--- title: Trump 100 Days: Three Major Achievements of the White House description: A look at what President Trump has accomplished in his first 100 days in the Oval Office. canonical: https://time.com/4748860/trump-100-days-achievements/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-25T21:03:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:31:37.040Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here Are President Trump's 3 Biggest Achievements in His First 100 Days og:description: A Supreme Court justice, killing a free trade deal and overturning regulations. og:url: https://time.com/4748860/trump-100-days-achievements/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61639229d0617c1c/6988ca9086f68e399d6e46b0/trump2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump Signs Executive Order og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are President Trump's 3 Biggest Achievements in His First 100 Days twitter:description: A Supreme Court justice, killing a free trade deal and overturning regulations. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61639229d0617c1c/6988ca9086f68e399d6e46b0/trump2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are President Trump's 3 Biggest Achievements in His First 100 Days > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Donald Trump signs a financial services Executive Order during a ceremony in the US Treasury Department building on April 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Pool / Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 25, 2017 9:03 PM UTC On the campaign trail, President Trump [vowed to change](http://time.com/4750181/trump-100-days-ridiculous-standard/) Washington dramatically in his first 100 days. Since [taking office](http://time.com/4639761/trump-inauguration-360-video/) on Jan. 20, the New York real estate mogul has indeed shaken up politics with a slashing and unpredictable style, but his major accomplishments on policy have been limited. So far, Trump’s biggest three achievements have been filling a vacant Supreme Court seat, withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and dismantling various Obama-era regulations. Some of his bigger plans for [repealing the Affordable Care Act](http://time.com/4712883/ahca-paul-ryan-donald-trump-no-vote-obamacare/), [cutting taxes](http://time.com/4750715/donald-trump-tax-reform-package-cuts/) and [building a border wall](http://time.com/4753623/trump-100-days-border-wall-fall/) on hold for now, while other achievements are either smaller in scale or have yet to be tackled. **MORE:** [_Here Are President Trump’s 3 Biggest Setbacks in His First 100 Days_](http://time.com/4748646/trump-100-days-setbacks/) In many ways, it’s too soon to tell how Trump’s presidency will go. There are 1,461 days in the term he is currently serving, which leaves a lot of time for him to achieve his campaign goals before the next inauguration. Here’s a look at Trump’s three biggest accomplishments during his first 100 days. ## **Appointing a Supreme Court Justice** Trump’s biggest achievement as president so far was set in motion before he was elected. When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia [died in early 2016](http://time.com/4220770/antonin-scalia-influence/), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the upper chamber [would not fill his seat](http://time.com/4224348/scalia-vacancy-supreme-court/) until a new president took office. To reassure conservatives, Trump [released two lists](http://time.com/4505960/donald-trump-supreme-court-list-names/) of potential Supreme Court nominees. Less than two weeks into his presidency, Trump chose 49-year-old Neil Gorsuch, a federal judge in Colorado. Due to opposition from Democrats still smarting over McConnell’s blocking of Obama’s choice for the seat, Republicans ultimately had to invoke the [“nuclear option”](http://time.com/4728558/neil-gorsuch-filibuster-senate-confirmation-vote/) and change Senate rules to allow confirmation by a simple majority. Gorsuch helped cement a conservative majority on the court and could serve for decades, while the rule change will make future Supreme Court nominations easier, making this by far the most significant accomplishment of Trump’s time in office so far. ## **Withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership** Trump’s [“America First” campaign](http://time.com/4385989/donald-trump-trade-china-speech/) broke with decades of Republican orthodoxy on multinational trade agreements. One of his first actions in office was to officially cancel a pending 12-country regional free trade agreement that the Bush and Obama administrations had argued would help the U.S. compete with China. On his third day in office, Trump [signed an executive action](http://time.com/4643380/donald-trump-tpp-mexico-city-trade-business/) withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Congress had not ratified the trade deal, and campaign rival Hillary Clinton had also criticized it, but the withdrawal signaled a [major shift](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/tpp-trump-trade-nafta.html?%5Fr=0) in how the U.S. approaches global economics. Going forward, Trump has also talked about [renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement](http://time.com/4051371/donald-trump-nafta/), signing more bilateral trade agreements and changing the rules on imports from [Canada](http://time.com/4749191/donald-trump-canada-dairy-farmers/) and [Mexico](http://time.com/money/4651919/trump-import-tax-mexico-build-wall/), but so far ending the TPP remains his biggest achievement. ## **Dismantling Obama-Era Regulations** Like many Republican candidates, Trump campaigned by criticizing federal regulations. In office, he has methodically rolled back a number of recent Obama-era regulations by executive action and the bills [passed under the Congressional Review Act](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/donald-trump-obama-legacy-215009), which allows faster review of rules finalized late in the previous administration. Among other things, Trump has reversed policies: requiring federal contractors [disclose and correct serious safety violations](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-worker-safety-bill-20170327-story.html), requiring internet service providers [get permission from customers](http://time.com/4724128/donald-trump-internet-history-isp-privacy-browser-history/) before sharing personal data like their web-browsing history, [blocking some people with mental illnesses](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/guns-mental-health-rule/) from buying guns, issuing a [permit for Keystone](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-keystone-approval-20170324-story.html) XL pipeline. These accomplishments were tailor-made for Trump’s first 100 days, since Obama’s executive orders could be overturned by the same process, but the Congressional Review Act period ends in early May, so there may not be many more coming. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4748860/trump-100-days-achievements/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4748860/trump-100-days-achievements/"},"headline":"Here Are President Trump's 3 Biggest Achievements in His First 100 Days","datePublished":"2017-04-25T21:03:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:31:37.040Z","description":"A look at what President Trump has accomplished in his first 100 days in the Oval Office.","url":"https://time.com/4748860/trump-100-days-achievements/","keywords":["trump 100 days","Supreme Court","Economy","White House","free-trade","trans-pacific partnership","Donald Trump","NAFTA","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61639229d0617c1c/6988ca9086f68e399d6e46b0/trump2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61639229d0617c1c/6988ca9086f68e399d6e46b0/trump2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Signs Executive Order","caption":"President Trump Meets with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin at Treasury Department","creditText":"Pool / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/trump-100-days/","name":"trump 100 days"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4748860/trump-100-days-achievements/","name":"Here Are President Trump's 3 Biggest Achievements in His First 100 Days"}}]}] ```