The Trump presidency started with a lie about his inauguration crowd size and took off from there with broken campaign promises, investigations in the House, Senate, FBI, and DOD, and plans to take health care away from 26 million people and slash taxes for millionaires and companies like his own. Not to mention many, many taxpayer-funded trips to Mar-a-Lago.
As we near a possible government shutdown to coincide with Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, here are 100 headlines that tell the story of his disastrous presidency so far:
- Newsweek: White House Accuses Media Of Lying About Trump Crowd Size https://www.newsweek.com/white-
house-accuses-media-lying- trump-crowd-size-546005 - TIME: White House’s Sean Spicer Stands by False Claim That Donald Trump’s Inauguration Was the ‘Most-Watched’ Ever https://time.com/4643927/sean-
spicer-white-house-donald- trump-inauguration-press- briefing/ - USA Today: Trump’s inauguration will be protested in all 50 states and 32 countries https://www.usatoday.com/
story/news/politics/2017/01/ 16/trumps-welcome-committee- gush-protesters/96574160/ - Los Angeles Times Editorial: Our Dishonest President https://www.latimes.com/
projects/la-ed-our-dishonest- president/ - Denver Post Editorial: Lying Donald Trump can’t be trusted, and that needs to stop now https://www.denverpost.com/
2017/01/25/lying-trump-cant- be-trusted-and-that-needs-to- stop-now/ - Baltimore Sun Editorial: Trump lies about his lies https://www.baltimoresun.com/
news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed- alternative-fact-wiretap- 20170316-story.html - USA Today: Big jobs miss: Employers add disappointing 98,000 jobs in March https://www.usatoday.com/
story/money/2017/04/07/ employers-added-just-98000- jobs-march-below-expectations- 180000/100142104/ - CNBC: Jobs report shocker dashes some hopes for an economic breakout https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/
07/jobs-report-shocker-dashes- hope-for-better-growth.html - New York Times: Trump Reversals Hint at Wall Street Wing’s Sway in White House https://www.nytimes.com/2017/
04/12/us/politics/export- import-bank-janet-yellen- china-currency.html - CNN: Trump: ‘Nobody knew health care could be so complicated’ https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/27/
politics/trump-health-care- complicated/ - NPR: Health Care Plan Championed By Trump Hurts Counties That Voted For Him https://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/
520317690/health-care-plan- championed-by-trump-hurts- counties-that-voted-for-him - CNN: CBO report: 24 million fewer insured by 2026 under GOP health care bill https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/
politics/cbo-report-health- care/ - New York Times Editorial: Trading Health Care for the Poor for Tax Cuts for the Rich https://www.nytimes.com/2017/
03/13/opinion/trading-health- care-for-the-poor-for-tax- cuts-for-the-rich.html - NBC News: U.S. May Launch Strike if North Korea Reaches for Nuclear Trigger https://www.nbcnews.com/news/
world/u-s-may-launch-strike- if-north-korea-reaches- nuclear-n746366 - ABC News: Trump says he made decision about Syrian strike over cake https://abcnews.go.com/
Politics/president-trump- syria/story?id=46739220 - Time: The Syria Strike Proves There’s No Collusion Between Trump and Russia, Eric Trump Says https://time.com/4734889/eric-
trump-syria-airstrikes-russia- assad-putin/ - Boston Globe Editorial: Users are losers as Trump erodes Internet privacy https://www.bostonglobe.com/
opinion/editorials/2017/04/05/ users-are-losers-trump-erodes- internet-privacy/ qlsuC2TUCAHc7FfTwfV0VI/story. html - Star-Ledger Editorial: Trump ignores swamp, shreds safety net on his supporters https://www.nj.com/opinion/
index.ssf/2017/03/trump_ ignores_swamp_shreds_safety_ net_on_his_suppo.html - Business Insider: Watch Trump’s budget director explain proposed cuts for after-school programs that feed children https://www.businessinsider.
