The Complete Breakdown of Obama’s vs. Trump’s 1st 100 Days – The Root
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One hundred days ago, a Harvard-educated, self-made constitutional scholar handed over the White House keys to a stubby-fingered, cheddar-colored colostomy bag in a cheap toupee. To celebrate the fact that Donald Trump has yet to reduce the country to a pile of rubble smoldering under the dark cloud of nuclear winter while roving gangs of neo-Nazis ride around on state-sanctioned pussy-grabbing tours, we thought wed compare the first 100 days of the last two presidents.
We split them into categories and chronicled the good (yes, Trump did some good things; did I mention how he hasnt started a thermonuclear war yet?), the bad (no, we cant list them all; the internet isnt big enough) and the ugly (well, that part is kinda obvious). We present to you a scientific, peer-reviewed comparison of Barack Obamas vs. Donald Trumps first 100 days in office.
They say a picture says 1,000 words, but sometimes it says only one: Damn.
Obamas first swearing-in was watched by 37.8 million, while Trump had an American Idol-finale-like viewership of 30.6 million. Twenty-five million people livestreamed Obamas inauguration on CNN, while 16.9 million watched Trump.
Obama: He opened with Bruce Springsteen, then had a line of star speakers and performers including Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Tiger Woods, U2 and an unknown, upstart little singerI think her name was Beyonc.
Trump: Toby Keith, Three Doors Down, some white people whose names I wont list because you wouldnt know them anyway, Jon Voight, some more white people, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Piano Guys (no, Im not being snarky; thats the actual name, not to be confused with Some Muhfuckas Playing the Keyboards) and ... umm ... thats about it. Oh, dont forget that Chrisette Michele built some bridges or something at one of his inaugural balls.
Obama: Obamas Cabinet featured Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, banker Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary, Superior Court Judge Eric Holder as attorney general, CEO of Chicago Public Schools Arnie Duncan as secretary of education and physicist Steven Chu as secretary of energy. By the end of March, only one Obama Cabinet member (Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and human services) had not been confirmed by the Senate.
Trump: Trump nominated Betsy DeVos, a lady with no experience or training in education, as secretary of education. He put Steve Mnuchin, a banker who made a fortune foreclosing on people and who ran a bank into the ground, in charge of the Treasury Department. He put a brain surgeon with no background in housing or urban development in charge of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a politician who promised to close the Department of Energy in charge of the Department of Energy.
Obama: Zero.
Trump: Russian election collusion, white supremacist chief of staff, the Russian-prostitute pee report, the income tax thing, the nepotism debate, the business-blind-trust thing, the anti-Semitism, the tweets, accusing a former president of a felony, the Angela Merkel handshake, the golf, the Mar-a-Lago trips, the Senate investigation, the House investigation, Jeff Sessions and the Russians, Carter Page and the Russians, Jared Kushner and the Russians, Michael Flynn and the Russians, Rex Tillerson and the Russians ...
Obama: His first piece of legislation was the Lilly Ledbetter Act, requiring equal pay regardless of age, race or gender. During his first month in office, he signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actthe stimulus package credited with saving the economy of the entire world. The act also increased education funding by $100 billion, lowered taxes for the middle class, created programs for low-income workers, reined in Wall Street and provided $105 billion for infrastructure. He signed legislation to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Trump: He tried to repeal and replace Obamacare, but that failed miserably. He allowed internet companies to sell your personal information. He signed a law that made it easier for mentally ill people to buy guns. He cut Planned Parenthood funding.
Obama signed 19 orders, including these:
Trump has signed 28 executive orders, including these:
Obama: Obama made it legal for researchers to use stem cells and moved toward climate change protections in his first month. He also began a weekly address to the country to update Americans about the government and started a campaign for a nuclear-free world. During his first few weeks in office, he pledged energy independence and signed legislation that moved the auto industry toward higher fuel-efficiency standards. He signed a childrens health care act. He forced GMs CEO to resign amid scandal.
Trump: Trump made Mike Pence have sex with Mike Pence, named the offspring Neil Gorsuch, nominated the baby for the Supreme Court and got the Senate to confirm the first clone to the Supreme Court. He also banned sanctuary cities and saved a few dozen jobs at a factory in Detroit. A few days before his 100-day mark, like a teenager cramming for a final exam, he jotted down some ideas that basically said he was going to cut everyones taxes and force IRS agents to go door-to-door and wash everyones dishes. He put that on a sheet of college-ruled notebook paper, had someone type it up, sent it to the press and called it a tax plan.
Obama: Reached out to the Muslim world and assured them that we were not anti-Islam, and promised to end two wars. He eased tensions with Cuba and with Venezuelas Hugo Chvez, making the Latin world happy. He attended the G-20 summit, and Germanys Angela Merkel became his bestie, while Englands Queen Elizabeth had to reprimand Italys prime minister for shouting to get Obamas attention. Americas president was basically the cool kid in class.
