Trump Marks 100 Days, Steve Bannon On Trump's Presidency, The "Big Beautiful Bill"
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What changes did President Trump celebrate on day 100?
On day 100 of his second term, President Trump celebrated changes to America in his second term.
Those changes include a trade war, punishing perceived political enemies and invoking wartime authorities.
I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. Steve Bannon, a sometime advisor to the president, talks of a busy summer. I think the convergence, particularly of spending cuts and the simultaneously constitutional crisis that we're hurtling to is going to make this summer a summer like no other. How is a populist podcaster defending the president's first hundred days? And what does he see in the next hundred?
And congressional Republicans returned from recess with a goal of passing the president's so-called big, beautiful bill in a month. Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. President Trump took a victory lap in Michigan last night.
In 100 days, we have delivered the most profound change in Washington in nearly 100 years. I read a editorial today that this is the most consequential presidency in history.
How about that? It's a little early for that superlative, but Trump's critics and fans alike agree that these 100 days were consequential. Trump has pushed the limits of presidential power. He invoked wartime authorities to crack down on immigration. He punished his political enemies and launched a trade war that shook consumer confidence and also shook U.S. relationships with the world.
Joining me now to talk about this milestone is NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Hi, Tam. Good morning. Good morning. So that was a long but incomplete list of what President Trump has done since January. So suffice to say, a lot has happened. How did the president take stock of things at his rally last night?
Well, he covered all of that and more in a 90-minute speech that was actually rather joyful by Trump standards. You know, at times during the campaign, his speeches got pretty grim. But this was his first rally since Inauguration Day, his first time fully feeling the embrace of the MAGA faithful. And he comes alive with a crowd, especially when he can boast about owning the libs and taking back the country from a, quote, sick political class.
We are stopping their gravy train, ending their power trip, and telling thousands of corrupt, incompetent, and unnecessary deep-stake bureaucrats, you're fired. Get the hell out of here. You're fired. Get out of here.
He also talked about paper straws and low flow shower heads, along with border security, working to bring down prices. And there were also, as always, plenty of exaggerations and outright falsehoods throughout.
I want to ask you about the difference and the similarities with Trump's first term, which you also covered. What are you seeing as the key differences so far?
He has a lot more experience. As a longtime Trump ally told me, he has been through the knife fights and knows how to use the levers of power. And he's having an easier time of it so far as well. During Trump 1.0, he faced pushback from within his own administration. The second Trump administration is all loyalists. Gone are the establishment Republicans who saw themselves as guardrails working behind the scenes to temper his plans. And Congress is more compliant as well. Most of the Republicans who criticized him last time are no longer in office. A big test of that is coming soon, though, and Trump last night seemed to be transitioning to a campaign-style push for what he calls his one big, beautiful bill, a massive tax and spending cut measure that Trump is urging Republicans to pass quickly. He has done a lot through executive action in these first 100 days, but he's going to need Congress for this. And what about the similarities? Well, last night, Trump complained repeatedly about polls he said couldn't possibly be valid.
That's the raft of public polls out in recent days indicating the Trump has the lowest approval rating at the 100 days mark of any president in 80 years. A lot of Americans told pollsters they think Trump is going too far. And like in his first term, significant parts of Trump's agenda are being held up in the courts, which he made clear he isn't happy about.
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