From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

As Donald Trump reaches the symbolic milestone of 100 days in his second term,

how's it going so far? His opening weeks have been marked by frenetic activity at home and abroad.

How much is he accomplishing? And what are the voters

who reelected him? Think about that. 100 days of Donald Trump 2.0. That's our subject today on

Potomac Watch. I'm Paul as you go, the editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page. And I'm here

with two colleagues, Barton Swain and Kim

Strassel. Thank you both for joining today. So Barton, let's start with you. The path to a

successful presidency is often laid in the first 100 days, or at least the path set by early

decisions that pay off later. How's Trump doing on that score?

Well, you know, a number of us on the page put together a symposium for the paper and I tried to

sum up the first hundred days. And I was thinking like 150 words. It's impossible.

There's 150 things. You get one word each.

Yeah, it was just absolutely impossible. I went to 300 and that was straining it.

But in my mind, there are some bad things and good things to state the obvious.

And I was trying to think it through, it seems to me that many of the bad things, I think

it's fair to say, will not outlast the Trump presidency.

Forgive me for the optimism here. I'm going to give you an optimistic take here. But I don't think the tariffs are going to outlast. I don't think we're going to enter a new tariff era in American history. The market is going to debunk the idea again. And after

all, say what you will about Trump, he's turned the Democratic Party into a lot of free traders.

Some of his really aggressive, punitive executive orders, you know, the de facto bills of a tainer

and going after law firms, it's hard to see anyone, but Donald Trump,

with his particular grievances, trying things like this. Now, again, I could be wrong,

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