Reflections on 100 days of the Trump administration

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This is Diane’s final episode of On My Mind. She will be moving on from WAMU on May 2, after more than 50 years at the station.

So, who better to have as her guest for this last interview than Susan Page?

Susan Page and Diane have both traced the comings and goings of Washington for decades, Page at USA Today, Diane in public radio. And they often had the good fortune of sitting down together to talk about politics, and more importantly, what the actions of our government mean to you, the public.

Diane says she can’t think of another time in the history of this country when those types of conversations that lay out facts and seek truth meant more than they do today.

Susan Page joins Diane as she bids farewell to public radio to talk about the first hundred days of the Trump presidency – and what to expect from the next hundred.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Diane. On my mind, my final episode. I'll be moving on from WAMU at the end of the week
0:14.4	after more than 50 years at this station. And who better to have us my guest than Susan Page?
0:24.4	She and I have both traced the comings and goings of Washington for decades.
0:31.6	Susan at USA Today and I in public radio.
0:36.8	We often had the good fortune of sitting down together together. today and I in Public Radio.
0:45.2	We often have the good fortune of sitting down together to talk about politics and more importantly, what the actions of our government mean to you.
0:50.0	I can't think of another time in history of this country when those conversations that lay out facts and seek truth mean more than they do today.
1:03.6	Susan Page joins me to talk about the first 102 days of the Trump presidency and what to expect from the next hundred. Susan, there's
1:16.7	always lots of talk about a president's first hundred days. Why is that and how far back does it go?
1:29.2	Well, Diane, it goes back to Franklin Roosevelt.
1:31.4	And you remember his first election in the midst of the Great Depression, a terrible situation across the country.
1:37.6	He took over wanting to get ahead of steam, not only to do things, but to reassure Americans that things were going to be done.
1:45.4	And so he had a very activist first 100 days, including passing big pieces of legislation.
1:51.9	And ever since then, we have looked to the first 100 days of a presidency as a period of time
1:59.3	that tells us a lot about the president, about what his priorities are, about
2:04.0	his relationships with Congress, about his ability to connect with American people who put him in office.
2:11.0	And how much does it give us a forecast, things to come?
2:16.2	It's not always reliable.
2:18.2	You know, you think about President Clinton's first hundred days.
2:21.1	They were kind of a mess.
2:22.5	He had a very messy start.
2:25.0	They didn't look like, he and his team didn't look like they really knew what they were doing.
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