Photo: Alamy | Op-ed by Summer Lane
The Trump administration has hit its 100th day in the White House, and the American dream is back in action like never before.
With just three months in office, President Donald Trump has taken unprecedented, rapid-fire action to fulfill a dizzying slate of campaign promises, bringing an entirely new meaning to the slogan, “Promises Made, Promises Kept.”
From the economic leverage of reciprocal tariffs to the intense operation to seal the border and deport dangerous illegal alien criminals, Trump, in his second term, has attacked America’s problems with veracity and dedication, and the results are nothing less than stunning.
On the economy
Under the Biden administration, inflation rose to a 40-year high, foreign companies took advantage of American trade, and the average consumer suffered for it. Whether it was sky-high prices at the gas pump or insanely expensive groceries, the economic pain inflicted by Joe Biden cannot be overstated.
Where Joe Biden failed the American people miserably, President Trump has stepped in to stem the tide of disaster and reroute the economy forward and beyond.
Since taking office, President Trump has created 345,000 jobs, including 9,000 manufacturing jobs and 27,000 construction jobs, according to a memo from the Council on Economic Advisors.
Amid kick-starting domestic job creation, Trump has also cut a whopping 15,000 federal jobs, dropped gasoline prices by 7 percent, and decreased the price of wholesale eggs by nearly 50 percent since January, per their data.
These are all signs of a recovering economy ready to take flight.
Additionally, the president has secured more than $5 trillion in new U.S.-based investments, per the White House, which will create another 451,000 jobs, thanks to multi-billion-dollar pledges from massive companies like Apple, NVIDIA, IBM, Hyundai, Toyota, and many, many more.
These domestic pledges are driven not only by Trump’s mere presence in the White House, but also by his effective tariff policies, which are driving dozens of foreign countries to the negotiating table on trade.
Last week, White House Press Secretary highlighted more than 18 proposals being reviewed by the president’s trade team, and noted that in just one week, they had met with 34 countries on this issue.
“The ball is moving in the right direction,” she explained, referring to a potential trade deal with China.
The message from this administration is clear: America will not be taken advantage of under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
On the border
Aside from the economy, the border crisis facilitated by the Biden administration may have been the biggest driving factor behind why many Americans cast their votes for President Trump.
With unprecedented levels of illegal immigration driving up crime nationwide, Americans were hungry for safety and security. On that front, President Trump has also delivered unflinching wins.
Since taking office, Trump immediately took action to secure the southern border and stop the “invasion of illegals into our country,” as he promised repeatedly on the campaign trail in 2024.
Now, illegal border crossings have dropped by 95 percent and illegal “gotaways” are down by 99 percent, according to the White House.
“We will defend our territory, we will NOT be conquered,” President Trump vowed last fall.
Trump has fulfilled that promise and gone above and beyond to kick-start the largest deportation effort ever seen, equipping Border Czar Tom Homan with the authority he needs to remove dangerous gang members, rapists, and traffickers from American soil by sending them back home or to prison facilities out of the country.
The president has also made good on his word to target and remove gang members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, and he swiftly moved to designate foreign drug cartels as FTOs, or foreign terrorist organizations.
Whether it’s reinstating “Remain in Mexico” policies, shutting down the CBP One app, working to end blue state sanctuary cities, or invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, President Trump has fulfilled each campaign promise he made when it comes to stopping illegal immigration, and Americans can be sure he will continue to protect the country’s sovereignty every day that he is in office.
Embracing new and emerging technologies
President Trump in 2024 presented many clear-eyed visions of the future when he publicly threw his support behind cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, signaling to the world that America, under his leadership, would once again be a nation of emerging technologies.
He vowed to stop Joe Biden’s “crusade to crush crypto” and assured investors that he would secure the “future of Bitcoin” and the right to self-custody for millions of crypto holders nationwide.
Trump fulfilled that promise, moving early in the first 100 days of his administration to host the first-ever “White House Digital Assets Summit,” which brought together many leaders in the realm of the digital asset industry.
“We are ending Operation Chokepoint 2.0,” he told digital leaders in early March.
The president also signed an executive order that established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile – significant advancements for those in the digital asset sphere.
Further, Trump has locked in hard with investments in artificial intelligence – a technology that is rapidly taking over the world, therefore demanding that America remain competitive on that front.
“AI is where it seems to be at, we have literally trillions of dollars being invested in AI,” he said last week, when signing an executive order related to ensuring America’s schoolchildren are trained to use AI-based tools to prepare them for the global workforce.
On energy and oil
Trump often promised to “Drill, baby, drill” during his 2024 presidential campaign, a slogan that riled up supporters and hinted at an energy-dominant future under a Trump administration.
Now, Trump has made good on that vow by working on multiple fronts to bring down the prices of energy by opening up the United States to domestic energy production.
He has worked to assuage the energy crisis by:
- Declaring a National Energy Emergency on day one of his administration,
- Unleashing American energy by boosting domestic oil and gas production,
- Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement,
- Terminating the Biden-era electric vehicle mandate,
- Stopping the natural gas export ban,
- Terminating the “Green New Scam,” as promised many times.
A bright future
Listing each and every one of President Trump’s actions over the past 100 days would fill many pages. It seems impossible that so much action could be taken in such a short window of time, but the 47th president is not slowing down, and the American people are happily along for the historic ride.
