US EditionWhy Trump's first 100 days could not be further from Roosevelt's
- In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump imposed far-reaching tariffs on America's trading partners, alarming banks and disturbing markets.
- Trump's job approval has fallen to 39 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of his policies, including those on immigration and the economy.
- The Wall Street Journal's editorial board criticized Trump's policies for being reckless and self-inflicted, warning that tariffs could 'sink his presidency.'
- Historian Elaine Kamarck noted that nothing in Trump's executive orders is likely to last beyond his term, contrasting with Franklin D. Roosevelt's enduring actions.
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Trump's First 100 Days: Roosevelt in Reverse
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifted the United States out of the fetal position with his thrilling First Hundred Days. I entitled my first book The Defining Moment because this period changed the social contract—the deal—between the American people and their government by redefining what we owe each other. That “New Deal” is now 92 years old. It is still in place. But the world FDR helped to build is under assault as never before. I…
'He’ll fail unless he heeds the warnings': WSJ editorial issues stark rebuke of Trump 2.0
The Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board bashed President Donald Trump’s opening months in office in a bruising editorial for what it called reckless policies and self-inflicted wounds threatening his presidency.On the eve of Trump’s 100th day in office, the Journal’s group of editors ...
The spokesman-Review
The Washington PostTrump claims mantle of FDR’s first 100 days, but differences are stark
Since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earthshaking first 100 days in office, no president has matched the sheer drama and disruption of that 15-week sprint in 1933, which rewrote the relationship between Americans and their government. At least until now.
Donald Trump, You’re No Franklin Roosevelt
What followed was a blitz of action meant to ameliorate the worst of the crisis. “On his very first night in office,” the historian William E. Leuchtenburg (who died three months ago) recounted in his seminal volume, “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940,” Roosevelt “directed Secretary of the Treasury William Woodin to draft an emergency banking bill, and gave him less than five days to get it ready.” Five days later, on March 9, 19…
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