The primary 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency really have been the most effective and worst of occasions, relying completely on who’s offering the angle or the metric getting used.
The night time earlier than he took the oath of workplace for a second time, the president promised the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history” and, in his estimation, the primary months of his semi-historic second non-consecutive time period are unequaled in American historical past. It’s a declare he’s made greater than as soon as.
“100 very special days. Make America great again!” Trump declared Tuesday morning.
In an handle to Congress in early March, the commander-in-chief mentioned “it has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency — it’s our presidency — is the most successful in the history of our nation.”
In early April, the President declared that “we’re setting records right now. We’re getting more things approved than any president has ever done in the first 100 days. It’s not even close. I had somebody say the most successful month– first month, in the history. Now they said the most successful 100 days in the history of our country.”
However in response to current polls, Trump enjoys a traditionally low approval ranking at this level in his presidency — with one current ballot displaying him as little as 39% — and presently stands at a median of 45% approval.
Knowledge from the American Presidency Undertaking exhibits that on the identical level of their administrations, former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush stood at 57%, 65%, and 62% approval, respectively. Amongst all presidents serving since Dwight D. Eisenhower, Trump is the one chief government to submit a damaging approval ranking throughout their first 100 days, and his rating in 2025 is an enchancment solely when in comparison with the 41% approval ranking he loved initially of his first time period.
Trump additionally hasn’t seen a lot of his marketing campaign guarantees into precise legal guidelines, regardless of the Republican Celebration holding majorities in each the Home and the Senate.
Up to now he’s signed 5 payments handed by Congress, and solely considered one of them — the Laken Riley Act — represents a major legislative victory.
At this level in his presidency, Biden had signed 11 payments into legislation, Obama 14, and Bush 7. Throughout his final time period, Trump’s first 100 days noticed no less than 30 payments turn into legislation.
By sheer quantity, Trump is profitable on the variety of government orders he’s despatched to the Federal Register.
As of Monday night when he signed three extra, the forty seventh President had signed greater than 140 government orders into impact. By day 100, Biden had signed 42 government orders — on the time essentially the most amongst fashionable presidents — Obama had put his title to 19, and Bush had signed 11. On the finish of Trump’s authentic first 100 days, he’d signed 33 government orders.
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, on Monday, famous that Trump has already signed extra orders, proclamations, and memorandums than most presidents do over 4 years in workplace.
The forty seventh President’s frequent use of regulation-by-pen has been met with tons of of lawsuits from attorneys normal and personal events throughout the nation, a lot of them aimed toward stopping his orders.
Whereas many earlier previous presidents have seen the inventory markets develop throughout their first months in workplace, this century solely Trump and Bush have overseen an early time period inventory market downturn. Bush’s market crash was credited to the “dot com recession” of the early 2000s. Trump’s comes following his unilateral resolution to set a large swath of tariffs on commerce with a lot of the remainder of the world.
Based on Market Watch, Bush’s first 100 days noticed the S&P 500 drop by 6.7%, whereas after Trump’s first 100 days the S&P 500 is on observe to be down by about 8%. Throughout Biden’s first 100 days the S&P 500 charged ahead by 10.9%, whereas Obama oversaw 2.8% development over the beginning of his first time period. Throughout Trump’s earlier first 100 days, the S&P 500 grew by 5%.
The White Home, in reality sheet shared Tuesday, mentioned that Trump’s tariff plan helps to convey funding into the U.S.
“President Donald J. Trump has secured over $5 trillion in new U.S.-based investments in his first 100 days, which will create more than 451,000 new jobs as he sets the stage for a new era of American prosperity,” the White Home wrote.
