Nothing was new for this new president (10)
I believe the answer is:
washington
'this new president' is the definition.
(George Washington was the USA's first president)
'nothing was new' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'nothing'+'was'='nothingwas'
'nothingwas' anagrammed gives 'WASHINGTON'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for washington that I've seen before include "NW US state" , "State - capital - president" , "United States capital" , "American general and president" , "US capital" .)