Ever since FDR’s famous (or infamous) “First
Hundred Days”, filled with the rapid implementation of dozens of new government
programs in response to the Great Depression, the first three months in office
for a new president has been seen as critical for setting the tone of the rest
of his tenure. The Daily Signal has a
good recap of the major actions President Trump has taken so far here,
as well as comparing them to his promises on the campaign trail.
Overall, if I were a Trump voter who
agreed with every one of his campaign promises, I would be enormously pleased
with the record so far. As it is, I am, quite frankly, surprised that Trump has
shown as much commitment as he has to fulfilling campaign pledges. As I said
many times during the campaign, one of my major issues with Trump was that he
simply hadn’t given voters any reason to believe that he would actually follow
through on many of his more conservative proposals—securing the border, for
instance, or pushing to defund Planned Parenthood—based on his history.
But in areas of policy, Trump has
actually stayed remarkably consistent. And, he has actually surrounded himself
with many good people—Jeff Sessions and Betsy DeVos, to name two—despite the
mocking of that particular claim by myself and others during the campaign.
Of course, he’s had some missteps and
done things I disagree with, some quite strongly—embracing Obamacare Lite being
only the latest example. And his Twitter feed is another matter entirely.
But on the substance, I would have to
give Trump a solid B for his first fifty days in office. May his presidency
have many more such days, without the missteps (both overblown and real) which
have plagued the administration thus far.
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