‘100-Day Action Plan’ Scorecard
Summary
As a candidate, Donald Trump issued a “100-day action plan to Make America Great Again.” It contained 28 promises, and Trump says he is “mostly there on most items.” But is he? Our review of his action plan found he has kept some promises, broken a few, and there are many that are still a work in progress.
The president, as promised, did withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but he decided against labeling China a currency manipulator. He did allow the Keystone XL pipeline to move forward, but he has yet to propose legislation to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He did fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but his efforts to “suspend immigration from terror-prone regions” have been blocked by the courts.
Once in office, Trump criticized “the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days.” He even questioned who within his campaign came up with a “100-day action plan.” He recently told the Associated Press “somebody put out the concept of a hundred-day plan,” even though Trump himself unveiled the 100-day plan at a campaign appearance on Oct. 22, 2016, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
We take no position on the significance or merits of the 100-day milestone, which dates to the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In a fireside chat on July 24, 1933, FDR spoke of “the crowding events” of the first 100 days of a special congressional session called to counter the effects of the Great Depression, as explained by Penn State political science professor Robert Speel.
In Trump’s case, he did issue a 100-day action plan, so here we provide a status report on the priorities that the 45th president of the United States set for the start of his administration.
Analysis
President Trump signs a “Make America Great Again” hat. Photo Credit: White House/Facebook
‘Corruption’ in Washington
Trump’s 100-day action plan is broken into four parts, with the first being six steps he said would help clean up the “corruption” in Washington.
FIRST, propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis a joint resolution on Jan. 3, before Trump was sworn in, that proposed a constitutional amendment to impose term limits – two six-year terms for senators and three to committee and hasn’t had a hearing. Trump hasn’t publicly pushed the amendment. Numerous attempts to limit congressional terms have failed over the years, dating to .
