NATIONAL VIEW: At 100 days, Trump 2.0 is in trouble

NATIONAL VIEW: At 100 days, Trump 2.0 is in trouble

Presidential second terms are rarely successful, and on the evidence of his first 100 days Donald Trump’s won’t be different. The President needs a major reset if he wants to rescue his final years from the economic and foreign-policy shocks he has unleashed. There’s no denying his energy or ambition. Mr. Trump is pressing ahead on multiple fronts, and he has had some success. His expansion of U.S. energy production is proceeding well and is muc…

For example, the first 100 days of Trump 2.0 include the following developments: Trade policy is very hardened. The universal and reciprocal tariffs announced by President Trump on the "Day of Liberation", then partially suspended for a period of 90 days, reflect a very sharp tightening of US trade policy. To this is added the desire of the new administration to better control trade routes (cf.

Trump 2.0 at 100 Days: An Onslaught Against Workers - OtherWords

Trump has gutted labor rights, slashed the federal workforce, and opposed a minimum wage hike. But resistance is brewing.