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🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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The tradition and significance (or lack thereof) of marking 100 days of a President's term in office.
We explore the historical context of this milestone, the media's role in shaping its importance, and the implications for the future - including the NEXT 100 days.
Plus ~ Reporter's Notebook: What stands out most to Jenna as a journalist covering the Trump administration's first 100 days in this second term in office - and what to watch for NEXT.
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1:00.0 | Well, you're going to hear it everywhere this week. |
1:02.5 | President Trump marks 100 days in office. |
1:05.1 | Why does 100 days even matter? |
1:07.6 | As always, there's a backstory to that, and you can make up your own mind. I'm Jenna, |
1:12.3 | and this is smarter news. Well, today we're going to do something a little bit different, |
1:22.4 | a little bit more casual. We're going to have coffee together. We're going to talk through |
1:25.2 | this first 100 days. Typically, I have a well-scripted |
1:27.7 | quick hit for you where I want to hit a couple things tightly because we want to be really efficient with |
1:32.7 | your time. What I want to do today is just talk to you casually about why we even mark 100 days in office. |
1:38.9 | Where does that even come from? And also explain why at Smarter News, what I'm more curious about is the next 100, even 200 days in office for President Trump. |
1:47.9 | So let me just start with this. |
1:49.2 | There's a little bit of a disagreement about when media organizations should mark 100 days. |
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