Trump: Reached out to the Muslim world, slapped them and assured them that we were anti-Islam while threatening to start two wars. He insulted the president of Mexico and prime minister of Australia over the phone in his first week. He kissed up to Russias Vladimir Putin, embraced Chinas Communist leader and made calls to a human rights violator who storm-trooped his way through a Turkish election. After warning Obama to stay out of Syria, he bombed Syria (which hampered its air force for a full three or four minutes). After saying that America doesnt need NATO, hes now begging NATO to help him deal with North Korea. Americas president is basically the kid in class who the teacher patiently exhorts to sound it out when he has trouble reading aloud, as he drags his paste-eating fingers across the page, attending school only for recess so that he can bully the brown kids in the playground.
Obama: Obama found time to visit Sasha at school and played basketball with friends on a White House court. He visited Camp David to relax and went for a Valentines Day dinner in Chicago with Michelle. He was criticized for appearing on talk shows and having too much fun in the White House. He played golf one time at Andrews Air Force Base.
Trump: More than a quarter of the time he has served as president has been spent at Mar-a-Lago eating chocolate cake, golfing and doing white-people things. (I only refer to it as white-people things because I dont know what goes on at golf resorts, or what white people do on the weekend besides clean out their garages, roam Wal-Mart or go skiing.) Trump does not live with his wife, because ... I actually dont know, except that I assume her gag reflex isnt strong enough to handle the possibility of seeing his light-bulb-shaped body in the nude.
News reports say that Trump spends all of his spare time watching cable TV news and tweeting. He also installed a button in the Oval Office that orders a Coke. Congratulations, America; you elected a teenage princess as president.
Obama: 65 percent
Trump: 41 percent
There you have ita full breakdown of Trumps vs. Obamas first 100 days. After a comparison of the two, there is only one question that needs asking:
Dont you just feel great again?
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The Complete Breakdown of Obama's vs. Trump's 1st 100 Days - The Root
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- Obama Continues to Lecture His Fellow Democrats Instead of Battling the Trump Agenda - Esquire - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Barack and Michelle Obama address divorce rumors - WUSA9 - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- George W. Bush Was 'Kind of Mad' at Daughter for Asking Him About Obama Divorce Rumors: 'I Know Them and It Isn't True' - People.com - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- 'She took me back': Barack, Michelle Obama address and joke about divorce rumors - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Michelle and Barack Obama Reveal Whos the Grumpiest, the Messiest and the Most Romantic - MSN - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Barack Obama gets candid about why he would have had difficulty raising a son - TheGrio - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Jesse Watters: Boring Barack Obama is trying to save the Democratic Partys appeal to male voters - Fox News - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Barack Obama's first statement on divorce rumors: 'She took me back!' - Times of India - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Barack, Michelle Obama laugh off divorce rumors: See their relationship through the years - USA Today - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Barack Obama Believes It Wouldve Been Difficult To Raise A Son - VIBE.com - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- F*ggot: Antonio Brown sparks outrage with homophobic slur aimed at Barack Obama over inclusive friendsh - Times of India - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Barack Obama reveals why having sons wouldve terrified him - rollingout.com - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Are Barack & Michelle Obama Getting Divorced? They Finally Address the Rumors - Swooon - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Former President George W. Bush Was Really 'Mad' His Daughter Asked Him About The Obama Divorce Rumors - The Blast - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Trump dodges question on if hes in Epstein files and claims Obama and James Comey made them up - The Independent - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama bros confronted on Democratic Party's intolerance problem, history of excluding people - Fox News - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama's call to action for Democrats: 'Toughen up' and 'less whining' - MSNBC News - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama slams Big Law attorneys who won't fight Trump because they want to 'finish that kitchen rehab' at their Hamptons homes - Business Insider - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Trump says Obama and Biden made up the Epstein files - The Times - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama Delivers Tough Talk to Dems on How to Defeat Trump - The Daily Beast - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- In defence of Step Brothers: the platonic ideal of Obama-era comedy - The Guardian - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack and Michelle Obama address divorce rumors in playful podcast moment: Touch and go for a while - Page Six - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Trump denies being cited in Epstein documents, calls files fabricated by Comey and Obama - WCIV - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack Obama reveals why it would have been difficult to raise a son after having two daughters - The Independent - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack Obama demands less whining and more action from Democrats - MassLive - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Charlamagne criticizes Obama's 'mind-boggling' advice to Democrats as too little, too late - Fox News - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Why Barack and Michelle Obama Would Have Had Difficulty Raising a Son - instyle.com - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack Obama says raising a son wouldve been more difficult than raising Sasha and Malia - HOLA - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama Calls Out Biglaw Firms That Capitulated To Trump - Above the Law - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack Obama Explains Why He Would Have Had 'Difficulty' Raising a Son After Parenting 2 Daughters (Exclusive) - People.com - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Whoopi Goldberg claps back at Obama's claim that Democrats need to stop "whining": "You are pointing the finger at the wrong... - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Frustrated with leadership under Trump? Obama calls on Democrats to 'toughen