Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure

America has seen ruinous periods, but never when the president was the one knowingly causing the ruin.

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on March 28. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

By any reasonable measure, President Donald Trump’s first 100 days will be judged an epic failure.

He has been a legislative failure. He has signed only five bills into law, none of them major, making this the worst performance at the start of a new president’s term in more than a century.

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The comments overwhelmingly criticize President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, describing it as a period marked by chaos, failure, and damage to the country. Many commenters express frustration with the Republican Party for enabling Trump's actions and failing to hold... Show more

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By Dana Milbank

Dana Milbank is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post. He covers the White House, Congress and campaigns -- along with occasional essays about his misadventures in nature. He is a New York Times bestselling author and has written five books on politics, most recently "Fools on the Hill." @Milbank

Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure

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