After 100 days, can Trump pull off a second great political comeback?

Published May 1, 2025 7:00am ET



President Donald Trump has spent the first 100 days of his second term rapidly burning through the political capital he accumulated after winning the 2024 election.

Trump’s election to the White House was an improbable political comeback. The remainder of his term will be defined by whether he has a second comeback in him. 

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