Ever since taking office on January 20, Donald Trump has been working frenetically to implement the controversial Make America Great Again agenda (Maga) he campaigned on. Here is Trump's first period in bullet points.
Deportations:
Trump has repeatedly accused migrants living illegally in the USA of violent crimes and drug trafficking and promised to deport them. Notable arrests have been made and several flights with undocumented immigrants have taken off, primarily to El Salvador. This is since the USA concluded an agreement with the government there to send migrants to the country's notorious high-security prisons.
Among other things, a 28-year-old with a residence permit in the USA was sent there on incorrect grounds, a case that has received significant attention.
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Conflict with universities
Trump claims that his administration is "color-blind" and merit-based, he has given orders to abolish state diversity initiatives. However, the president also demands that universities cease efforts on diversity, justice, and inclusion, and he wants masking banned at campus protests. This has led to major conflicts with top universities like Harvard.
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State axe falls
Doge – a new agency within the White House, led by tech billionaire Elon Musk – has, among other things, led to the shutdown of the aid agency USAID, the education department is on its way out, and tens of thousands of state employees have been bought out. Major cuts are also being implemented within the FBI, the Pentagon, and the foreign ministry. Support for the UN is being significantly reduced.
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Global trade war
Trump believes that the USA has been unfairly treated in world trade for years and that tariffs are the right way to strike back. On "Liberation day" on April 2, he announced tariffs on goods from almost the entire world. Some have since been put on hold, others are under negotiation – and the market has been chaotic. Economists warn that the tariffs may create reduced growth and higher inflation in the USA.
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Ukraine and Gaza
Trump promised quick ends to the wars in both Gaza and Ukraine. His envoys have been shuttling to the affected areas, but bombs are still falling. A Ukraine agreement is said to be near, but is being criticized for favoring the attacking Russia. In Gaza, Trump's statements about "taking over" the area and building the "Middle East's Riviera" there have caused outrage.
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Threats and a new world order
Trump's repeated statements about annexing the Panama Canal, Greenland, and Canada are creating anger and headlines. And the White House has made it clear that Europe, which has long been the USA's ally, should not take any support for granted.
Trump predecessors and many experts agree: The rule-based world order that has prevailed since World War II, where democracy and human rights are guiding principles, is being dismantled. Now we have entered an era of "hyper-competition and hyper-transactional geopolitics".
A president's first 100 days in the USA are often seen as a symbolic window, a period when they can implement reforms and fulfill campaign promises.
The expression was coined by Democratic President Franklin D Roosevelt in the summer of 1933, after he launched the "New Deal". It was a series of economic reforms, including government jobs and social assistance, aimed at helping people during the depression that hit the USA after the stock market crash of 1929.
Born in 1946 in Queens, New York, where he also grew up. Has an economics degree with a focus on real estate from the University of Pennsylvania.
When Trump was 25, he took over as CEO of the family business Elizabeth Trump & Son, which was later renamed The Trump Organization. The business empire is primarily focused on the construction industry, real estate, and media.
Is the father of five children and is married for the third time. His current wife is Melania Trump, who was born in Novo Mesto in what was then Yugoslavia, now Slovenia.
Donald Trump was the 45th President of the USA from 2017 to 2021. The outspoken Republican won the presidential election in 2016 with the promise to "make America great again". Failed to be re-elected in November 2020, but won the election in 2024 and is now the country's 47th president.
Was the first president who did not have prior experience as an elected politician or military officer.
