Grading President Trump’s first 100 days

There are two new polls out this morning giving some insight into President Trump’s approval ratings ahead of his 100th day in office. While Trump dismissed the marker as “ridiculous” in a tweet last week, he is clearly focused on racking up as many wins as possible before Saturday. Bill Clinton passed the Family and Medical Leave Act.

It remains to be seen how hard a line Trump will take as the deadline to fund the government draws near.

Another gap is on the question of whether Trump can be trusted in a crisis. A 54 percent majority say he has the right to travel where he wants to go.

“Democrats do not support the wall”, she said, speaking also on NBC.

The recent airstrike by the USA -led coalition in Iraq is believed to have caused more than 270 civilian deaths, a tragedy that provoked an global outpouring of grief and outrage.

“America would be a lot better off if more politicians continued to behave the same way between the time their elected and their first day in office”, said Frank Cannon, the president of the conservative think tank American Principles Project.

A spokesperson for the poll said: “The national survey also finds some brighter spots for the president – chiefly in pushing for jobs and in foreign policy – as well as deep popularity problems for the opposition party”.

The poll also shows that Trump, who ran on a campaign mantra of “draining the swamp” in Washington D.C., is losing support as an agent for change. “DC is not going to be changed in a 100 days”. It would probably be lower had he not launched missile strikes on Syria. “I’m impressed with his team there”.

Other polls have not been kinder to Trump, and in some cases are even worse.

“We’re still in the first 100 days, so it’s early”.

Thirty-nine percent give him high marks for being effective and getting things done – down from 46 percent who said this back in February.

Republicans are seen as being in touch by more voters than Democrats are even though the populist Trump’s numbers on that score aren’t good.

Earlier this month, Trump put on a dizzying display by flipping on four policies in one day: Fed chief Janet Yellen, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliance, China’s currency practices and the Export-Import Bank.

Aides to President George W. Bush, whose transition period was stalled after a recount and court battle over ballots in Florida, argued his 100-day assessment should be delayed.

And Roosevelt – despite creating the 100-day measuring stick because of his efforts to recover from the Great Depression – would be judged by posterity for his role in saving Western civilization from the threat of Nazism.