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Breaking down the first 100 days of Trump’s 2nd term and the effects of his agenda

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

41K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

As President Trump's first 100 days in the White House nears, the breakneck speed and chaotic rollout of the administration's agenda have already marked the start of his second presidency. Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

President Donald Trump will hit his first 100 days in the White House on Tuesday, a key period

0:07.0

of his second presidency, defined by its breakneck pace and the chaotic rollout of an agenda

0:13.0

designed to expand his authority. Laura Barone Lopez has our report.

0:18.0

So this is a big one.

0:20.0

Since retaking the Oval Office in January, Donald Trump has tested the limits of presidential power.

0:26.7

We have rogue judges that are destroying our country.

0:29.9

More than 140 executive orders signed, a record for the first 100 days, and tariffs on allies and adversaries alike, a growing deportation

0:39.4

operation, and mass firings across the government.

0:43.1

All at a pace that historian Mark Uptogrove says has institutions struggling to keep up.

0:48.9

There's a muzzle velocity, this flooding the zone of activity that has come since he took the oath of office.

0:56.0

There have been enormous gambles that he has taken.

1:01.0

And we don't yet know what the ramifications of those gambles are.

1:05.0

Impulsive and often controversial, just one month in President Trump shocked the world.

1:11.1

You don't have the cards right now.

1:13.3

When he berated Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in an explosive Oval Office showdown

1:18.4

that forced allies to reckon with what could be the end of the transatlantic alliance.

1:23.3

You're gambling with World War III.

1:27.0

And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country, that's back to you.

1:33.5

Far more than a lot of people said they should have.

1:36.4

Have you said thank you once this entire meeting?

1:39.0

No, in this entire meeting, have you said thank you?

1:42.0

And now the administration is threatening to walk away from the peace negotiations.

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