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100 Days of Donald Trump

After 100 days, presidents get a report card. It wasn't always like this, but FDR did so much in his first 100 days that since then, that has been the benchmark (a small step toward the metric system?). There are stories about Donald Trump's 100th day everywhere; for example, The New York Times, The AP, Politico, U.S. News & World Report, and CNN. The BBC even has a report in Pidgin. Surely, King Charles III is embarrassed. Just type "Trump's first 100 days" into your favorite search engine and you will be inundated. If you want to read just one, we suggest The Guardian. If you can't bear to read this stuff at all and want someone to explain it to you in 56 seconds, here is a video explainer:



Still with us? It's been a whirlwind. Law-abiding migrants and U.S. citizens deported, the world order shattered to bits, violent criminals pardoned, hundreds of thousands of federal workers fired by someone who is not even an officer of the United States, allies abroad torpedoed and enemies embraced, a trade war started, financial markets in turmoil, and the rule of law under fire. We have never seen this much disruption in 100 days, at least not without half the country seceding and making war on the other half. If you want a day-by-day summary of the main news, The Guardian has a good one there, too. Let's look at the first 100 days by topic, though:

A whole other area to look at is how Trump did on his campaign promises. Here is a list of campaign promises that Trump has kept:

It is quite a list. Unlike many politicians, Trump was open about what he wanted to do and did many of them. However, the courts have blocked him on some things, but at least he tried.

However, there are also some things he promised to do in the first 100 days and did not. Here is that list:

Finally, there is a list of promises that are pending. He might do them and then again, he might not. Here is that list.

The bottom line is that he actually did pretty well at keeping quite a few of his promises. People who are surprised at what he is doing weren't paying attention. He telegraphed quite a bit of his program.

Since we are making lists, how about a list of Trump's biggest mistakes of the first 100 days? Here is one such list:

Finally, let's let the people have the last word on Trump's first 100 days. Marist College asked 1,439 American adults to grade Trump so far. Here are their grades:

People gave Trump grades for his first 100 days

Trump failed. More people gave Trump an "F" than those who gave him an "A" or a "B" combined. In the crosstabs, 80% of Democrats gave him an "F" while only 5% of Republicans did. However, 49% of independents gave him an "F" vs. only 16% of independents who gave him an "A."

That's a lot of material and we are not even 7% into Trump's term yet. There are no doubt many surprises ahead. (V)



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