com/budget-director-explains- trumps-proposed-cuts-meals-on- wheels-omb-white-house-press- briefing-2017-3 - Arizona Republic: Trump budget would cut funds used for ‘most vulnerable,’ Valley officials say https://www.azcentral.com/
story/news/local/phoenix/2017/ 03/22/trump-budget-community- development-block-grants-home- investment-partnerships/ 99456760/ - New York Times Editorial: Donald Trump’s Cabinet Choices Stumble By https://www.nytimes.com/2017/
01/18/opinion/donald-trumps- cabinet-choices-stumble-by. html?_r=0 - Philly Inquirer Editorial: Trump’s cabinet picks so far aren’t very reassuring https://www.philly.com/philly/
opinion/20161211_Inquirer_ Editorial__Trump_s_cabinet_ picks_so_far_aren_t_very_ reassuring.html - Newsday Editorial : Betsy DeVos is wrong choice for education secretary https://www.newsday.com/
opinion/editorial/betsy-devos- is-wrong-choice-for-education- secretary-1.13020856 - Washington Post: Andrew Puzder withdraws labor nomination, throwing White House into more turmoil https://www.washingtonpost.
com/powerpost/now-6- republicans-are-on-the-fence- about-andrew-puzder/2017/02/ 15/e34cada6-f38b-11e6-8d72- 263470bf0401_story.html?utm_ term=.5b0d3df27953 - Forward: EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member https://forward.com/news/
national/366181/exclusive- nazi-allied-group-claims-top- trump-aide-sebastian-gorka-as- sworn/ - Huffington Post: Former White House Official Granted Waiver From Trump’s Lobbying Ban https://www.huffingtonpost.com/
entry/trump-lobbying-ban- waiver_us_ 58ef8d63e4b0da2ff85eb903 - ProPublica: How the Trump Administration May Be Skirting Its Own Ethics Rules https://business-ethics.com/
2017/03/07/2416-how-the-trump- administration-may-be- skirting-its-own-ethics-rules/ - Miami Herald: Trump betrays gay Republicans who billed him as LGBT-friendly https://www.miamiherald.com/
news/local/news-columns-blogs/ fabiola-santiago/ article134695514.html - Washington Post: Trump has visited a Trump-branded property every 2.8 days of his presidency https://www.washingtonpost.
com/news/politics/wp/2017/04/ 08/trump-has-visited-a-trump- branded-property-every-2-8- days-of-his-presidency/?utm_ term=.ba50d20b40d9 - Wall Street Journal: Comey Confirms FBI Probe of Trump-Russia Links https://www.wsj.com/articles/
comey-confirms-fbi-probe-of- trump-russia-links-1490025014 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial: Yes, the FBI is investigating Russian election hacks. No, this isn’t normal https://www.stltoday.com/news/
opinion/columns/the-platform/ editorial-yes-the-fbi-is- investigating-russian- election-hacks-no/article_ 5fab3b71-6091-5506-a120- 9af816639b22.html - CNN: 2 White House staffers assisted Nunes in gathering intelligence material last week https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/
politics/white-house-staffers- devin-nunes/ - ABC News: Trump campaign adviser Carter Page targeted for recruitment by Russian spies https://abcnews.go.com/
Politics/trump-campaign- advisor-carter-page-targeted- russian-spies/story?id= 46557506 - CNN: Trump aides were in constant touch with senior Russian officials during campaign https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/
politics/donald-trump-aides- russians-campaign/ - Washington Post: Trump has spent one out of every five minutes of his presidency in Palm Beach https://www.washingtonpost.
