One Hundred Days, One Nation on Edge

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Donald Trump waves on airport tarmac during his second term, as approval ratings fall and controversy grows over economic and civil rights policies
President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Saturday, April 26, 2025, upon returning from a trip to attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Today marks 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, and while he’s holding a victory rally in Michigan—a state buckling under his tariffs—his approval ratings are tanking.

According to Gallup, this is one of the lowest 100-day approval ratings for a newly elected president since Eisenhower. Trump’s administration is touting so-called efficiency reforms, but critics call it sabotage. He has signed 139 executive orders, gutted rules, gutted the , and rolled back DOJ protections.

Trump has also targeted DEI initiatives at every level—all while handing out billion-dollar contracts to billionaire friends like , whose companies earn $8 million a day even as seniors survive on just $65 a day.

Facing deep cuts to , food stamps, and federal workforce jobs, Democrats took to the Capitol steps at dawn—railing against a budget bill backed by Trump that they say will wreak havoc on the American people.


Click play to listen to the report from AURN White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris. For more news, follow @E_N_McMorris & @aurnonline.

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