According to the CNN web site, the idea of the first one hundred day retrospective came from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who saw this period as essential to the re-building of momentum and optimism following the Great Depression. In his first one hundred days he helped pass 15 major pieces of legislation through Congress.
Trump used to love the "first 100 day" concept, and way back in October 2016 (god, it seems like eons ago), he said "On November 8th (Election day), Americans will be voting for this 100-day plan to restore prosperity to our country, secure our communities and honesty to our government. This is my pledge to you. And if we follow these steps, we will once more have a government of, by and for the people. And importantly, we will make America great again. Believe me." He had a whole action plan on his web site too.
Sadly, according to Salon magazine, "Trump's 100-day achievements have consisted of his signing of some orders, having his picture taken with people around a big table, instituting "law and order" through his Henchman (Attorney General) Jess Sessions - and failing to get even one major piece of legislation passed into law....According to the latest Gallop poll, he has the worst average approval rating (41%) during this period of any president in that poll's history, and by a margin of 14 points."
Trump however, is telling everyone "I don't think that there is a presidential period of time in the first 100 days where anyone has done nearly what we've been able to do." Sadly, even his mouthpiece, Fox News, can't quite back this up in its recount of his days in office. He may be signing a lot of Executive Orders, but they're usually directives to look into this and that. In true toddler-tantrum fashion though, he knows he's talking absolute gob-shite because this is his Tweet on the matter -
So the action plan he had on his web site, and all the pronouncements about what he was going to achieve in a nano-second? Fuggeddaboutit. That 100 day benchmark? "Ridiculous". Possibly even SAD!
He should have taken a leaf out of Obama's book and given himself some wiggle room with the words - "The first hundred days is (sic) going to be important, but it's probably going to be the first thousand days that makes the difference."
Although that's a bit of a long sentence for Trump.