com/news/politics/wp/2017/04/ 17/trump-has-spent-one-out-of- every-five-minutes-of-his- presidency-in-palm-beach/?utm_ term=.9217bbce56de - CNN: Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama’s travel spending in 1 year https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/
politics/donald-trump-obama- travel-costs/ - Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial: Editorial: Idiotic Hitler comments prove Spicer should go https://www.richmond.com/
opinion/our-opinion/editorial- idiotic-hitler-comments-prove- spicer-should-go/article_ 3c232832-6499-5fc0-8e9d- 26b490fe777b.html - Syracuse Post-Standard Editorial: Trump’s wiretap claim damages credibility of the presidency https://www.syracuse.com/
opinion/index.ssf/2017/03/ trumps_wiretap_claim_damages_ credibility_of_the_presidency_ editorial.html - Virginian-Pilot Editorial: Trump’s Muslim ban doesn’t make us safer https://pilotonline.com/
opinion/editorial/editorial- trump-s-muslim-ban-doesn-t- make-us-safer/article_ 42b48351-89c0-5441-ba30- fcda33b5f40e.html - Dallas Morning News: Trump seeks $4.1 billion for border wall, with no plan for Mexico to pay https://www.dallasnews.com/
news/politics/2017/03/16/ trump-seeks-41-billion-border- wall-plan-mexico-pay - CNN: Flynn resigns amid controversy over Russia contacts https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/
politics/michael-flynn-white- house-national-security- adviser/ - New York Times: Michael Flynn Failed to Disclose Income From Russia-Linked Entities https://www.nytimes.com/2017/
04/01/us/politics/michael- flynn-financial-disclosure- russia-linked-entities.html - CBS News: Devin Nunes recuses himself from Russia probe https://www.cbsnews.com/news/
devin-nunes-recuses-himself- from-russia-probe/ - AP: Records show ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort’s firm received payout from Ukraine ledger under investigation https://www.latimes.com/
politics/washington/la-na- essential-washington-updates- records-show-paul-manafort-s- firm-did-1491999525-htmlstory. html - CBS News: Trump adviser Roger Stone admits contact with Guccifer 2.0 during campaign https://www.cbsnews.com/news/
trump-adviser-roger-stone- admits-contact-with-guccifer- 2-0-during-campaign/ - Washington Post: Trump can quietly draw money from trust whenever he wants, new documents show https://www.washingtonpost.
com/politics/trump-can- quietly-draw-money-from-trust- whenever-he-wants-new- documents-show/2017/04/03/ 7f4c0002-187c-11e7-9887- 1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_ term=.f040ed0e420d’ - Daily Progress (VA): Trump Winery seeks more foreign workers, but many local vineyards also depend on them https://www.dailyprogress.com/
news/business/cbj/trump- winery-seeks-more-foreign- workers-but-many-local- vineyards/article_bcbefd3e- cebe-5df3-b3f1-0312728e583d. html - BuzzFeed: A Trump Golf Club In New York Seeks More Foreign Workers https://www.buzzfeed.com/
jessicagarrison/a-trump-golf- club-in-new-york-seeks-more- foreign-workers?utm_term=. reWEaXerl#.nty7yprZP - Chicago Tribune: Judge approves $25 million settlement in Trump University fraud lawsuits https://www.chicagotribune.com/
news/nationworld/ct-trump- university-settlement- 20170331-story.html - USA TODAY: Keystone XL pipeline will not use U.S. steel despite Trump’s vow https://www.usatoday.com/
story/news/politics/ onpolitics/2017/03/04/ president-trump-keystone- pipeline-american-steel/ 98734238/ - FOX News: Keystone pipeline won’t use US steel despite Trump pledge https://www.foxnews.com/
politics/2017/03/03/keystone- pipeline-wont-use-us-steel- despite-trump-pledge.html - Los Angeles Times: Pence casts tie-breaking vote to let states withhold federal funds from Planned Parenthood https://www.latimes.com/
politics/la-na-pol-congress- planned-parenthood-20170330- story.html - Politico: White House rattled by McCarthy’s spoof of Spicer https://www.politico.com/story/
2017/02/melissa-mccarthy-sean- spicer-234715 - Washington Post: Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban https://www.washingtonpost.
com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/ 02/03/kellyanne-conway-cites- bowling-green-massacre-that- never-happened-to-defend- travel-ban/?utm_term=. bde68b257c13 - The Oregonian: Ivanka Trump sales, boosted by Kellyanne Conway’s ‘free commercial,’ soar in February https://www.oregonlive.com/
trending/2017/03/ivanka_trump_ record_sales_boost_kellyanne_ conway_free_commercial.html - New York Times: Trump Tops Obama, Bush and Clinton in Golfing and Private Getaways So Far https://www.nytimes.com/
interactive/2017/04/10/us/ politics/trump-golf-course- getaways.html - CNN: Trump’s aides don’t want to admit the President is golfing https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/
politics/donald-trump-golfing- presidency/ - USA Today: Trump revives false claim that illegal ballots cost him popular vote https://www.usatoday.com/
story/news/politics/ onpolitics/2017/01/23/ president-trump-illegal- ballots-popular-vote-hillary- clinton/96976246/ - San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial: Donald Trump’s illegal voting claim the real fraud https://www.
