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In Their Own Words: Experts on Donald Trump’s Presidency – NBCNews.com

We talked to historians, activists, authors, and White House veterans on how President Donald Trump's first 100 days measure up against his predecessors. Here are some more of their takeaways.

"He's almost unique in that he's a president who does not feel that because he made a statement six months ago that it has some degree of commitment" Michael Beschloss, presidential historian and MSNBC contributor

"I actually think the president and the White House are doing significantly better than they're getting credit for. I have been there. There is always an impatience in the press" John Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire and chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush

"In what's typically the honeymoon period, Democratic or Republican presidents will have the highest favorability numbers of their presidency. If this is his honeymoon period, my God" Cornell Belcher, Democratic strategist

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"The way that he has mastered social media to go around mainstream media and get his message to the American public is unique. It's something I imagine future presidents will continue to do" Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots

"He gets certain truths out by pitting Boeing against Lockheed or Ford against GM and Pfizer against Merck. He doesn't want some banal trade association pablum given to him" Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies at Yale School of Management

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"It's unclear who actually represents the administration. You have the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the UN Ambassador and the White House spokesman all saying different things. Which one is operative?" Heather Hurlburt, director of the New Models of Policy Change initiative at New America

"If you're a major corporation now and you want to open a plant in Mexico, someone will raise the issue 'Is that a good idea under this president?' He's put fear in their hearts and that's a good thing" Chris Ruddy, Newsmax CEO and friend

"You listen to shows on the left and 'My gosh, it's chaos and craziness and nothing is happening,' and then you listen to shows on the right and it's 'This guy is getting Gorsuch through, we love the cabinet, he's doing executive orders'" Tevi Troy, historian and former HHS official under President George W. Bush

"Every president in the modern era comes in with an agenda, but what really tests the mettle of a president and what makes them go down in history is how they handle the crises that come their way that weren't part of their agenda." Margaret O'Mara, history professor at University of Washington and former Clinton official

"Almost every day he violates norms of behavior that have protected democracy for a long time, whether it's attacking the courts, or his predecessor, or the press in ways that go far beyond what modern presidents have done." Jonathan Alter, MSNBC analyst and author of The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope

"There's no ideological coherence that underpins his presidency, which is why when one thing falls apart, the White House can't turn to something else" Jennifer Palmieri, director of communications on Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign

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Here’s why ‘Donald Trump is unintelligible’ is trending – SFGate

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"Donald Trump is unintelligible" was trending Monday morning in response to the multiple times the audio recording of President Trump's Oval Office interview with the Associated Press was unclear.

Here's why 'Donald Trump is unintelligible' is trending

Many have taken to Twitter today to say "Donald Trump is unintelligible" why?

The Associated Press conducted an interview with President Trump in the Oval Office Friday and released the transcript Sunday night (read it here).

The AP notes in 16 instances that the "audio recording of the interview is unclear" and those places are flagged with ellipses or "a notation that the recording is unintelligible."

Social media has run with this and as you can see in the gallery above people all over Twitter are saying "Donald Trump is unintelligible."

A few Trump supporters are posting rebuttals: One wrote, "Donald Trump is unintelligible to liberals because they don't understand common sense."

Trump has come under fire for being unintelligible, and he's also being criticized for distributing false information.

In the interview, he talks about his plan for his first 100 days and says "I'm mostly there on most items."An AP fact check of the article suggested, "He's not."

Many have yet to be taken up. Of 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day "contract" with voters, he's accomplished 10, mostly through executive orders that don't require legislation. For example, he's withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, created a violent crime task force and lifted restrictions on fossil fuel development. Of the 10 pieces of legislation he promised, none has been achieved and most have not been introduced, with the notable exception of the health care overhaul that was put in play but withdrawn from Congress because of insufficient support. That proposal is being reworked.

Read the full fact check of the AP interview.

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The Associated Press contributed to the reporting in this story.

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President Trump Jokes With Astronaut Peggy Whitson on Oval Office Call – TIME

Donald Trump, accompanied by his daughter Ivanka Trump, talk via video conference with International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2017.Susan WalshAP

President Donald Trump joked with astronaut Peggy Whitson about her having to convert urine into a drinkable solution during a special call from the Oval Office on Monday.

Better you than me," he told Whitson, who as of Monday had officially clocked more time in space than any other American astronaut. President Trump, along with his daughter Ivanka Trump and astronaut Kate Rubins, called Whitson to congratulate her on setting an "incredible record." He also said how proud he was of the work she and other astronauts do on the International Space Station . The conversation was broadcast live to schools and museums across the United States.

The group also chatted about the work astronauts do in space, a typical day in the life of an astronaut on the space station, and the U.S.'s goal of sending humans to Mars . While Whitson told Trump she is "absolutely ready to go to Mars," she noted that the U.S. will likely not be ready to actually send humans to the red planet until around 2030.

"The real steps are going to be taken in a few years, so by studying math, science, engineering, and any type of technology youre going to have a part in that," Whiston told the young people tuning in.

President Trump had joked that he'd like to get astronauts to Mars by the end of his first term. "But, if not, in my second," he said.

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Donald Trump can’t stop talking (and talking) about the 2016 election – CNN

Trump was asked by the AP's Julie Pace whether or not he would veto a spending bill that kept the government open but didn't include the $1.4 billion he has requested as a sort of down payment on his much-promised border wall. Here's how Trump answered:

"I don't know yet. People want the border wall. My base definitely wants the border wall, my base really wants it you've been to many of the rallies. OK, the thing they want more than anything is the wall. My base, which is a big base; I think my base is 45 percent. You know, it's funny. The Democrats, they have a big advantage in the electoral college. Big, big, big advantage. I've always said the popular vote would be a lot easier than the electoral college. The electoral college but it's a whole different campaign (unintelligible). The electoral college is very difficult for a Republican to win, and I will tell you, the people want to see it."

Border wall --- base likes ---- base is big ---- Democrats have an edge in electoral college --- it's a big edge ---- I thought I would win the popular vote ---- I won the electoral college ---- My base wants to see the wall.

So, well, um ok.

Later in the interview, Pace asks whether Trump thinks he has the right team in place for his next 100 days in office. Trump praises his military team. Pace follows up about his White House staff. Here's how Trump responds: "Yeah, my White House team. I think Reince (Priebus) has been doing an excellent job. I think that, you know, this is a very tough environment not caused necessarily by me. Although the election has, you know, look, the Democrats had a tremendous opportunity because the electoral college, as I said, is so skewed to them. You start off by losing in New York and California, no matter who it is. If, if Abe Lincoln came back to life, he would lose New York and he would lose California. It's just the registration, there's nothing you can do. So you're losing the two biggest states, that's where you start. OK. The Electoral College is so skewed in favor of a Democrat that it's very, very hard.....so she had this massive advantage, she spent hundreds of millions of dollars more money than I spent. Hundreds of millions ... Yeah. Or more, actually because we were $375 she was at $2.2 billion. But whatever. She spent massive amounts of money more and she lost. Solidly lost, because you know it wasn't 270, it was 306."

And here's how Trump's mind worked on that answer:

Reince Priebus is doing a good job --- the political environment is difficult but it's not my fault --- Democrats should have won ---- New York and California are very Democratic states ---- Abe Lincoln --- Electoral college favors Democrats --- Clinton should have won -- I got outspent --- I won ---- I won by more than people thought.

Neither of Pace's questions come anywhere close to mentioning the election. In fact, both are forward looking; one touches on the expectation of a bill to fund the government emerging before the deadline Friday night while the other is about Trump's second 100 days.

And yet, Trump found a way to bring both answers back to his victory in 2016 through a series of seeming non sequiturs. (I say "seeming" because clearly the logic hops made sense to Trump if not to me.)

At one level, Trump's desire to keep returning to the election makes sense. It was his greatest glory, his definitive proof point that all the people who mocked or laughed at him over the years were wrong and that he was right. No one thought he could win. And he won. We all like to revel in our past successes to some degree.

"Back in '82 I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile," Uncle Rico recalls. "If coach would have put me in fourth quarter we would have been state champions....no doubt in my mind."

The point is: Dwelling too much in the past makes you a prisoner of the past. Trump won a historic upset. No question. But, now he's president. So, how he got elected -- and how no one called it -- is now less relevant than what he plans to do in the office.

Congressional Republicans are desperate for something more than just rhetoric and 50,000 foot policy statements. They want real guidance about specific policy proposals Trump favors and a a blueprint for how to get them passed.

Instead, Trump just keeps reliving past glories.

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