Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, it's fair to say the country has been through a lot of changes.

Today (March 11) marks 50 days since Trump took office, with the president addressing Congress last week on all he has done so far.

In an explosive interview in the Oval Office, the president accused President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy of 'gambling with World War 3', which led to the 47th POTUS withdrawing military aid for the European country.

Trump's tenure so far has also been dominated by executive order after executive order, some being more controversial than others.

And in another development to Trump's premiership, the US has now been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which includes a host of countries that a global civil rights watchdog say are experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.

International non-profit organization Civicus announced the US would be added to the watchlist, alongside the likes of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia.

Accordig to Mandeep Tiwana, co-secretary general of Civicus, the watchlist 'looks at countries where we remain concerned about deteriorating civic space conditions, in relation to freedoms of peaceful assembly, association and expression'.