sandiegouniontribune.com/ opinion/editorials/sd-alex- padilla-donald-trump-voter- fraud-20170202-story.html - Business Insider: Trump has signed an order that could roll back a rule intended to protect Main Street’s retirement money https://www.businessinsider.
com/trump-executive-order-on- fiduciary-rule-main-street- retirement-money-2017-2 - NBC News: Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections For Women Workers https://www.nbcnews.com/news/
us-news/trump-pulls-back- obama-era-protections-women- workers-n741041 - Mother Jones: In One Executive Order, Trump Revoked Years of Workplace Protections for Women https://www.motherjones.com/
politics/2017/04/trump-just- revoked-protections-women- workplace - Bangor Daily News: Trump declares war on the conservative House Freedom Caucus https://bangordailynews.com/
2017/03/30/politics/trump- declares-war-on-the- conservative-house-freedom- caucus/ - Chicago Tribune Editorial: Mr. President, don’t build that wall https://www.chicagotribune.com/
news/opinion/editorials/ct- trump-mexico-wall-immigration- edit-0127-jm-20170126-story. html - Boston Globe: Trump’s budget cuts hit his base — rural voters https://www.bostonglobe.com/
news/politics/2017/03/16/ trump-budget-slashes-billions- from-rural-programs/ bP8BKIdo5uSG5UkwD2ylOO/story. html - Concord Monitor Editorial: Trump’s thoughtless budget https://www.concordmonitor.com/
How-Trump-budget-cuts-would- affect-New-Hampshire-8997153 - Seattle Times Editorial: Trump is on the losing side of history on coal, climate change https://www.seattletimes.com/
opinion/editorials/trump-is- on-the-losing-side-of-history- on-coal-climate-change/ - Tampa Bay Times Editorial: Trump moves backward on climate change https://www.tampabay.com/
opinion/editorials/editorial- trump-moves-backward-on- climate-change/2318715 - New York Times Editorial: The Trump Administration’s War on Science https://www.nytimes.com/2017/
03/27/opinion/the-trump- administrations-war-on- science.html - Politico: Ben Carson gets stuck in an elevator https://www.politico.com/story/
2017/04/ben-carson-trapped- elevator-237155 - Washington Post: Trump turns Mar-a-Lago Club terrace into open-air situation room https://www.washingtonpost.
com/politics/trump-turns-mar- a-lago-club-terrace-into-open- air-situation-room/2017/02/13/ c5525096-f20d-11e6-a9b0- ecee7ce475fc_story.html?utm_ term=.6a391f7bc3f9 - AP: China grants preliminary approval to 38 new Trump trademarks https://apnews.com/
8f54b14808a2459f9efcb0089f41f0 56 - USA Today: Trump sons open Dubai golf club, meet with Emirati elites https://www.usatoday.com/
story/news/nation-now/2017/02/ 18/trump-sons-open-dubai-golf- club-meet-emirati-elites/ 98092692/ - CNBC: Mar-a-Lago membership fee doubles to $200,000 https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/
25/mar-a-lago-membership-fee- doubles-to-200000.html - The Advocate: Trump covertly dismantles Obama-era LGBT protections https://www.advocate.com/
politics/2017/3/29/trump- covertly-dismantles-obama-era- lgbt-protections - Politico: Gorsuch pick affirms Trump vow to pick ‘pro-life’ justice https://www.politico.com/story/
2017/01/gorsuch-pick-affirms- trump-vow-to-pick-pro-life- justice-234465 - Reuters: Senate goes ‘nuclear,’ ends Democrats’ blockade of Trump’s court pick https://www.reuters.com/
article/us-usa-court-gorsuch- idUSKBN17814Y - Los Angeles Times: ‘See you in court,’ Trump tweets after 9th Circuit panel unanimously refuses to reinstate his travel ban https://www.latimes.com/nation/
la-na-ninth-circuit-travel- ban-2017-story.html - NBC News: Hawaii Judge Extends Order Blocking Trump ‘Travel Ban’ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/
us-news/hawaii-judge-extends- order-blocking-trump-travel- ban-n740396 - AP: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump face ethical dilemmas ahead https://www.businessinsider.
