--- title: Donald Trump 100 Days: Seth Meyers Takes A Closer Look description: Seth Meyers thinks a government shutdown might be the most memorable part of Trump's first 100 days in office canonical: https://time.com/4752979/donald-trump-seth-meyers-100-days-government-shutdown/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-25T14:46:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:04.299Z og:title: Seth Meyers Gave Donald Trump a 100-Day Report Card and It’s Not Pretty og:description: Will a government shutdown be the most memorable part of Trump's first 100 days? og:url: https://time.com/4752979/donald-trump-seth-meyers-100-days-government-shutdown/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6edce67d1e83a6c0/6988ca83ab6d77577e6adcab/seth-meyers-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: seth-meyers-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Gave Donald Trump a 100-Day Report Card and It’s Not Pretty twitter:description: Will a government shutdown be the most memorable part of Trump's first 100 days? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6edce67d1e83a6c0/6988ca83ab6d77577e6adcab/seth-meyers-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers Gave Donald Trump a 100-Day Report Card and It’s Not Pretty by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 25, 2017 2:46 PM UTC  NBC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 25, 2017 2:46 PM UTC President Donald Trump is approaching the milestone of his [first 100 days](http://time.com/4753785/donald-trump-100-day-promises/?xid=homepage) in office and Seth Meyers thinks he may be looking for a positive achievement to mark the occasion. On his _Late Night_ segment “A Closer Look,” Meyers noted that the 100-day mark “is traditionally when presidents get their first big report card on their performance so far.” Many of Trump’s key campaign promises have either stalled or not even gotten under way, and his [approval ratings](http://time.com/4751730/donald-trump-100-days-approval-ratings/?xid=homepage) are the lowest of any modern president at this point in their term. “This will shock you, most people think he’s not doing great,” Meyer said. “If this were a movie, it would be called _100 Dayz and Confused.”_ Trump has deemed the [first 100 days](http://time.com/4753199/trump-100-days-poll-promises-surveymonkey/?xid=homepage) a “[ridiculous standard](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/855373184861962240).” But, despite that, Meyers says that Trump isn’t about to admit defeat. 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