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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @12:58AM (6 children)
it took Democrats to enact Republicans' wet dreams, such as Nixon's healthcare plan,
No, that was not the republicans's wet dream. Not then, and certainly not now.
Nixon did a lot of liberal things. Remember the EPA? Even his war on drugs allocated 2/3rds of the budget to treatment, more than any other president since.
None other than Noam Chomsky himself has declared Nixon to be "in many respects the last liberal president." [chomsky.info]
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 03 2017, @01:14AM (5 children)
I've heard that quote in the context that he was actually afraid of the people, holed up in the White House behind a wall of busses while protests raged wondering if he'd get out alive if they broke through.
Of course, there's Vietnam to cast a shadow on the "liberal" part, so perhaps it is more correct to say that he was the most liberal president in the last fifty years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @02:19AM (4 children)
I've heard that quote in the context that he was actually afraid of the people, holed up in the White House behind a wall of busses while protests raged wondering if he'd get out alive if they broke through.
lolwut?
Did you read the link to the full article written by Chomsky?
That's the context in which Chomsky wrote it.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 03 2017, @03:03AM (3 children)
Read? What is this you speak of?
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 03 2017, @03:04AM (2 children)
Actually, thank you for the citation. I've actually tried to track this down in the past but was unsuccessful because it was something someone told me -- so I'm glad to have it.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 03 2017, @03:07AM (1 child)
Well, now that I look at the article, that isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for a citation supporting the notion that Nixon was the last liberal president because he feared the people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03 2017, @05:39AM
Er, yeah. The Chomsky quote had nothing to do with that.
If someone told you Chomsky said that about fearing the people, they were probably lying to you.