President Trump is marking 100 days of his second term on Tuesday. Here’s a breakdown of some key milestones.
President Trump is marking 100 days of his second term on Tuesday, a milestone that is characterized by a dizzying amount of executive actions and legal challenges as well as a sea change in policy on immigration, foreign affairs, environmental deregulation and more.
With many of the highest-profile parts of his agenda still in limbo due to legal challenges and hurdles in Congress, the long-term effects of Mr. Trump’s agenda remain unclear.
Here’s a look at his first 100 days by the numbers:Executive orders: 142
Mr. Trump signed nearly 200 executive actions, including 26 orders, on his first day in office on Jan. 20, and he has continued to regularly sign executive actions since then. Executive actions include orders, nominations or appointments, memoranda and proclamations. He has signed 142 executive orders.
Mr. Trump’s executive orders have been aimed at major changes, such as declaring a national emergency along the border in his first day in office, an attempt to move toward ending birthright citizenship and taking steps to dismantle the Department of Education.
Mr. Trump has also signed executive actions on less high-impact issues, such as an executive order on April 9 aimed at « maintaining water pressure in showerheads. »
According to data from UC Santa Barbara’s The American Presidency Project, the 142 executive orders Mr. Trump has signed are more than any president in history in the first 100 days, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt previously holding the record. These 142 executive orders are also more than former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and George W. Bush signed in the first three years of their terms. And Mr. Trump has signed more executive orders in his first 100 days than what 15 presidents signed over their entire terms. Bills signed into law: 5
Alongside the slew of executive action, Mr. Trump has signed only a handful of bills into law in the first 100 days of his second term — far less than the 28 he signed by this time in his first term.
In January, the president first signed the Laken Riley Act, which aims to expand the federal government’s mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally, into law. The president also signed a continuing resolution in March to keep the government funded through September.
Mr. Trump has also signed three resolutions rolling back Biden administration regulations — a rule from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regulating oil and gas production, another from the Environmental Protection Agency imposing a charge on oil and natural gas facilities that exceed emissions thresholds, and one related to reporting requirements for digital asset sales.
