Friday, April 28, 2017 6:35:36 PM
Trump's first 100 days: High in executive orders, low in approval ratings
President Donald Trump has signed more laws and executive orders than recent presidents in his first 100 days, but he hasn't been remarkably more — or shockingly less — successful than most past presidents, according to experts in presidential history.
"It hasn't been that much different — it's been more controversial more tumultuous because he's not only battling with his political opponents, whoever he perceives to be his political opponents, he's battling with the press," said Richard Benedetto, an adjunct journalism professor at American University who covered four presidents as a White House reporter.
Mr. Trump recently said he didn't think any president has accomplished more in the first 100 days than his administration has, but that's hard to square, presidential historians said. Mr. Trump has signed more pieces of legislation than most recent presidents, but paling in comparison to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Harry Truman. Here's how they stack up:
Trump: 28 laws
FDR: 76 laws in first 100 days
Truman: 55 laws in first 100 days
The legislation Roosevelt signed included creating the Tennessee Valley Authority, starting massive public works projects to end the Great Depression, establishing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -- as Politifact notes, 15 of those laws were major pieces of legislation. Not one of Mr. Trump's is a major law:
Thirteen of the laws he signed repeal Obama-era regulations, dispensing with them quickly under the Congressional Review Act;
Two of the laws name VA clinics -- one in Pago Pago and another in Pennsylvania;
Five are personnel appointments.
"The notion that he's accomplished a great deal is just obviously not true," said David Greenberg, professor of history and journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. "I don't think there's really any way to say that with a straight face."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ranks-high-in-executive-orders-issued-low-in-approvals-nearing-100-day-mark/
President Donald Trump has signed more laws and executive orders than recent presidents in his first 100 days, but he hasn't been remarkably more — or shockingly less — successful than most past presidents, according to experts in presidential history.
"It hasn't been that much different — it's been more controversial more tumultuous because he's not only battling with his political opponents, whoever he perceives to be his political opponents, he's battling with the press," said Richard Benedetto, an adjunct journalism professor at American University who covered four presidents as a White House reporter.
Mr. Trump recently said he didn't think any president has accomplished more in the first 100 days than his administration has, but that's hard to square, presidential historians said. Mr. Trump has signed more pieces of legislation than most recent presidents, but paling in comparison to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and Harry Truman. Here's how they stack up:
Trump: 28 laws
FDR: 76 laws in first 100 days
Truman: 55 laws in first 100 days
The legislation Roosevelt signed included creating the Tennessee Valley Authority, starting massive public works projects to end the Great Depression, establishing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -- as Politifact notes, 15 of those laws were major pieces of legislation. Not one of Mr. Trump's is a major law:
Thirteen of the laws he signed repeal Obama-era regulations, dispensing with them quickly under the Congressional Review Act;
Two of the laws name VA clinics -- one in Pago Pago and another in Pennsylvania;
Five are personnel appointments.
"The notion that he's accomplished a great deal is just obviously not true," said David Greenberg, professor of history and journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. "I don't think there's really any way to say that with a straight face."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ranks-high-in-executive-orders-issued-low-in-approvals-nearing-100-day-mark/
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