Brian Lair on WNYC. So here we are at the Trump administration's Day 100. You've probably been hearing about the many polls, the Fox News poll included, showing Trump

at historically low approval numbers for a president at 100 days and with majority disapproval

on every issue except sealing the border.

But those polls also show most people who voted for Trump still approve of almost everything

he's doing.

And CNN analyzed their poll that came out yesterday

as saying, yes, Trump's approval on the economy tanked by many points, but voters in that poll

still said they trusted Republicans more than Democrats when it comes to economic management.

And it's only 100 days, right?

Other presidents, Bill Clinton, for example, have bounced back from a very rocky public

opinion start.

So we'll see.

On this show, we've been covering many first 100 days issues, but emphasizing two areas,

a climate and health section of the show on Tuesdays, which we will get to, and a focus on

democracy versus authoritarianism, basically every day. We will do one of each here on day 100,

democracy versus authoritarianism first. David Remnick is with us, editor of the New Yorker and host of the New Yorker Radio Hour

here on the station. In a first 100 days article, he wrote for the New Yorker, David's

premise is that Trump's first term attempt at what David calls authoritarian primacy was

amateur hour, a fitful rehearsal, he wrote. So it may surprise you that the title of the article

about this term is 100 days of ineptitude. Certainly many Americans on the receiving end of the Trump

and Elon Musk wrecking ball may beg to differ, but let's see what he has in mind. Hi, David,

welcome back to the weekday, WNYC. It's always great of you to come on. Good morning.

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