Has it already been 100 days since President Donald Trump took office, or has it only been that long? In these few months, the president's agenda of unadulterated executive power and global upheaval has gotten fully underway. In response, some of America's closest allies have begun to pivot away from Washington. Meanwhile, Democrats have embarked on a generational sea change in the hopes of best countering the president's rampage through the federal government. A lot has happened in 100 days, making it difficult to say what might happen next.

Rafi Schwartz
The Week Digital

Yesterday marked the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, the "artificial yet enduring milestone" against which a president's priorities and accomplishments are often measured and which may "foreshadow priorities, achievements and problems to come," said NPR. Although Trump has "hit multiple records" in this time, the "rapidity of his actions also highlights the fragility of relying on presidential action to cement core policies."

While there's "no denying" Trump's "energy or ambition" in his first 100 days, the president needs a "major reset" to "rescue his final years from the economic and foreign-policy shocks he has unleashed," said The Wall Street Journal. While Trump has had "some success" in energy policy and reducing immigration, his "execution hasn't matched the promises" on other policy plans. Democrats, meanwhile, are marking what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has dubbed "100 days of hell" with "high-profile speeches, sit-ins and events" intended to "demonstrate to voters that they are doing everything they can to fight back" against the administration's agenda, said CNN. 

It's rare for a country's electoral trajectory to be so unambiguously redirected by another nation's domestic politics. But as Canadians look ahead to another term under Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party, it's clear that his election win on Monday was in large part thanks to Trump, whose on-off tariffs and talk of annexing Canada helped animate voters toward a Liberal win. Trump's bellicosity made Carney's "turnaround victory possible," said the BBC, with Carney's campaign "almost singularly focused on his neighbor."

With the election over now, Carney is "positioning himself for a global role as a champion of multilateralism" in response to Trump's isolationism, said Reuters. He's expected to begin "expanding Canadian trade with Europe, Australia and Asian democracies such as Japan" in the hopes of "blunting some of the economic damage" caused by Trump's tariffs. 

Crucially, Canada "isn't alone" in its pivot away from an American-led global order, with Australia's upcoming election following a "remarkably similar arc," said Vox. Carney's victory signals that "campaigning against American leadership is a winning strategy."

Just a few hours after Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) announced yesterday he would step down as ranking member of the powerful House Oversight Committee, blocs of aspiring replacements "began to form and the jockeying and sniping began," said Axios. Connolly's contentious ascension to his position on the committee, in which he beat out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), was a test for the party's "appetite for generational change," said Politico. And now that he's planning to retire, his departure will likely "set up a big fight among younger Democrats to succeed him."

Should she choose to retry for the spot, AOC could "shake up the field" of aspiring Democrats, including Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), who will "temporarily step in" to fill Connolly's role on the committee in the absence of a permanent replacement, said MassLive. Other Democrats who "might step up to the plate" include Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas), said Politico. 

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