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The Center for American Progress reports
On [April 29], Donald Trump marks the 100th day of his presidency, and finds his approval ratings much lower than any of his modern predecessors.
One reason for this could be perceptions about his accountability. To become president, Trump made a lot of promises to a lot of people--663, in fact. In just 100 days of what would be 1,461 days of a first term, Donald Trump has broken 80 promises he made before he was sworn in.
[...] A close analysis of the 663 promises Trump made on the campaign trail shows how few he has kept, and how many more he has broken.
Trump's promises about what he would accomplish in his first 100 days are not the first vows pegged to a key milestone that were summarily ignored or broken. As a candidate, Trump made several pledges about the first paper he would sign, as well as what would he would do during his first minute and first hour as president. He kept none of them. On his first day in office, Trump failed to keep 34 different promises of what he said he would do on Day One in the White House--and fulfilled just two.
In total, during his first month in office, Trump broke 64 promises. He kept just seven of his promises in that first month.
Including those from the first month, Trump has broken 80 promises and kept seven in the first hundred days. Three promises have been addressed with some caveats in a separate category below.
[...] When the AP's Julie Pace asked Trump about the 100-day plan, Trump replied, "I'm mostly there on most items."
The reality shows the opposite.
[...] Trump promised he won't let countries steal our jobs anymore.
"We'll put our people back to work, we will not let other countries steal our jobs. It it is not going to happen anymore." Worcester, MA, 11/18/15 [Video]
According to a ThinkProgress analysis of Labor Department data, at least 11,934 American jobs have been lost or are in the process of leaving the United States since Inauguration Day.
In going to a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to celebrate his amazing string of accomplishments over the last 100 days, Trump avoided the White House Correspondents Association dinner where he was sure to have been the butt of about a billion squarely-on-target jokes.
As for Trump's claim that "No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days", Politifact notes
The 15 major bills [which Franklin Roosevelt signed in his first 100 days] included those that created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Tennessee Valley Authority (both of which still exist) and the Home Owners Loan Corp. He signed the Agricultural Adjustment Act, which established farm subsidies, and the National Industrial Recovery Act, which started public-works efforts to reverse the Great Depression. He signed legislation to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and wine, and he issued executive orders to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps and to effectively take the United States off the gold standard.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday May 02 2017, @09:51PM (14 children)
Approval ratings mean shit. Count the ballots. They are the only valid way of measuring 'approval'.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:15PM (4 children)
Approval ratings mean shit. Count the ballots. They are the only valid way of measuring 'approval'.
Yes, why don't we do that [cookpolitical.com].
The ballots pretty much track Cheeto Jesus' approval rating, except instead of winning folks over since the election, he's alienated a bunch.
Assuming the Rs are batshit crazy enough to run L'Orange again in 2020, I imagine the White House will change parties.
I could be wrong. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:34PM (3 children)
Cheeto Jesus? I get the Cheeto part, but Jesus?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @12:24AM
Trump got a higher percentage of the evangelical vote than anybody in recent history, including Jimmy Carter who is the only evangelical to ever be president.
He's their jesus alright.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday May 03 2017, @01:02AM
Cheeto Jesus? I get the Cheeto part, but Jesus?
You're welcome [knowyourmeme.com]
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday May 05 2017, @09:21AM
It's a meme.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cheeto-jesus [knowyourmeme.com]
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/rick-wilson-epic-never-trump-tweetstorm [motherjones.com]
https://memegenerator.net/Cheeto-Jesus [memegenerator.net]
(Score: 5, Touché) by isostatic on Tuesday May 02 2017, @10:58PM (8 children)
Count the ballots. They are the only valid way of measuring 'approval'.
OK, Hilary got more. What's the next move?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:12PM (7 children)
Sorry, everybody knew the rules going in. No use crying about it now. The procedure for changing it is pretty straight forward.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @12:43AM (3 children)
Hoist by your own petard dude, don't try to lawyer your way out of it, you aren't fooling anyone.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday May 03 2017, @01:40AM (2 children)
Not trying, don't have to, it's all spelled out.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @05:54AM (1 child)
Dude!
Stop digging!
You know you fucked up. We know you fucked up.
All you are doing is proving that you are so fragile that you can't just let it go.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday May 03 2017, @09:18AM
:-) You're not making any sense, and have not countered my statement in any way. You have the government you voted for. Don't be a poor loser.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @04:01AM (2 children)
You said to count the ballots. The ballots were counted, and Hillary won the popular vote. Now you're moving the goalpost and bringing up the fact that Hillary lost because of the electoral college.
I don't think the ballots are a good metric for approval anyway, since most people just vote for the lesser evil. Obviously, if you think a candidate is evil, you don't really approve of them; you're merely voting against someone you believe is even more evil.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday May 03 2017, @10:03AM
"lesser evil" is bullshit and is a lame excuse by lazy corrupt people to maintain the status quo. Media polls give politicians an 11% approval, while the real polls show about 95%.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @02:32PM
The electoral college is not moving the goalposts unless you're a completely retarded pedant. The electoral college IS how we count the ballots here.