What's he done?
He's signed 58 bills into law, including such memorable legislation as HR 609 (an act to designate a health care centre in Butler County, PA as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic") and HR 534 (the U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act). Not a record - Jimmy Carter signed 70 acts into law in his first year. Okay, HR510 is important... but it's no "new health care plan" or "start building a wall".
The stock market went up 21% year-over-year. In the first year of John F. Kennedy's presidency, the stock market went up 26.5%; in the first year of George H. W. Bush's presidency, it went up 22.7%. So, good but not record-setting.
The U.S. unemployment rate is about where it was under the last year of Obama's administration. The percentage is lower, but the number of jobs created is also lower. So, no real change there.
Trump's taken almost as many days off in his first year (60) as Jimmy Carter took in his entire administration (79).
More people dislike him than like him. That's a record for the end of the first year of a presidency - even Bill Clinton was liked by more people than disliked him at the end of his first year. (Granted, the numbers only go back 70 years, to Harry Truman.) Also, his overall approval rating has been trending downward since day 15 of his presidency.
And, according to the Toronto Star (the newspaper of record in the largest city in Canada), he's been caught lying an average of 2.9 times a day - 835 times in his first 290 days in office. Here's the list.
He's signed 58 bills into law, including such memorable legislation as HR 609 (an act to designate a health care centre in Butler County, PA as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic") and HR 534 (the U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act). Not a record - Jimmy Carter signed 70 acts into law in his first year. Okay, HR510 is important... but it's no "new health care plan" or "start building a wall".
The stock market went up 21% year-over-year. In the first year of John F. Kennedy's presidency, the stock market went up 26.5%; in the first year of George H. W. Bush's presidency, it went up 22.7%. So, good but not record-setting.
The U.S. unemployment rate is about where it was under the last year of Obama's administration. The percentage is lower, but the number of jobs created is also lower. So, no real change there.
Trump's taken almost as many days off in his first year (60) as Jimmy Carter took in his entire administration (79).
More people dislike him than like him. That's a record for the end of the first year of a presidency - even Bill Clinton was liked by more people than disliked him at the end of his first year. (Granted, the numbers only go back 70 years, to Harry Truman.) Also, his overall approval rating has been trending downward since day 15 of his presidency.
And, according to the Toronto Star (the newspaper of record in the largest city in Canada), he's been caught lying an average of 2.9 times a day - 835 times in his first 290 days in office. Here's the list.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown