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1. The Border is Closing—Fast
Day One, the new Trump Department of Homeland Security—under the iron will of Secretary Kristi Noem—reinstated Remain in Mexico, revoked Biden’s reckless parole authority abuses, and began mass processing of illegal entrants for immediate deportation. Border apprehensions have dropped 41% since January. Trump didn’t need 100 days to act—he needed one. And construction has resumed on key wall segments. ICE raids are back. Sanctuary cities are sweating. And the asylum loopholes are slamming shut.
2. Energy Independence, Round Two
Remember $7 gas? Trump does too. One of his first executive actions in 2025 reopened federal lands and offshore zones for energy development. Permitting for natural gas pipelines has been fast-tracked. The war on coal is over. And OPEC+—which spent the Biden years jerking America around—is suddenly dealing with a U.S. energy giant that’s not playing nice anymore. Just 100 days in, and gas prices have dropped 54 cents nationally. That’s not a coincidence. That’s leadership.
3. America First is Back on the World Stage
The foreign policy pivot has been swift—and unapologetic. The blank checks to Ukraine? Canceled. Trump forced NATO allies to meet their obligations again, telling them, “Pay up or shut up.” China? Tariffs are back on critical sectors. The CCP has already requested back-channel negotiations to avoid a second Trump trade war—which they know they’d lose. And Iran’s terror proxies? After the Houthi strike, Trump showed them exactly how precise and devastating American force can be when not shackled by the UN or Biden’s begging diplomacy.
4. The Administrative State is in Free Fall
Trump 47 came into office with a mission: dismantle the Deep State before it dismantles the Republic. He invoked Schedule F to reclassify and remove bad-faith bureaucrats obstructing his policies. Hundreds of career saboteurs across DOJ, FBI, and DHS have already been reassigned, suspended, or fired. A second Church-style committee is being considered to investigate civil liberties abuses dating back to Russiagate. Even better: agencies are being consolidated or eliminated altogether. The Department of Education’s funding has already been slashed, with school choice on the legislative fast-track.
5. Law & Order is More Than a Catchphrase
Federal prosecutors, with Trump’s DOJ at full throttle, have reopened investigations into BLM-linked financial fraud, COVID relief fraud, and even the political abuses of the 2020-2024 censorship regime. Meanwhile, police across the country—long demoralized under leftist mayors and Soros-backed DAs—are being federally supported again. Grant programs have been redirected toward real policing, not social experiments. And on crime? The Trump-backed “Justice for Victims” act is pushing mandatory minimums for violent repeat offenders. If you riot, loot, or assault a cop—expect federal prison time.
6. SCOTUS and the Rule of Law
Within days of retaking office, Trump nominated and swiftly confirmed two appellate court judges who had been blocked under Democrat control. He’s on pace to flip the ideological balance of two more circuits before the end of 2025. And with whispers of Justice Sotomayor’s possible retirement growing louder, the Trump team is already prepared. A shortlist of constitutional originalists is waiting in the wings.
7. The Economy: Unleashed, Again
The Trump tax cuts are being expanded. Regulatory strangulation—resurrected under Biden—is being reversed through targeted executive action. Markets surged on Inauguration Day and have climbed 10% since. Small business confidence has hit a post-COVID high. And with the Fed holding steady, the Trump administration is preparing a Main Street Lending Revival to boost manufacturing and domestic production. Wages are ticking up. The dollar is stabilizing. And inflation? It’s beginning to fall—again—because confidence has returned to the American economy.
So What’s Next?
The wall isn’t finished. The cartel corridors still need to be shut. And the DOJ, FBI, and intel community still need a deep, public housecleaning. President Trump is also signaling a major offensive against online censorship, with plans to rein in federal collusion with tech companies and restore First Amendment protections to every American. The legislative push for universal school choice is gaining momentum. The tax code is on deck for further simplification. And the groundwork is being laid for a realignment of global trade—one that restores American dominance and ends dependency on adversaries like China. But if this is what the first 100 days of Trump’s second term looks like, imagine what the next 1,300 will deliver.
Call to Action: Stay in the Fight
Donald Trump didn’t return to Washington for the vanity. He came back because the mission wasn’t finished. And already—day by day, executive order by executive order—it’s getting done.
But let’s not be fooled: the regime that tried to bury him, that tried to bury us, is still fully operational. The sabotage, the leaks, the censorship, the media gaslighting—it’s all still active.
So we stay active too. Show up. Speak up. Push back. Share the truth. Flood the zone with facts. And above all—stand with the only man in Washington who’s kept every word he’s ever given us.
Trump is proving once again: America can be great when it’s led with strength, clarity, and conviction.
He’s keeping his word.
Let’s help him finish the work.
James Comey, John Brennan, Alejandro Mayorkas, Bill Gates, George Soros etc……………..NOBODY arrested.
Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch is having to take Pam Bondi to court to get he Epstein client list.
THAT’S why Trump’s poll number are going down(slightly)……….it’s not the stock market.
Investors are voting with their dollars. Both the tariffs and the comments about Powell, who Trump chose for Fed chair, are what sent stock prices and the U.S. dollar down.
These are unforced errors. Fortunately, Trump blinked and markets recovered some but are, contrary to the author’s claim, still down.
Gold is way up. That’s not something to be proud about as it is a result of a flight to safety.
I hope to turn out to be 100% wrong about the tariffs.
Maybe you should have invested in gold. I did.
Gold being up is neither something to not be, or be, proud of. It is simply another investment.
Looks like you missed the gold rally and you are kicking yourself. Bitter table for one.
Trump didn’t blink. He plays 4-D chess. You play checkers. And fortunately for us you don’t direct tariff policy. All you get to do is be a stupid liberal and whine about Trump.
It always takes longer for the stock market to recover than to respond to the losers who panic sell. I would think you would know that. Obviously you don’t. So much for the assistant Econ Professor’s vast experience.
My ETF FENY, which I bought at 23.30, is currently down a couple dollars per share, but my gold is up. So I’m ahead. How you doin’, amateur?
I’m a liberal because I criticize Trump? I guess that makes National Review and the Wall Street Journal liberal, right? You continue to have nothing. I’m going to continue to enjoy responding to someone who never grew up and thinks name-calling and gay jokes are intelligent counterpoints.
The stock market has done much better than gold over long periods. As someone who has taught investments for over 35 years. My students are assigned A Random Walk Down Wall Street. I recognize, and teach, that market-timing is a fool’s game. At 68, having always avoided market-timing, and sticking to the general rule of thumb that the percent allocated to stocks should be a function of your expected holding period, I’m sitting pretty financially as I’ve ridden out the ups and downs. But I congratulate you on once again stating falsehoods. This “amateur” was a CFP. You just keep stepping right into it.
But you know what not-so-intrepid, I have a job that is so rewarding I have no intention of ever retiring. What other research have you done on me? Still waiting for you to reconcile the dumb assertion that I am a liberal with my Tea Party speech that is available on YouTube. Do you think the Tea Party wanted liberal professors being emcee or being a featured speaker? Better hope Trump doesn’t put a tariff on desperation.
“Trump didn’t blink.” Someone is in denial. Even his counterproductive remarks about the Fed caused markets to tank and Trump blinked again. What level chess was your god Trump playing when he gave us President Sleepy with a Dem House and Senate?
“In your head, in your head…”
Stocks and dollars are up, you anti-American anti-Trump dillrod. Pay attention to reality. I know you lefties hate it but FUCK YOU.
CNN and MSDNC doesn’t work here.
They have Nabbed quite a lot of Illegal Aliens/Future Democrat Voters and Supporters including the Thieves who made off with Noem’s Purse
“Markets surged on Inauguration Day and have climbed 10% since.” This is just outright nonsense and can be easily debunked. The stock market is in the red since Inauguration Day.
Trump promised lower prices and he’s delivered them if we look at stock prices.
Trump had a solution for high egg prices….wait for it because it’s funny and ironic…more imports.
Admittedly, the recent report of a decline in real GDP might have nothing to do with Trump’s policies but instead a hangover from the policies in place when Trump got into office.
I hope President Trump is successful. So far, he’s had to retreat when it comes to tariffs and when it comes to his criticisms of the Fed. It is a fact that it was a President Trump 45 who wanted even bigger deficit-financed, money-supply increasing stimulus checks. He called the last $600 “measly.”
With respect to ending the war on day one, Trump recently said he was only kidding. Here’s a photo of all of the people with an IQ above that of an egg who believe that–>
I feel sorry for your students who have to sit through your Trump hating political bilge and bitterness two to thee times a week.
Personally I would ask for my money back.
The decline was all of factor of a) the massive increase of imports (which is subtracted from GDP) to beat the tariffs, and a 3.7% adjustment factor, that was way out of norm (2.4% in Q4 is closer to norm). The imports alone create a 5% swing. The adjustment factor alone if 2.4% would have meant a 1% GDP growth.
Q2 will see a huge bounce due to imports being down.
Fuck yes! I couldn’t agree more.