Trump’s Action-Packed 100 Days: Tariffs, Deportations, and Record Executive Orders

President Donald Trump has officially hit the 100-day milestone of his second term in the White House, and he's clearly not a fan of slow Mondays. His administration has been on overdrive, rolling out sweeping changes on trade, immigration, education, and foreign policy with a pace that would make even Franklin D. Roosevelt raise an eyebrow.

Among the headline moves: Trump imposed tough tariffs on Chinese imports, dialing them up to a jaw-dropping 145%. The tariff saga didn't stop there—other countries got a 90-day grace period with tariffs scaled back to 10%, but China swiftly hit back, cranking up its tariffs on U.S. goods to 125%. International trade chess, anyone?

On the home front, the administration ramped up its crackdown on illegal immigration. The White House boasts that border crossings are down by 96%, and in just these first 100 days, over 100,000 undocumented immigrants have been deported. Not every case has gone as planned, though. The accidental deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, later identified by the administration as an MS-13 member, drew extra scrutiny—because nothing says 'bureaucratic efficiency' like deporting someone by mistake.

Trump hasn’t been shy about using his pen either. He’s shattered records, signing more than 140 executive orders in just 100 days. For comparison, he signed only 33 in the same time during his first term, and even FDR's legendary 99 now look modest.

Education policy saw a seismic shift too. Trump signed an executive order to effectively dismantle the Department of Education, promising to hand power back to families and states. The plan is to keep key student programs like Pell Grants running elsewhere, but the federal grip on education is being pried loose, one order at a time.

And then there’s foreign policy. Trump has prioritized peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, even hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington. He claims he’s got the outlines of a deal and wants Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop shooting, sit down and sign a deal"—ideally within the next few weeks. If Trump pulls that off, he’ll definitely have earned his negotiation merit badge.

All in all, Trump’s first 100 days of term two have been anything but quiet. The only thing moving faster than these executive orders might be the turnover rate in his cabinet.