Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

Asharq al-Awsat, London, May 25 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org

In late April and early May, I was visiting the US. It was the 100th day since Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the US.

Traditionally a symbolic milestone, this occasion carried far more weight than usual – for the president himself, his supporters, his critics, the American media, and much of the world. The reason was simple: the sheer volume of executive orders Trump had signed, the sweeping ambitions he laid out, and the grandiose language he employed to do so.

Among the more outlandish goals he floated were making Canada the 51st state, annexing Greenland, taking control of the Panama Canal, turning Gaza into a Riviera-style tourist haven, res

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