The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Trump boasts of profound change in Washington
President marks 100th day in office by claiming historic action on agenda
President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office by claiming historic action on his agenda, renewing promises on health care and taxes and attacking the news media for misleading Americans.
In his morning radio address, Mr Trump issued an assurance: “My only allegiance is to you, our wonderful citizens.”
To supporters at an evening rally in Pennsylvania, he promoted American power and patriotism while emphasising such priorities as American manufacturing, better trade deals, a border wall with Mexico and a still-to-be defined tax cut plan.
“We are not going to let other countries take advantage of us anymore,” he said in Harrisburg at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Centre. “From now on it’s going to be America first.”
Mr Trump’s 100th day events were set in a politically important state that he won with 48% of the vote.
It was the first time Pennsylvania had voted for a Republican presidential candidate since George HW Bush in 1988.
Mr Trump visited the AMES Companies in Pennsylvania’s Cumberland County. The firm has been making shovels and other gardening tools since 1774.
With that backdrop he signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department and the US trade representative to conduct a study of US trade agreements. The goal is to determine whether America is being treated fairly by its trading partners and the 164-nation World Trade Organisation.
He said in his remarks: “In just 14 weeks, my administration has brought profound change to Washington.”