BONUS | Opinion: After 100 days in office, how do you think Trump is doing?
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USA TODAY
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🗓️ 5 May 2025
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We received so many responses about President Trump's first 100 days in office that we created a second episode on what Americans are really thinking about Trump and his administration. Forum is a series from USA TODAY's Opinion team, dedicated to showcasing views from across the political spectrum on issues that Americans are starkly divided on. If you'd like to weigh in on a different topic, you can find more questions at usatoday.com/forum. And if your submission is selected for print, we might invite you to add your voice to a future special bonus episode like this one. Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to [email protected].
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| 0:17.3 | Hello and welcome to the excerpt. |
| 0:19.7 | Last week we heard from listeners like you about President Trump's leadership over the last 100 days. |
| 0:24.6 | And we heard from so many of you that we're doing a part two on this topic. |
| 0:29.6 | How do you feel President Trump is doing since taking office? |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Michael McArthur. I lead the opinion sections of Gannett, the parent company of USA Today. |
| 0:41.6 | This is Forum, our bonus series from USA Today's opinion team, found right here on the excerpt fee. |
| 0:48.6 | Here's what you told us. |
| 0:53.0 | I think America is radically better off under President Trump's leadership. |
| 0:58.5 | Just the fact that he closed the border down immediately from the catastrophe that Joe Biden purposely allowed. |
| 1:06.5 | On the strength of that alone, that puts them radically better. |
| 1:10.5 | This is Eugene Dunn, a 61-year-old who lives in Medford, New York. On the strength of that alone, that puts them radically better. |
| 1:14.6 | This is Eugene Dunn, a 61-year-old who lives in Medford, New York. |
| 1:17.6 | He voted for Trump and is fully behind him. |
| 1:23.4 | All I keep hearing is that the federal debt is like an existential threat. |
| 1:25.0 | It's unsustainable. |
| 1:30.0 | This should be a Manhattan project-like effort that the whole country is involved and everyone should be able to submit ideas and not just cost-cutting ideas, but revenue-enhancing |
| 1:38.0 | ideas. Regarding the tariff situation, which has brought his poll numbers down the low, Trump has been talking |
| 1:46.0 | about the trade imbalance for 40 years. He's been remarkably consistent on this. He is the |
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