--- title: Donald Trump: First 100 Days Is 'Ridiculous Standard' description: President Trump has been hyping the success of his first 100 days in office. 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President Donald Trump reversed course on several policy matters this week, from the status of the Federal Reserve Chairwoman to whether he believes China is a currency manipulator._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 21, 2017 11:52 AM UTC  President Trump arrives on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on April 13, 2017 in West Palm Beach, FL. President Trump arrives on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on April 13, 2017 in West Palm Beach, FL.Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 21, 2017 11:52 AM UTC President Trump has spent weeks hyping the success of his Administration’s [first 100 days in office](http://time.com/4579404/donald-trump-policy-video/). But he seemed to turn on the metric Friday, tweeting that it’s a “ridiculous standard.” “No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!” Trump tweeted Friday morning. (“S.C.” seems to refer to Trump’s pick [Neil Gorsuch](http://time.com/4730746/neil-gorsuch-confirmed-supreme-court-year/?iid=sr-link1) being confirmed to the Supreme Court.) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/855373184861962240) The president’s souring on the 100-day marker, often used to judge nascent presidencies, comes as voters have expressed their displeasure in a new poll and a shutdown fight looms in Congress. In a new [POLITICO/Morning Consult poll](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/donald-trump-grades-report-card-237378) released Thursday, 24% of voters gave Trump an ‘F’ when asked to grade his first three months in office. He’s even struggling among his own base: 42% of Trump voters graded his first 100 days a ‘B,’ and another 23% give him a ‘C’ or below. Trump is also likely managing expectations because his 100th day, April 29, coincides with the expiration of government funding. The White House is trying to [revive the failed push to repeal Obamacare](http://time.com/4749300/obamacare-repeal-government-shutdown-congress-trump/) by attaching it to the spending bill that needs to pass next week, setting up a shutdown fight that will occur right as Trump marks the milestone. In Wisconsin earlier this week, Trump crowed that “no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days.” But with wary voters and a scrambling Congress, the president is already trying to downplay the moment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4750064/trump-100-days-standard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4750064/trump-100-days-standard/"},"headline":"President Trump Calls First 100 Days a 'Ridiculous Standard'","datePublished":"2017-04-21T11:52:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:54:25.043Z","description":"President Trump has been hyping the success of his first 100 days in office. 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