Trump’s First 100 Days: After a Combative First Weekend, Can Things Return to Normal?

Published January 23, 2017 10:00am ET



Donald Trump has been president for nearly four days, but transition officials had suggested last week that Monday should be considered the “first” working day of the famed first 100 days. That may be the view in the West Wing, but quite a bit happened over the weekend that made it clear the Trump presidency has arrived.

The president made his first appearance after the inauguration on Saturday morning with a visit to the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Trump spoke to a group of gathered agents and employees—ostensibly to reassure them and the broader intelligence community of his support after tweeting a few weeks ago that intel officials may be trying to be damage him politically. “We really appreciate it what you ‘ve done in terms of showing us something very special. And your whole group. These are really special, amazing people. Very. very few people could do the job you people do. And I want to just let you know, I am so behind you,” Trump said. The president took to flogging his favorite target, the news media (“among the most dishonest human beings on Earth”), for making it seem like there was any sort of conflict at all.

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