Trump faces awkward reckoning on this milestone By Adam Boulton, Sky News commentator By the yardsticks on democracy and the economy, the 47th president of the United States faces an awkward reckoning 100 days into the job. The S&P 500 stock index is down more than 15% under Trump, and the IMF has revised down global growth forecasts due to his tariff policy. His critics accuse Trump of undermining America's democratic norms. He has exploited his position for personal profit, directed the federal justice system to persecute his opponents, pardoned the January 6th US Capitol insurrectionists, unleashed the unelected Elon Musk to slash the federal government through his unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, and launched the "Trump 2028" campaign to stand for a third term as president, in defiance of the US Constitution. Trump resumed the presidency determined not to be held back as he was in his first term. He started signing executive orders within hours of being sworn in. So far, he has issued more than 120, more than half the 220 he got through in the full four years between 2017 and 2021. Some of these orders may be rejected in the courts. But Trump has also been helped by a supine US Congress, where his Republican Party has control of both Houses. This is in marked contrast to the resistance from lawmakers that Obama faced from his first day. Read the rest of Boulton's piece here: