Trump live updates: Latest on immigration, tariffs and approval ratings as Trump marks 100 days in office – UK Times

Just before midnight on the eve of his 100th day in office, Donald Trump raged at the “fake news” and their so-called “fake” polls.

As the president continues to enact his sweeping agenda, a spate of new polling suggests waning public support for signature issues such as the economy and slashing the size of government.

The latest Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll pits his approval rating at just 39 percent in March, slipping from 46 percent two months prior. A new New York Times-Siena College poll suggests that 42 percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing.

Trump, however, maintains that the polls – and the news outlets they come from – are “fake” and he is doing a “great” job.

“The Polls from the Fake News are, like the News itself, FAKE! We are doing GREAT, better than ever before.

Earlier in the day, Trump railed against “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.”

Just minutes before the 100th day of Trump 2.0 officially arrived, the president posted a late-night Truth Social message taking a jab at a familiar foe: Joe Biden.

Ignoring the economic disruption caused by the aggressive implementation of his own agenda, Trump railed against his Democratic predecessor’s economic policy, boasting that he would reverse the country’s misfortune.

“The USA lost Billions of Dollars A DAY in International Trade under Sleepy Joe Biden. I have now stemmed that tide, and will be making a fortune, very soon,” he wrote late on Monday evening. “Stay tuned as we MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term as president have also been marked by some of the worst approval ratings seen by any U.S. president in decades.

That is the lowest approval for a president in their first three months in office since 1945. The next lowest was Trump’s approval rating in 2017, at 42 percent.

Americans have taken a negative view of Trump’s handling of the economy, with 72 percent of respondents saying the believe it was very or somewhat likely that his policies would cause a recession in the short term, and 73 percent belive the economy is in bad shape.

In his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war, cut U.S. foreign aid, talked about annexing Greenland and making Canada the 51st state, and cracked down on immigrants.

Trump’s actions, including backing Russia’s narrative on the Ukraine war, have changed the world order, experts say.

“Trump is much more radical now than he was eight years ago,” said Elliott Abrams, a conservative who served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush before being appointed U.S. special envoy on Iran and Venezuela in Trump’s first term. “I have been surprised.”

The president has also attacked judges and universities, and flown immigrants to a notorious El Salvador prison amid concerns those people were not given due process.

“What we’re seeing is a huge disruption in world affairs,” said Dennis Ross, a former Middle East negotiator for Democratic and Republican administrations. “No one is certain at this point what to make of what’s happening or what will come next.”