Tweets, investigations mark Trump’s first 65 days
Truman proposed a national health care program to
He left office in 1953 without
Truman's plan went to lawmakers within months of assuming office following
Even with that, these first 65 days of the Trump administration might have contained more political drama than 1945 for Truman.
Fights over confirmation of cabinet appointments can be expected in any new administration. So, too, will an opposition party push back on an initial legislative agenda.
But the vote-for-vote scrambling required in the ultimately unsuccessful selling of an Affordable Care Act repeal last week, along with the evolving investigative crisis over possible ties between his presidential campaign and the Russian government and judicial losses regarding his travel ban, has delayed his to-do list.
Truman had no Twitter account, so it remains unclear whether he would have accused a predecessor of wiretapping him or regarded long-established media organizations as "fake news."
"It's hard enough being president, but he just has this penchant for being unconventional in ways that I guess is refreshing to some people, but it just seems counter-productive," Dr.
"I think he's his own worst enemy. ... Give up Twitter for a while or just stay off the media for a while. Just roll your sleeves up and get to work."
In January, a
Trump tweeted that polls "are rigged just like before."
For all the extracurricular matters and the immediacy of Trump executive orders -- he signed the first within hours of his inauguration -- the actual legislating of his ideas has taken more time.
The six bills sent by
"I want to thank him for taking the time to come here to the Hill to talk to our members. And for his leadership throughout this entire process," House Speaker
"My strong inclination is to do whatever's necessary to get Obamacare behind us, to get (the repeal) out of the way that sets a deadline for the end of Obamacare, then let the secretary of
On Thursday, the
Euchner said the president "deserves an opportunity to govern" but has a limited time span for success if Americans begin to see him as ineffective after so many big promises.
"There's not a lot of patience on a good day for politicians," Euchner said. "Eventually, I think people will grow tired of the act if it's just drama."
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