--- title: Donald Trump 200 Days: What He's Achieved description: As President Trump approached his first 100 days in office, he called it a "ridiculous standard." 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Emma Talkoff](https://time.com/author/emma-talkoff/) ## Emma Talkoff Aug 8, 2017 4:27 PM UTC As President Trump approached his [first 100 days in office](http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/donald-trump-next-100-days/index.html), he called it a [“ridiculous standard,”](http://time.com/4750064/trump-100-days-standard/) while House Speaker Paul Ryan said it was too soon to judge progress. “I talked about 200 days because I thought the kind of agenda that we’re attempting to put together here — overhauling health care, overhauling the tax system, rebuilding our military, securing the border — those take more than just a few months,” Ryan said in April. On Monday, Trump hit the 200-day mark, but major achievements still remain elusive. Here’s a quick look at what’s happened — and what hasn’t — in Trump’s second 100 days. • **Trump announced the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.** The U.S. won’t [officially be able to leave](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/climate/trump-paris-climate-timeline.html) the international agreement to fight climate change until November of 2020. • **The Justice Department appointed a special counsel on the Russia investigation.** Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller is now [heading an investigation](http://time.com/4783610/robert-mueller-donald-trump-special-counsel-fbi-justice-department-rod-rosenstein/) into Russian meddling in the election. • **The effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed.** A last-ditch move to [pass a “skinny repeal”](http://time.com/4878038/john-mccain-vote-video/) of Obamacare failed in the Senate when Republican Sens. John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted against it. • **Trump announced that transgender Americans would be barred from military service.** [Citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption,”](http://time.com/4874255/donald-trump-transgender-military-cant-serve/?xid=homepage) Trump said that transgender people would no longer be able to serve in the military “in any capacity.” • **The White House backed a bill to cut legal immigration in half.** Trump [announced his support](http://time.com/4884914/immigration-raise-act-white-house/) for the RAISE Act, which would cut legal immigration in half by 2027, but it faces an uncertain future in the Senate. • **The White House staff was reshuffled.** Press Secretary Sean Spicer [resigned](http://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/), Anthony Scaramucci was [hired](http://time.com/4869439/anthony-scaramucci-white-house/) and then [fired](http://time.com/4881442/donald-trump-anthony-scaramucci-white-house-firings/) as communications director, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus was [replaced](http://time.com/4879260/donald-trump-reince-priebus-john-kelly/) by retired Gen. John Kelly, among other changes. • **Trump signed Russian sanctions into law.** After Congress passed a [package of stiff financial sanctions](http://time.com/4877876/russia-sanctions-donald-trump-retaliation/) against Russia by overwhelming veto-proof margins, Trump reluctantly signed them into law. • **His approval hit a new record low in polls.** A poll [released Monday](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/60-of-americans-dont-trust-donald-trump-cnn-poll-finds-2017-08-07) by CNN found Trump at a record low, with just 38% approving and 56% disapproving. Other recent polls have hit [record lows](http://time.com/4884616/donald-trump-approval-rating-new-low/) as well. • **Many Senate-confirmed posts remain unfilled.** As of Aug. 7, the Senate confirmed 117 key positions, but Trump had not yet nominated people for 354 jobs, according to the [Washington _Post_ and the Partnership for Public Service](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/database/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4891467/donald-trump-200-days/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4891467/donald-trump-200-days/"},"headline":"Here's What President Trump Achieved Since His First 100 Days","datePublished":"2017-08-08T16:27:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:54:21.271Z","description":"As President Trump approached his first 100 days in office, he called it a \"ridiculous standard.\" Here's what he's achieved since then.","url":"https://time.com/4891467/donald-trump-200-days/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a1ee79e30b5857a/6988d8d38fd2ee0f85358535/gettyimages-826447472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Talkoff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-talkoff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a1ee79e30b5857a/6988d8d38fd2ee0f85358535/gettyimages-826447472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump walks to Marine One before departing from the White House on August 4, 2017 in Washington, DC.","caption":"President Donald Trump walks to Marine One before departing from the White House on August 4, 2017 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Mark Wilson—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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4891467/donald-trump-200-days/","name":"Here's What President Trump Achieved Since His First 100 Days"}}]}] ```