![]() Protests materialized at every major airport in the country. Ban Muslims from entering the US: The drama of Trump's first 100 days really got its start when he signed the first executive order banning any entry of citizens, or visa- and green card holders from seven Muslim-majority countries. Read: German firms back off from building Trump's border wallĤ. But funding the wall remains a subject of dispute between the president and Congress. In addition to Trump's call for the hiring of 10,000 new immigration agents, on his watch Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stepped up raids and began deporting illegal immigrants, a move that included separating families and shipping back children who were (and are still legally) protected under the previous administration's policies.Īnd as for the wall itself? Trump's budget chief has said that appropriating money for the wall in the next year's budget for the government was "a must." Fox News announced that construction may begin as early as summer 2017. Build the wall: Trump promised a fierce crackdown on immigration, legal and otherwise. Read: The conservative Republicans who killed Trump’s healthcare billģ. But despite going after the ACA for seven years, when their moment to shine came, the GOP's competitor American Health Care Act took a swift nosedive and was pulled before an actual vote could take place. Obama's health care law - always controversial - began a swing upward in popularity as soon as Trump won the election, back in November, which became a problem for Republicans, whose centerpiece policy since the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was passed has been trying to repeal it. ![]() Repeal and replace Obamacare: This was the most public fail of the first 100 days. These accomplishments were tailor-made for Trump’s first 100 days, since Obama’s executive orders could be overturned by the same process, but the Congressional Review Act period ends in early May, so there may not be many more coming.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoĢ. In office, he has methodically rolled back a number of recent Obama-era regulations by executive action and the bills passed under the Congressional Review Act, which allows faster review of rules finalized late in the previous administration.Īmong other things, Trump has reversed policies: requiring federal contractors disclose and correct serious safety violations, requiring internet service providers get permission from customers before sharing personal data like their web-browsing history, blocking some people with mental illnesses from buying guns, issuing a permit for Keystone XL pipeline. Like many Republican candidates, Trump campaigned by criticizing federal regulations. Going forward, Trump has also talked about renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, signing more bilateral trade agreements and changing the rules on imports from Canada and Mexico, but so far ending the TPP remains his biggest achievement. ![]() Congress had not ratified the trade deal, and campaign rival Hillary Clinton had also criticized it, but the withdrawal signaled a major shift in how the U.S. ![]() On his third day in office, Trump signed an executive action withdrawing the U.S. One of his first actions in office was to officially cancel a pending 12-country regional free trade agreement that the Bush and Obama administrations had argued would help the U.S. Trump’s “America First” campaign broke with decades of Republican orthodoxy on multinational trade agreements. Withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Gorsuch helped cement a conservative majority on the court and could serve for decades, while the rule change will make future Supreme Court nominations easier, making this by far the most significant accomplishment of Trump’s time in office so far. Due to opposition from Democrats still smarting over McConnell’s blocking of Obama’s choice for the seat, Republicans ultimately had to invoke the “nuclear option” and change Senate rules to allow confirmation by a simple majority. Less than two weeks into his presidency, Trump chose 49-year-old Neil Gorsuch, a federal judge in Colorado. To reassure conservatives, Trump released two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees. When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in early 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the upper chamber would not fill his seat until a new president took office. Trump’s biggest achievement as president so far was set in motion before he was elected. Here’s a look at Trump’s three biggest accomplishments during his first 100 days.
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