United States. "We're just getting started," Trump warns after 100 thunderous days in power
The American president adopted, as usual, a triumphant tone for his 100-day speech delivered Tuesday evening in Michigan.
Donald Trump gave a speech marking his 100 days in office. Photo by Sipa/Paul Sancya/AP
"We're just getting started," promised Donald Trump on Tuesday, marking a triumphant and aggressive start to a frenetic term that has shaken the world and destabilized America.
Basking in the adulation of supporters gathered in Michigan (Great Lakes region, north), the president, facing difficult polls , boasted of the "most successful 100 days" in American history.
"I miss campaigning," the 78-year-old Republican said in a long speech that sounded remarkably like the ones he gave as a candidate.
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Joe Biden "the sleeper," the media "lies," the judges "communists," the allied countries who "have plundered us more than our adversaries in terms of trade," the Democratic opponents called "crazy leftists," the head of the central bank Jerome Powell who "is not doing a very good job," the "woke" ideology and wind turbines... All of Donald Trump's pet peeves have been mentioned.
He defended his protectionist offensive, which he said promised a new economic "golden age," as well as his operations to expel illegal immigrants.
From the moment he raised his hand to take the oath of office on January 20, the Republican established himself as the sole center of gravity in American public life and dragged the planet into his chaotic orbit.
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"I'm running the country and the world," he said in an interview with The Atlantic on Monday, assuring the magazine's reporters that he was "having a great time."
This is not the case for all Americans, who are disoriented by the trade standoff they have entered into with China and, to a lesser extent, with the rest of the world.
"Everything will be fine," the American president reassured on ABC on Tuesday evening, saying that the massive customs duties targeting China were a "good" thing and that Beijing had "deserved" them.
It is no surprise that Donald Trump, whose political career has been built on deepening divisions, has not experienced the state of grace that generally accompanies the beginnings of a presidential term.
But opinion polls agree that his approval rating has fallen sharply, fueled mainly by doubts about the economy.
According to a poll published Sunday by the Washington Post and ABC News, only 39% of Americans "approve" of the way Donald Trump is conducting his presidency.
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