Donald Trump's first 100 days

April 29 marks US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. The milestone has been used as a benchmark since the first term of Franklin D Roosevelt.

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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, on July 7. Alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election is just one of the controversies to have rocked the Trump administration. Photo: EPA

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French President Emmanuel Macron (left) talks to US President Donald Trump while attending the traditional military parade as part of the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. Photo: EPA

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President Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey marks only the second time in the FBI’s 108-year history that a director has been sacked. Photo: Reuters

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10 May 2017 - 5:03pm 2

US President Donald Trump is reviewing a possible breakup of large US banks. File photo: AP

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2 May 2017 - 10:18pm

George W. Bush jokingly makes a face as he tries to open a locked door as he leaves a press conference in Beijing in 2005. File photo: AP

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‘Trump is going to be judged on three things: did he keep his promises to voters; did he revive this economy; and did he get out of this low growth rut’

Now the hard part for Trump: the next 100 days

1 May 2017 - 8:05pm 2

Trump has said, among other things, that Earth’s climate change was a ‘hoax’. File photo: Nasa

Trump believes climate change is a hoax. Will he pull out of Paris agreement?

30 Apr 2017 - 5:27pm 1

US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping pause for photographs at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida. File photo: AP

Eyeing North Korea, Trump holds on to China bargaining chip

1 May 2017 - 12:36am 20

White House Correspondents' Association dinner attendees raise a glass to the First Amendment in Washington. Photo: Reuters

Washington press toast the elephant not in the room

30 Apr 2017 - 10:30pm 1

US President Donald Trump marks his 100th day in office at a rally. Photo: AFP

Trump trumpets first 100 days, attacks ‘dishonest’ media at rally

30 Apr 2017 - 2:27pm 3

Participants chant during a climate change awareness rally, in Denver, Saturday, April 29, 2017. The gathering was among many others of its kind held nationwide marking President Donald Trump's 100th day in office. Photo: AP

Thousands rally for climate change action on Trump’s 100th day

30 Apr 2017 - 8:41am 2

US President Donald Trump. Photo: EPA

Trump’s first 100 days: a chaotic discovery of power

29 Apr 2017 - 10:39pm

Full of sound and fury about tariffs, border walls, North Korea and travel bans, all of the leader of the free world’s bluster has thus far signified next to nothing

First 100 days of President Trump: like a drunk on a highway

3 Jul 2017 - 4:53pm 14

US President Donald Trump arrives to address the National Rifle Association (NRA) Leadership Forum in Atlanta, Georgia on April 28, 2017. Photo: AFP

Mixed results from Donald Trump’s first 100 days

29 Apr 2017 - 3:17am 1

President Donald Trump looks out of a window in the Oval Office following a media interview this week. While the cupboard is mostly bare for Trump domestically, foreign policy has been more of a mixed bag for the “America first” president. Photo: Reuters

On China, North Korea, Trump has the makings of a statesman

28 Apr 2017 - 9:02pm

Hugh White says any hope that the ignorant and reckless candidate of his campaign would change once in the White House has been dashed after 100 days

Syria and North Korea show Trump at his bumbling worst

28 Apr 2017 - 8:05pm 4

President Donald Trump. Photo: The Washington Post

Trump won’t get House OK of health bill before his 100th day

28 Apr 2017 - 10:11pm

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Trump on presidency: ‘I thought it would be easier’

28 Apr 2017 - 10:11pm 4

Koichi Hamada cites the game theory concept of prisoner’s dilemma to highlight the mechanics of betrayal between nations, which a tit-for-tat approach may nullify. And even Donald Trump, with his classic defector’s attitude, may find cooperation works best

Why Trump is a test case for tit-for-tat in foreign relations

28 Apr 2017 - 11:59am

Economists are divided over how Donald Trump’s tax plan will affect businesses. Photo: AFP

Economists are divided on what Trump’s tax plan means for China

28 Apr 2017 - 9:00am 8

Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, is part of a long line of dynastic players in world politics. Photo: Bloomberg

Asia’s political dynasties have a lesson for Jared Kushner

7 Jul 2017 - 12:06am 9

Douglas Paal says making so much of what he would achieve in his first 100 days in office has turned out to be an embarrassing mistake for the US president

100-day record of Donald Trump’s imagination falls far short

27 Apr 2017 - 7:17pm 4

Trump may put pursuit of wall funding on hold in bid to avert government shutdown

Trump may delay seeking wall funds to avert shutdown

27 Apr 2017 - 4:09pm

US President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Office in Washington, on Friday, April 21. Photo: AP

100 days of Trump: ‘a different kind of presidency’

27 Apr 2017 - 4:07pm

US lawmakers returning to Washington this coming week will find a familiar quagmire on health care legislation and a budget deadline dramatised by the prospect of a protracted battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over his border wall. File photo: Reuters

US faces government shutdown as Trump marks 100th day in office

27 Apr 2017 - 4:00pm

Beijing and Washington will spend three months grappling with tough trade issues that ignited Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail

Can Washington narrow trade deficit with Beijing in 100 days?

27 Apr 2017 - 4:10pm 7

US President Donald Trump salutes participants during the inaugural parade in Washington on Friday. Photo: Reuters

What to watch out for in Trump’s first 100 days in office

27 Apr 2017 - 4:08pm 1

US President Donald Trump waves as he walks with first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron, left, during the inauguration parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Photo: Reuters

Pomp, fanfare and protests: a recap of Trump’s inauguration day

27 Apr 2017 - 4:08pm 4

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