It’s Tuesday. Welcome to President Trump’s 100th day in office. Side note, have you seen any references to the infamous “it’s gonna be May” meme yet?
In today’s issue:
- Seven numbers that define Trump’s first 100 days
- Amazon denies tariff pricing report after pushback
- Trump holds first major rally of second term in Michigan
TRUMP DAY 100
100 days down, 1,361 to go:
^Thank you, The Economist, for doing this math.
100 days ago, almost to the minute, President Trump was inaugurated to serve his second term. He came in vowing to install major changes in U.S. policy, but the world wasn’t prepared for just how extensive those changes would be.
Here are seven figures that quantify those changes:
142 executive orders, breaking the record for the most executive orders by a president in the first 100 days. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt held the record with 99 executive orders — and that was to tackle the Great Depression. If you add proclamations and memos to that figure, Trump has issued 211 executive actions.
123 active lawsuits against Trump’s agenda, per The New York Times’s tracker.
5 bills signed into law, per NBC News. That’s fewer than any president’s first 100 days since at least the 1950s. For context, former President Obama signed 14 bills into law during his first 100 days, former President Biden signed 11 and Trump signed 30 during the first three months of his first term.
7.9 percent is how much the S&P 500 has dropped since Trump took office, per CNBC. This is the second-worst record, only trailing former President Nixon’s second term. For context, the S&P 500 usually rises around 2 percent in the first 100 days of a new administration.
-9 points is Trump’s net approval rating, according to The New York Times’s daily tracker of dozens of polls and the Silver Bulletin.
12 of 14 weekends at a Trump property, per NBC News’s tracker, nine of which were at his Mar-a-Lago resort. In total, Trump has partially spent 40 days on his own properties.
4,149 words a week posted on Truth Social and X, per The Economist. That’s nearly 70 percent more than during his first term. It also drastically overshadows his predecessors, who averaged between 441 and 534 words a week on social media.
^ For context: That’s roughly the word count of writing three full 12:30 Reports every week.
Oh, and 2 is the number of known group chats in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has shared sensitive information about military plans. FWIW, Hegseth says the messages were “informal” and “unclassified.”
➤ THIS VIDEO GAVE ME WHIPLASH:
The Washington Post created a 100-second video of the wildest moments of the first 100 days. Think: The Gulf of America, Vice President Vance dropping the trophy and Trump asking a crowd, “Does everybody know what a condom is?” 📹 Watch
➤ HOW IS TRUMP MARKING HIS 100TH DAY?:
With a rally in Michigan. This will be his first major speech outside of Washington since returning to office.
Plus: He will join NewsNation’s town hall event at 8 p.m.
➤ THE NEXT ECONOMIC METRIC TO WATCH:
The Bureau of Economic Analysis will release its GDP estimate for the first quarter of 2025. The economic world will be watching closely.
➤ MORE READS ON THE FIRST 100 DAYS:
The Hill: Trump’s 5 biggest mistakes of his first 100 days
The Atlantic: An Unsustainable Presidency: Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
The New York Times: How President Trump’s Second Term is Changing Culture, the Press, the Economy, Immigration, Diversity and Equity, etc.
The Hill: Where Trump’s major campaign promises stand after 100 days
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📦️ NEWS THIS MORNING
Amazon vs. Trump:
Punchbowl News reported Tuesday that Amazon is planning to show customers how much President Trump’s tariffs have increased the cost of an item.
This angered the White House: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon this morning during her 100th-day press briefing. “This is a hostile and political act by Amazon,” Leavitt told reporters. “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest levels in 40 years?”
FWIW, Amazon denies the report: Amazon denies that the main site would feature tariff costs. A spokesperson for Amazon told The Hill that the “team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products. This was never approved and is not going to happen.”
Where the tariffs stand: Trump imposed a 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods and 10 percent on all U.S. trading partners. The bigger country-specific tariffs have been paused for 90 days.
COMING UP
The House and Senate are in. President Trump is in Washington and will travel to Michigan this afternoon. (All times EST)
1:30 p.m.: First House votes. Last votes are expected at 5 p.m. 📆Today’s agenda
2:10 p.m.: Trump leaves for Michigan.
2:15 p.m.: Two Senate votes. More votes are also expected later today. 📆Today’s agenda
4:10 p.m.: Trump speaks to the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. 💻 Livestream
6 p.m.: Trump touts his 100th day in office with remarks at Macomb County Community College. 💻 Livestream
8 p.m.: NewsNation will hold a town hall event featuring Trump. It will air on The CW and SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel 124. 📺Details
9:15 p.m.: Trump returns to the White House.
🐝 INTERNET BUZZ
🦐 Celebrate: Today is National Shrimp Scampi Day.
🥤One step closer to basically getting an IV drip of caffeine: The Wall Street Journal reports that Starbucks is using a new technology to shave off time for customers waiting for their coffee orders.
🏟️ The Commanders may get new digs: The Washington Commanders reached a deal to build a new, $3.7 billion stadium. Now, it’s up to the D.C. Council to approve the project. Would this get Taylor Swift to make D.C. a stop on potential future tours …? Details and mockup of the vision
💎 Kim K’s jewelry heist trial: Remember when Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris in 2016 in a jewelry heist? Well, the suspected robbers are now on trial — yes, nine years later. Kardashian is expected to testify on May 13, per CNN.
👋 AND FINALLY…
To leave you on a happy note, let’s end with a reminder that not every dog has what it takes to be a guard dog. Case in point.