up' - USA Today - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Whoopi Goldberg criticizes Barack Obama for saying Democrats need to 'toughen up' - Entertainment Weekly - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Former Obama speechwriter admits shunning conservative in his family was a mistake - Fox News - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack and Michelle Obama reveal hard times as they directly address divorce rumors - UNILAD - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama admits he would've been more 'judgmental' if he had a son over daughters - Daily Express US - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack Obama Wants Democrats To Be the YIMBY Party. That's Easier Said Than Done. - Reason Magazine - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Former President Obama tells Democrats to toughen up and stop looking for the messiah - TheGrio - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Barack Obama reveals why it would have been difficult to raise a son after having two daughters - Yahoo - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Obama urges Democrats to toughen up amid frustration under Trump - The Boston Globe - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Jennifer Aniston sparks dating buzz with hypnotist Jim Curtis as netizens joke, Wheres Obama? - Hindustan Times - July 14th, 2025 [July 14th, 2025]
- Trump warned he could lose House over Epstein files row; pins blame on Obama and Biden - Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times - July 14th, 2025 [July 14th, 2025]
- New book claims Trump asked Obama this surprising question at Jimmy Carters funeral - The Economic Times - July 14th, 2025 [July 14th, 2025]
- Joined by Obama and Sherrill, Murphy raises more than $1.5 million for DNC - New Jersey Globe - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Larry David returns to TV with a heavy heart for Barack Obama-backed HBO sketch comedy - Los Angeles Times - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Obama is back on the fundraising circuit trying to help Democrats rebound for upcoming elections - The Independent - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Obama Steps Into the Ring to Deliver a Knockout Blow to Trump - The Daily Beast - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Obama, Backing New Larry David History Show, Avoids the Democratic Resistance to Trump - The New York Sun - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Pretty, pretty presidential: Everything to know about HBOs American history sketch comedy from Larry David and Barack Obama - Gold Derby - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Mamdani campaign dishes out millions to firm of key media strategist for Obama campaigns: 'She's the best' - Fox News - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Barack Obama and Larry David Are Working On a TV Series About US History - La Voce di New York - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Larry David Trolls Bill Maher With His New Barack Obama Partnership - Pajiba - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- From Barack Obama to Emmanuel Macron, global leaders hit by AI and deepfakes - The Indian Express - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Heres what Trump and Obama laughed and talked about at Jimmy Carters funeral, new book reveals - New York Post - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Michelle Obama: I learned this great parenting tip from my mom and dadthey did a 'beautiful job' modeling it - CNBC - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Trump Asked Obama This Surprising Question at Jimmy Carter's Funeral, New Book Claims - People.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Michelle Obama frets young women are not allowed the unearned confidence young men have - Fox News - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Barack Obama To Speak At The O2 London, 3Arena Dublin - Pollstar News - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- 'Telling the American story' Obama, Pence to speak at the Global Summit in Erie | Opinion - Erie Times-News - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Malia Obama Has the Bag Collection of My Dreams - Teen Vogue - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- This is what President Trump asked Obama at Jimmy Carters funeral, new book claims - PennLive.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- These 3 Words Help Teach Kids Critical Thinking, Say Michelle Obama (and Psychologists) - Inc.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Heres what smiling Trump, Obama really talked about at Carter funeral - SILive.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- What Obama, Trump Discussed During Viral Interaction Finally Revealed - Newsradio WTAM 1100 - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Details About Trump & Obama's Exchange At Jimmy Carter's Funeral Revealed - Black Information Network - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Michelle Obama on confidence gender gap: Men have it, even when they havent earned it - Washington Examiner - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- What Obama, Trump Discussed During Viral Interaction Finally Revealed - iHeart - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Obama directed intelligence communitys Trump-Russia witch hunt, CIA review reveals - BLiTZ - Fears None But God - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- What Trump really said to Obama as they were spotted laughing at Jimmy Carter's funeral finally revealed - UNILAD - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Letter to the Editor: Deporter-in-Chief? Thats Obama, not Trump - courierherald.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- 'Truth' behind Donald Trump and Barack Obama's friendly talk at Jimmy Carter's funeral as laughter stunned onlookers - The US Sun - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- What Donald Trump Said To Barack Obama At Jimmy Carter's Funeral - The Blast - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- We Finally Found Out What Trump And Obama Were Talking About At Jimmy Carter's Funeral - Yahoo - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- America Doesn't Like Trump: Obama and Even JD Vance are More Popular - thedailypoliticususa.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Barack Obama heads to the UK for talks - voice-online.co.uk - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- Michelle Obama had to fight back tears during podcast. Heres why - PennLive - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- Barack Obama to lift the lid on life in office in two live appearances - The Independent - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- FanDuel adds former Obama advisor and ex-NFL head to policy team - EGR North America - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- Obama's scathing assessment of Biden's failed campaign revealed - Fox News - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]