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In today’s edition, we break down four data sets which explain the first 100 days of President Donald Trump. First of all, we examine the wide gap between the number of decrees and the laws he has signed so far. Then, Steve Kornacki examines how Trump’s position in polls at this stage compares to that of his recent predecessors, as well as how Americans see his management of key problems.
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Trump has signed a tide of decrees, but no new laws, in his first 100 days
President Donald Trump strongly relied on the executive power, rather than the congress under republican control, in his attempt to radically reshape the federal government in his first 100 days in power.
Trump has signed 140 decrees so far during his second term, far exceeding his recent predecessors. In fact, Trump published more decrees in the first 10 days of his mandate than any president in their first 100 days since Dwight Eisenhower.
This largely left the members of the room and the Senate on the sidelines. Trump has so far signed only five bills, less than any president during the first 100 days of an administration since at least Eisenhower, according to an analysis of NBC News of data in the congress file. At that time, during his first term, Trump had signed 30 bills. At the same time, Barack Obama had signed 14 while Joe Biden had signed 11.
And the laws that Trump has promulgated are relatively limited. As Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong NoteThree of them are measures to terminate the regulations established by Biden. Another is a bill to keep the government funded for six months. And one is a strict measure of immigration detention called The Laken Riley Act.
While the government’s financing and immigration measures have finally received democratic support, none of these measures was prepared in Bipartisan.
Trump should soon sign a sixth bill, the “Take It Down Act”, which criminalizes the publication of non -consensual and sexually explicit images and videos, including those generated by artificial intelligence. The house has overtaken it massively Monday evening, sending him to Trump’s office.
And GOP legislators are working on the development of a bill of several dollars, which will include an extension of Trump’s tax reductions in 2017, an increase in the application of immigration and military expenditure and an increase in the debt ceiling.
“He has not signed numerous bills because the agenda of the first 100 days was not a legislative program at all,” said William Galston, a superior researcher in governance studies at Brookings Institution, a reflection group in Washington, DC, “clearly, the administration, before he took office, planned a whirlwind of activity. And fear, but also to definitively expand executive power, “said Galston.
“I would say that this is the most fundamental institutional objective of Donald Trump and his administration,” he added.
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How the position of 100 days of Trump in polls compares to recent presidents
By Steve Kornacki
While the 100th day of his new presidential mandate is coming, Donald Trump’s survey numbers are very similar to 100 days after his last.
Its employment approval rating, according to 16 independent national surveys carried out in the past two weeks, is 43%. This is exactly where it took place in April 2017, placing the two Trump administrations at the bottom of the list of modern presidents at the same point.
In his first mandate, there was a fluctuation limited to the average daily approval rating of Trump. He lowered up to 38% and reached up to 47%. It is a much narrower range than for one of its modern predecessors. Thus, even if its current brand is by no means strong, it is also normal for the course for a president who won two of the three national elections he disputed. In other words, these are figures to which Trump and his republican colleagues are very used to it.
What is different from his first mandate, however, is how Americans see Trump management of specific problems.
Obviously, prices and inflation are distinguished as the biggest responsibilities of Trump. This contrasts with his first mandate, when the management of the economy by Trump has generally earned him his highest notes of voters, and when inflation was not sufficiently pronounced to loom as a major concern in the survey. The fact that inflation and potential effects of prices can be felt in voters’ wallets make these figures even more disturbing for Trump and his party.
There is another notable change compared to Trump’s first mandate involving the opposition party. While Trump’s Republican Party is far from popular at the moment, Democrats are in fact worse. On average recent national polls, 44% consider the GOP favorably, while 55% consider it unfavorably. But for democrats, the split is 40% favorable and 59% unfavorable. During Trump’s first term, Democrats constantly evaluated above than the GOP.
🗞️ The best stories of today
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- ❌ On the second thought: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth puts an end to a Pentagon program, expanding opportunities for women who were supported by internal security secretary Kristi Noem, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio when they were in Congress and signed the law during Trump’s first mandate. Learn more →
- 📺 Ready for his close -up: The Secretary of Health and Social Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., plans to launch a balaying four -year -old public relations campaign entitled “Take back Your Health” which could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a document obtained by NBC News. Learn more →
- 🔵 Next democratic battle: The decision of representative Gerry Connolly to leave the supervisory committee could trigger a battle between the old -fashioned democrats and the younger progressives to succeed him. Learn more →
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It’s all of the political bureau for the moment. Today’s newsletter was compiled by Adam Wollner and Ben Kamisar.
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