Trump hits media ahead of ‘first 100 days’ blitz
President says it’s not a good standard to judge him by
The media are gearing up for a raft of stories next week on President Trump’s accomplishments during his first 100 days in office — as is the president himself.
“No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!” Trump warned in a tweet Friday. The “S.C.” is presumably a reference to the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was confirmed this month.
Stories about Trump’s first months in office — the 100th day of his presidency is April 29, a week from Saturday — may well be critical.
While he has issued a slew of executive orders, many of them cutting back government regulations, his high-profile efforts to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care plan have been blocked in Congress. His proposed travel ban from certain Muslim majority countries is bottled up in the courts.
In foreign policy, Trump faces tense challenges involving Syria, Russia and North Korea.
Trump isn’t the first president to describe the first 100 days as a bad standard by which to judge new White House occupants.
But reporters and political observers have been using it since the days of President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.
During a Friday morning tweet storm, Trump also weighed in on Thursday’s attack in Paris that killed a police officer and wounded two others, predicting it would have an impact on the French presidential election this weekend.