Since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earthshaking first 100 days in office, no president has matched the sheer drama and disruption of that 15-week sprint in 1933, which rewrote the relationship ...

There have been other transformational first 100 days after FDR, but none are remotely as consequential to America’s future as those from President Donald Trump since January 20, 2025.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell looks back to the historic success of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office when he rescued the American banking system beginning the process of ...

Since 1945, U.S. presidents have used the first 100 days as a standard. In his first 100 days, Roosevelt’s achievements created an informal landmark in a new president’s term that has become a ...

This piece is also available at Old Goats with Jonathan Alter. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lifted the United States out of the fetal position with his thrilling First Hundred Days.

There have been other transformational first 100 days after FDR, but none are remotely as consequential to America’s future as those from President Donald Trump since January 20, 2025. His so-called “ ...

Trump applied his first 100 days to destroying much of what’s good about the government. He projects dictatorship and inspires fear, and he does it by executive fiat. FDR confronted a crisis.

There have been other transformational first 100 days after FDR, but none are remotely as consequential to America’s future as those from President Donald Trump since January 20, 2025.

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earthshaking first 100 days in office, no president has matched the sheer drama and disruption of that 15-week sprint in 1933, which rewrote the relationship ...