talk in just his first week. Both of our graders believe that the 45th president is on a roll and even giving state a local candidates a model to follow.

Jed Babbin

President Trump spent the week living up to his campaign promises with a tsunami of executive orders that have already wiped out a chunk of former President Obama's legacy.

First on Trump's list was to order his administration to do everything possible to relieve the burdens of Obamacare while awaiting its repeal. This has the effect of blunting enforcement of its penalties. Next was ordering construction of his promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump boosted the number of border control officers and ordered enforcement of the immigration laws, including an obscure provision that enables illegals to be detained outside our borders.

He also hit so-called "sanctuary cities" — which refuse to help federal agencies enforce immigration laws and required the Department of Homeland Security to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by illegal aliens.

And he went to bat for taxpayers by freezing federal hiring.

Trump reportedly stopped Obama's last minute gift of $221 million to the Palestinians. The president also said that he believes waterboarding terrorists works, but he'd listen to the advice of his team which includes Defense Secretary James Mattis who doesn't believe waterboarding works.

The man is on a roll making and the media frantic in trying to figure out how to deal with his approach. Top Trump advisor Stephen Bannon summed up the administration's attitude by labeling the media the "opposition party." NOT "an opposition party," but the main one. At this point, that's precisely right.

Grade A

John Zogby

Judging Donald Trump is never going to be easy because he defies all the rules and protocols of presidential behavior. If we judge his first full week as president principally on the basis of taking action and fulfilling promises he made during the campaign, then he has had a good week. He did act, to the degree that any of these executive actions will ultimately matter, to abolish many environmental regulations and protections for immigrants, and his issued an order to build a border wall.

But if we judge him on the fact that our world includes more than just his jaded supporters, then he has in just a few days managed to anger Mexico, Muslims, and China.

He has his own style and it will be historical. Journalists and other observers have referred to Kennedy-esque, Reagan-esque, Clinton-esque to define certain styles. Trump-esque will be just as important as candidates follow with an angry, populist, rules-breaking approach that also blasts the media. So far, he riding a crest.

Grade B

Jed Babbin is an Examiner contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him @jedbabbin

John Zogby is the founder of the Zogby Poll and senior partner at John Zogby Strategies. His latest book is and author of "We Are Many, We Are One." Follow him at @TheJohnZogby

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com