welcome
Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

US Politics

US Politics

100 days of Trump unleashed: Big moves, but long-term impact unknown

Christian Science Monitor
Summary
Nutrition label

75% Informative

The blistering start to President Donald Trump ’s second term has put plenty on the line.

Turmoil over tariffs has upended global markets and threatened the world economy.

Deportations are testing the boundaries of presidential authority.

Congress has passed just five bills, a record low for the first 100 days of any presidency.

Polls show Mr. Trump 's job approval rating at 45% , with disapproval at 52% , according to the Real Clear Politics polling average.

He fares worse on the economy ( 42% approve, 55% disapprove) and better on immigration ( 48% approve) But other matters remain consequential, including tariffs, immigration and economic policy.

Border Patrol encounters at the southern border fell 95% from the same month last year .

Supreme Court will hear arguments on Mr. Trump ’s attempt to limit a constitutional right: birthright citizenship.

More than 121,000 federal workers have lost their jobs since the president took office.

VR Score

76

Informative language

73

Neutral language

39

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

29

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-new-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act/https://time.com/7280129/donald-trump-fact-check-2025-interview/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/politics/trump-ukraine-war-frustration/index.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/reel/625234263535617https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/19/trump-michael-flynn-firing-mistake-aides-238618https://apnews.com/article/musk-trump-doge-tesla-d1206a96983b30b9cef7b18eaa8c48a7https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1916089502088524203https://doge.gov/savingshttps://www.kennedy-center.org/our-story/blog?p=kennedy-center-shines-for-american-spirithttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-bessent-says-its-up-to-china-to-deescalate-trade-tensions-191201915.htmlhttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-ordershttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1158https://x.com/TrumpDailyPosts/status/1886052836661932298https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMVb0RNptAhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/marco-rubio-state-department-overhaulhttps://www.economist.com/special-report/2024-10-19?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&ppccampaignID=17210591673&ppcadID=&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17210596221&gbraid=0AAAAADBuq3Ke-LSJlBvgKnSM0U0ksMV25&gclid=CjwKCAjwq7fABhB2EiwAwk-YbMk7yDU2sEsuSc1aPduSAKEPEWS1HKROJ0tMhFidzmFrOa-55id9LRoCXm8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.dshttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/26/politics/federal-layoffs-trump-musk-dghttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-white-house-methods-rcna198752https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/https://www.tbsnews.net/world/trump-signs-order-making-musks-doge-commission-official-1048571https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/business/reciprocal-tariff-pause-trump/index.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/trump-says-he-has-no-intention-of-firing-fed-chair-powell.htmlhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/04/23/no-nih-grants-colleges-dei-programs-or-israel#:~:text=The%20administration%20has%20already%20frozen,Brown%2C%20Northwestern%20and%20Cornell%20universities.https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/signalgate-trump-atlantic-interview/682576/https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/20/how-inflation-impacted-2024-election/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bessent-trump-spoken-chinas-xi/story?id=121201271https://legiscan.com/US/legislation?status=passed

Affiliate links

no affiliate links