Historic and controversial changes at breakneck speed: Inside Trump’s first 100 days

Delivering the longest inaugural address in history in January, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump made clear he had little time to waste.

Delivering the longest inaugural address in history in January, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump made clear he had little time to waste. “From this moment on, America’s decline is over,” he said, before adding: “All of this will change starting today, and it will change very quickly.” One hundred days later, Trump has found mixed success fulfilling the pledges in his speech to return “faith, wealth, democracy and freedom” to a beleaguered nation. Americans have grown increasingly skeptical, and his 41% approval rating in CNN’s latest poll is the worst for any president at his 100-day mark – including himself, in 2017. Yet few would argue he hasn’t met his promise of speed. Despite only signing one piece of legislation in a ceremony at the White House, Trump has ushered in the most dramatic change of any president in decades, transforming the nation’s economy, foreign policy, federal workforce and immigration enforcement in ways that left his opponents gasping. Working at breakneck pace and awake to lessons from his first term, he has pursued almost all of his agenda through executive actions. But in some areas, including deporting undocumented migrants and striking foreign deals, Trump has privately fumed his team isn’t working fast enough, according to people familiar with the conversations.