Donald Trump has just completed his first 100 days back in the White House, a benchmark that’s considered the first impression of any new presidency.
And it has certainly been a roller-coaster ride as he has announced policies with an unprecedented forcefulness and pace, making his – and America’s – presence felt.
It has resulted in a chaos that has delighted his supporters but dismayed many others.
Trump prides himself on being a numbers man, so here are a few figures from his first 100 days in office.
3 Number of terms Mr Trump might try to serve as President, despite the Constitution’s 14th Amendment limiting it to two.
His company is selling ‘Trump 2028’ hats for $50, although it’s unclear whether he’s serious.
4 Out of ten adult Americans – only – approve of his performance, according to the latest poll.
That’s worse than the 100-day-mark ratings of previous presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
Donald Trump has just completed his first 100 days back in the White House , a benchmark that’s considered the first impression of any new presidency
And it has certainly been a roller-coaster ride as he has announced policies with an unprecedented forcefulness and pace, making his – and America’s – presence felt
5 Number of presidents’ faces there may soon be on the Mount Rushmore monument if congressional Republicans get their way and carve Mr Trump’s stern features alongside those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt on the iconic sculpture.
11 Percentage fall in the number of foreign tourists visiting the US in March.
Experts say visitors are frightened off by increased border scrutiny.
24 Number of days Mr Trump – who once berated Mr Obama for doing the same thing – has spent playing golf.
25 Record-breaking number of hours –without pausing to eat, sit down or take a break – that Democrat Senator Cory Booker spent making a marathon speech about Mr Trump’s policies in the Senate.
43 Percentage probability of a US recession, according to a survey of economists in March.
50 Number of minutes that Mr Trump spent verbally mugging Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February.
50 – Number of minutes that Mr Trump spent verbally mugging Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February
142 Record number of executive orders that Mr Trump signed in his first 100 days, including 26 on day one
71 Percentage plunge in Tesla profits in the first three months of the year that has been in large part blamed on the unpopularity of the car giant’s boss, Elon Musk, as well as Mr Trump’s tariffs.
95 Percentage probability that bookies in January gave Canada’s Conservative Party of winning this week’s election.
Then Mr Trump started bullying his neighbour with tariffs and talk of it becoming the 51st US state, prompting a backlash and allowing the Liberals to cling to power.
142 Record number of executive orders that Mr Trump signed in his first 100 days, including 26 on day one.
However, his opponents are fighting back in the courts, arguing that they are unconstitutional.
185 Tally of countries and territories listed by the Trump administration this month as targets for sweeping ‘reciprocal’ tariffs.
The list included the Heard and McDonald Islands in the Antarctic that don’t even have people on them.
238 Venezuelan migrants shipped off to a notorious mega-jail in El Salvador after the administration accused them of being gang members.
381 Number of books removed from the library of the US Naval Academy as part of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s crackdown on what he says are the ‘woke’ social policies of the Pentagon
$5 tn Amount wiped off the value of shares on Wall Street in just two days after Mr Trump announced his Liberation Day and swingeing import tariffs that plunged the global financial system into one of its worst ever crises
US officials declared them ‘alien enemies’ under a rarely used 1798 law that allows the government to deport citizens from an invading country.
381 Number of books removed from the library of the US Naval Academy as part of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s crackdown on what he says are the ‘woke’ social policies of the Pentagon.
7,180 Record low number of illegal Mexico border crossings in March.
The monthly average was 155,000 over the past four years during the more migrant-friendly Biden administration.
121,000 Approximate number of federal government employees who have lost their jobs as part of sweeping cuts to the three million-strong workforce.
$5m Price deep-pocketed foreigners may be able to pay for a Trump ‘Gold Card’, a visa to allow what he called ‘very high-level people’ to buy their way into living in the US.
$2.2bn Amount the Trump administration has said it will freeze in government grants to Harvard.
America’s most famous and richest university is paying the price for rejecting White House demands that it introduce more political diversity and clamp down on campus anti-Semitism.
$800bn Total that a delighted Nato Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said other members were ‘pouring in’ to the military alliance after Mr Trump warned that the US wouldn’t support them in a conflict if they didn’t contribute more resources.
$5 tn Amount wiped off the value of shares on Wall Street in just two days after Mr Trump announced his Liberation Day and swingeing import tariffs that plunged the global financial system into one of its worst ever crises.
