Dear Editor,

Teddylee Gray

Even though many of us would say that the 100-day benchmarkestablished by US President Franklin D Roosevelt in the Great Depression is because he defeated the Republicans so badly in the 1932 elections, he signed a lot of Bills, executive orders, etc, some of which weren’t later overturned.

Donald J Trump made 28 promises called, “Donald J Trump’s contract with the American voters”. In his first 100 days he’s successfully achieved few, while few others haven’t been touched yet.

Successes:

• The first modern-day president in history to get a Supreme Court picked in his first 100 days. The only president to do so was Chester A Arthur, in 1881. Since the 1900s only four other presidents had a chance: William Harding, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. The fact checkers will point out that Trump is the only one who had the full 100 days — point taken, but the fact is he’s the first modern-day president to do so, no matter the circumstances.

• He holds the record of most executive orders — surpassing Lyndon B Johnson’s 26 by four.

• He’s produced 78 presidential actions, 29 memoranda, 21 proclamations, and 29 signed legislation. The legislation is the most since Harry Truman — 55 in his first 100 days. Trump is third on that list, Roosevelt is firstwith 76.

• Construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and construction of the Dakota access pipeline

• Pulled out of Trans-Pacific Partnership

• Punished Syria for using chemical weapons

• Over 500,000 new jobs, over $3 trillion added to the stock markets, record-breaking numbers in confidence indices.

Failures:

• Repeal and replace Obamacare — stalled by the legislative branch of government

• Travel ban — stalled by the judiciary

• Building a wall for which Mexico will pay — in the works.

Ocho Rios, St Ann

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