{"id":2429620,"date":"2025-05-01T08:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-100-day-executive-blitz-shifts-to-land-mines-ahead-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:47:09","slug":"trumps-100-day-executive-blitz-shifts-to-land-mines-ahead-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-100-day-executive-blitz-shifts-to-land-mines-ahead-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s 100-day executive blitz shifts to land mines ahead &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-100-day-executive-blitz-shifts-to-land-mines-ahead-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2429620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the challenges faced by President Donald Trump during the early days of his second term, notably after his first 100 days in office. Initially marked by vigorous action and a &#8220;shock and awe&#8221; approach that surprised many political opponents, trump now contends with declining approval ratings\u2014reported to be below 40%, the lowest for any president at the 100-day mark in 80 years. <\/p>\n<p>Key issues include the passage of a meaningful reconciliation bill through a divided Congress, trade agreements, and court challenges to his immigration and economic policies. Trump&#8217;s ambitious agenda, including tariff hikes and foreign relations management, continues to face scrutiny as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-labels-hints-at-timeline-for-when-group-may-make-2024-decision\/\" title=\"No Labels hints at timeline for when group may make 2024 decision\">voters express dissatisfaction<\/a> with economic outcomes, including rising prices and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">shrinking gross domestic product<\/a> (GDP). <\/p>\n<p>Republicans remain hopeful regarding trump&#8217;s agenda, emphasizing his efforts to appeal to core party voters, particularly in manufacturing jobs. However, Democrats are poised to capitalize on any perceived failures as the midterm elections approach. The narrative suggests that Trump&#8217;s ability to navigate these turbulent times may significantly affect his political future and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetzs-father-seeking-return-to-office-as-son-faces-potential-expulsion\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz&#039;s father seeks office again as son faces expulsion.\">broader party dynamics<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-100-day-executive-blitz-shifts-to-landmines-ahead-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...\u2019s 100-day executive blitz shifts to landmines ahead - ...\">100-day executive blitz shifts<\/a> to land mines ahead<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2110459\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The honeymoon is over. <\/p>\n<p>As the glow of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s election victory and return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> dims, the nation&rsquo;s 45th and 47th president now faces several challenges,&nbsp;including many of his own making,&nbsp;in his quest to realize his governing vision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3397490\/watch-stephen-miller-karoline-leavitt-press-briefing-after-trump-100-days\/\">WATCH LIVE: Stephen Miller and Karoline Leavitt hold press briefing following Trump&#8217;s first 100 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396820\/100-day-report-card-war-on-woke-trump-dei-efforts\/\">100-day&nbsp;report&nbsp;card: Trump makes good on pledge to restore &#8216;common sense&#8217; and kill DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3396876\/100-days-can-trump-pull-off-a-second-great-political-comeback\/\">After 100 days, can Trump pull off a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trump-and-harris-are-using-psychology-to-drive-turn-out-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How ... and Harris are using psychology to drive turn out- ...\">great political comeback<\/a>?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s first 100 days were a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3303054\/trump-administration-leaves-democrats-scrambling-respond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shock and awe<\/a> campaign that left Democrats and federal workers reeling, but he now finds himself embroiled in multiple battles and with polling numbers that are declining.<\/p>\n<p>One will be whether or not he can muscle the &ldquo;one big, beautiful&rdquo; reconciliation bill through a closely divided Congress. Others include working to secure an incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3376968\/trump-tariffs-could-return-after-90-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">90 foreign trade<\/a> deals in 90 days, battling court challenges to his immigration and economic plans, and heading off brewing foreign relations crises with China, Russia, and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3393888\/trump-first-100-days-report-card-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP&rsquo;S FIRST 100 DAYS: WHERE THINGS STAND IN THE INITIAL MONTHS OF HIS SECOND TERM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a lot of balls in the air,&rdquo; conservative commentator Scott Jennings told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>in an interview. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a lot of foreign interactions going on, whether it&rsquo;s the war in Ukraine or the situation in the Middle East. They&rsquo;re still in the air 100 days in, and 100 days is kind of an arbitrary deadline for solving some of these things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jennings flew with Trump to his 100-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3395748\/trump-returns-campaign-playbook-michigan-mark-100-days-governing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"celebration rally\">celebration rally<\/a> in Michigan and spoke briefly during the proceedings. He said that rallygoers told him they&rsquo;re still on board with the president&rsquo;s plans, economic and otherwise, especially considering Trump&rsquo;s tariff regime is largely designed with Rust Belt manufacturing workers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3188551\/bill-clinton-nafta-law-sink-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"in mind\">in mind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What he is doing and what he is responding to are the new constituents of the Republican Party,&rdquo; Jennings said. &ldquo;The story of the tariffs is more than just a story of a guy who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3207218\/donald-trump-tariff-avatar-praising-25th-president-william-mckinley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"loves tariffs\">loves tariffs<\/a>. I think it&rsquo;s a story of a leader who is actually responding to the people who are now the most committed Republican voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But a flurry of new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polling<\/a>&nbsp;has found that Trump&rsquo;s overall approval rating has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3392867\/trump-approval-ratings-historic-100th-day-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dropped below 40%\">dropped below 40%<\/a> &mdash; reportedly the lowest for any president at the 100-day mark of their first or second terms in office in 80 years &mdash;&nbsp;and that voters are souring on his economic plans as well. <\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>-ABC News-Ipsos poll&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/tablet\/2025\/04\/25\/april-18-22-2025-washington-post-abc-news-ipsos-national-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conducted<\/a>&nbsp;among more than 2,500 people showed that only 39% approved of the way Trump is handling his job. Roughly 55% said they disapproved, including a massive 44% who said they &ldquo;strongly&rdquo; disapproved.<\/p>\n<p>Those polls were conducted before news dropped that the U.S. economy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3395691\/economy-shrank-first-quarter-major-warning-sign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shrank\">shrank<\/a> in the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Doug Heye, a GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee spokesman, said Trump has reason to worry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump was elected essentially to do two things: bring down prices and secure the border,&rdquo; Heye said Wednesday. &ldquo;The number of people crossing the border has greatly slowed. But prices keep rising, and today&rsquo;s news of a shrinking GDP should cause real concerns about a possible coming recession. Add to that supply chain concerns because of tariffs, which could manifest itself with empty shelves and, thus, a trucking industry harmed by fewer things to deliver, real challenges are emerging. That all of these hit at Trump&rsquo;s core identity as a successful business leader has to make the White House nervous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, meanwhile, are salivating at the idea that Trump&rsquo;s downfall could put them right back in power, at least in Congress, when the midterm elections roll around in 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s second 100 days will likely be defined by chaos of his own design, similar to the first,&rdquo; Democratic strategist Tom Cochran said. &ldquo;The bluster is louder, but the playbook is the same: distract, delay, and deflect. Democrats shouldn&rsquo;t chase the noise. &hellip; They need to stay focused on addressing real problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Much will ride on whether or not Trump can catch all of the balls he&rsquo;s thrown up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has partially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3394657\/trump-auto-tariffs-relief-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"walked back\">walked back<\/a> many of his tariffs in the face of resistance and has found himself in a game of chicken with China, the world&rsquo;s second-largest economy, after spiking import duties on the communist country to 145% after it retaliated against his initial tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials say President Xi Jinping has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3393562\/china-us-dispute-trump-xi-call-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"not engaged\">not engaged<\/a> in negotiations to lower those figures, and though Trump denies those claims, pressure will continue to mount as the many importers of goods from China feel pain from the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Jamieson Greer, Trump&rsquo;s trade representative, insists that Trump&rsquo;s long-term goal of creating more manufacturing jobs in the U.S. will be realized. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a reordering of global trade that hasn&rsquo;t happened since the end of World War II, and it&rsquo;s long overdue,&rdquo; he said during Wednesday&rsquo;s Cabinet meeting. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen manufacturing offshore under the old global trading system, with the net result a global system in which all the manufacturing goes to Asia and other places.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said you wouldn&rsquo;t be able to do global tariffs. We did it,&rdquo; Greer continued. &ldquo;They said everyone would retaliate, no one retaliated outside of China. They said no one would come to negotiate, we&rsquo;re talking to dozens of countries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail, Trump said repeatedly that &ldquo;tariff&rdquo; was his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3189487\/donald-trump-defends-tariffs-takeaways-bloomberg-economic-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"favorite word in the dictionary\">favorite word in the dictionary<\/a>, but it remains to be seen whether he can convince the public to love the word as much as he does. <\/p>\n<p>Another campaign promise, to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, did not happen in the first 100 days, though Trump insists a deal could be close and there were reports Wednesday that Ukraine was ready to sign a minerals deal that would come with U.S. investment and informal security ties.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s on top of Trump&rsquo;s efforts to rework a nuclear deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iran\">Iran<\/a> and secure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3342348\/cracks-appear-trump-israel-ceasefire-negotiations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ceasefire\">ceasefire<\/a> in Gaza while forcing Hamas to release its hostages. <\/p>\n<p>Domestically, much will ride on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3394341\/republicans-adjust-time-frame-trump-big-beautiful-tax-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reconciliation bill\">reconciliation bill<\/a> in Congress that would codify much of Trump&rsquo;s agenda, include a series of tax breaks on things like tip wages and Social Security benefits, and renew his 2017 tax cuts. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3395947\/michigan-workers-bank-job-boom-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Michigan workers bank on the job &lsquo;boom&rsquo; Trump promised with his tariffs\">Michigan workers bank on the job &lsquo;boom&rsquo; Trump promised with his tariffs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Passing such a bill would greatly boost Trump&rsquo;s fortunes, Jennings argues, and put Democrats on the back foot regarding the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The main messaging point he&rsquo;s going to make is, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m trying to cut your taxes, and the Democrats are trying to raise them,&#8217;&rdquo; Jennings said. &ldquo;&lsquo;And if you don&rsquo;t extend and make permanent my tax cuts, effectively, you&rsquo;re voting for the biggest tax increase in American history.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2110459\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2110459\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s initial 100 days are over, and challenges arise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2429621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Donald-Trump-challenges.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[54032,48850,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2429620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-100-days","tag-executive-actions","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Donald-Trump-challenges.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429624,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429620\/revisions\/2429624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}