Trump Marks 100 Days In Office With A Tanking Economy And Approval Rating

The chaos the president’s second term has unleashed on the country appears to be turning off Americans.

As Tuesday marks President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, having signed a dizzying number of 142 executive orders, one thing is clear: the chaos his second term in office has unleashed on the country, including on the U.S. economy, is turning off voters, according to the polls.

Trump’s reelection in November seems to have emboldened him following his 2020 defeat, which he has yet to accept.

“The first time, I had two things to do—run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys,” he told The Atlantic in a recent interview. “And the second time, I run the country and the world.”

Since his inauguration, Trump has pardoned about 1,500 people who were charged over storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including those who assaulted police; sought to upend the rules-based international order, tried to fire thousands of federal workers; slashed foreign aid; launched a trade war targeting U.S. allies and foes alike; pushed the country on the brink of a constitutional crisis by defying court orders related to his immigration policies; fought top U.S. institutions, including elite law firms and universities; targeted former aides who defied him, just to name a few of his disruptive actions.

Trump has also failed to meet one of his signature campaign pledges of lowering grocery prices — a major concern on 2024 voters’ minds — with his trade policy, including the imposition of tariffs on about 90 countries on what he dubbed “Liberation Day,” coupled with his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ratting markets and prompting uncertainty. While Trump backtracked on most of his tariffs, his nonsensical economic policies still threaten to increase inflation and plunge the country into a recession.