com/jared-kushner-and-ivanka- trump-face-ethical-dilemmas- ahead-2017-4 - CNN: Trump’s Secretary of Everything: Jared Kushner https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/03/
politics/jared-kushner-donald- trump-foreign-policy - Wall Street Journal: Mike Flynn offers to testify in exchange for immunity https://www.wsj.com/articles/
mike-flynn-offers-to-testify- in-exchange-for-immunity- 1490912959 - NPR: That ‘Armada’ Heading To North Korea? Actually, It Sailed South https://www.npr.org/sections/
thetwo-way/2017/04/18/ 524560773/that-armada-heading- to-north-korea-actually-it- sailed-south - The Hill: Kushner left Russian meetings off security clearance forms https://thehill.com/homenews/
administration/327753-kushner- didnt-disclose-meetings-with- russians-on-security-clearance - New York Times: Trump’s tax plan: low rate for corporations, and companies like his https://thehill.com/homenews/
administration/327753-kushner- didnt-disclose-meetings-with- russians-on-security-clearance - Fox News: Sessions announces recusal from Russia-related probes, denies misleading Congress https://www.foxnews.com/
politics/2017/03/02/sessions- announces-recusal-from-russia- related-probes-denies- misleading-congress.html - Huffington Post: New Version Of Obamacare Repeal Would Gut Pre-Existing Condition Guarantee https://www.huffingtonpost.com/
entry/obamacare-repeal-pre- existing-conditions_us_ 5900124fe4b0026db1dc423b - Axios: 64% of Republicans want to see Trump’s tax returns https://www.axios.com/64-of-
republicans-want-to-see- trumps-tax-returns-2359211284. html - The Atlantic: A Tax Plan That Befits The “King Of Debt” https://www.theatlantic.com/
politics/archive/2017/04/ trump-tax-plan-king-of-debt/ 524286/ - Chicago Tribune: Trump has fulfilled only 10 of 38 promises in first 100 days https://www.chicagotribune.com/
news/nationworld/politics/ct- trump-promises-first-100-days- 20170424-story.html - CNBC: Trump’s China currency shift breaks a key part of his contract with the American voter https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/
13/trumps-china-currency- shift-breaks-a-key-part-of- his-contract-with-the- american-voter.html - Gallup: Trump’s approval rating is unusually low, unusually early https://www.gallup.com/poll/
207518/trump-approval-rating- unusually-low-unusually-early. aspx - AOL: Trump’s approval rating sinks to record low for second time in one week https://www.aol.com/article/
news/2017/03/29/trump- approval-rating-sinks-record- low-for-second-time-one-week/ 22017531/ - NBC News: Still-vacant appointments threaten implementation of Trump’s agenda https://www.nbcnews.com/
politics/white-house/still- vacant-appointments-threaten- implementation-trump-agenda- n713401 - AP: US economy grew just 0.7 percent in Q1, weakest showing in 3 years https://www.chron.com/business/
article/US-economy-grew-just- 0-7-percent-in-Q1-weakest- 11105967.php - New York Times: Health Law Repeal Will Miss Trump’s 100-Day Target Date https://www.nytimes.com/2017/
04/27/us/politics/republicans- propose-short-term-funding- plan-to-avert-shutdown.html?_ r=0 - NBC News: Pentagon Investigating Michael Flynn for Foreign Payments https://www.nbcnews.com/
politics/politics-news/ pentagon-investigating-former- nsa-head-flynn-foreign- payments-n751876 - TIME: President Trump Says a ‘Major Conflict’ With North Korea Is Possible https://time.com/4758883/
donald-trump-major-conflict- north-korea/ - Newsweek: Trump shutdown threat creates no-win situation for Republicans https://www.newsweek.com/trump-
government-shutdown-588384 - Reuters: Exclusive: Trump says he thought being president would be easier than his old life https://www.reuters.com/
article/us-usa-trump-100days- idUSKBN17U0CA
Published: Apr 28, 2017