Donald Trump on first 100 days: It’s a different kind of presidency

He fulfilled a campaign promise to nominate a U.S.

President Donald Trump makes his way to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C, on February 24, 2017.

It was unclear how Trump planned to address use of the Antiquities Act in his order, or if he will try to undo actions taken by Obama to put certain areas off limits to drilling and mining.

Despite those failures, however, Trump has managed to retain strong approval ratings among his base, both polls show.

In fact, according to data collected by the Washington Post and ABC News, at this time, only 42 percent of Americans approve of how the 45th president has been doing thus far in his new leadership role.

For a candidate who ran on an “America First” economic message, polls suggest that Trump’s bright spots are on foreign policy.

Trump’s approval rating sunk down to 40% in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday – as his disapproval rating shot up to 54%.

Almost 100 days in, Trump has failed to follow through on any of his major campaign promises. About 60 per cent have questions about Trump’s honesty and trustworthiness and think he is out of touch with the country.

Asked if Trump’s first 100 days have been more effective or less effective than his predecessors’ starts, 44 percent said Trump’s beginning has been less effective, and 32 percent said it had been more effective; 22 percent said it’s been about as effective.

But the majority of Trump’s supporters – 96 percent – say they’d vote for him again, while only 2 percent regret their decision. He has said he likes to be unpredictable. That is a reminder that whatever challenges Trump is having, Democrats, for all the energy apparent at the grass roots, have their own problems. It is a persistent distraction that Mr Trump would not discuss on the record. That 24-point gap compares with a 9-point margin of disapproval in February. In contrast, 85 percent of Americans who voted for Hillary Clinton said they’d vote for her if the election were held today. In Ohio, a March Baldwin Wallace University poll found 49 percent of the state viewed the president unfavorably, while 46 percent viewed him favorably.