100 day plan

100-day plan and its history

Although our current president has disregarded the first 100 days stating,

President Donald J Trump

“But I don't want to set the 100 days as a standard.”

This is not uncommon as most presidential candidates fall short of completing their own hundred day plan such as Bush, and even Barack Obama stated that he would need 1,000 days when he was a candidate so is the Donald right about the first hundred days being used as a yardstick for the presidency? Let's look at the facts most presidents set their own goals and they hold themselves responsible to the American people if they are unable to complete their plan but the 100-day plan is a self-inflicted wound for most presidents as the presidency in the famous words of our commander in chief is that

"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!" President Donald J Trump

The term was first used by our only four-term serving president Franklin Delano Roosevelt who had the power of a congress wouldn't say no due to the massive recession that was turning the country inside out. Ever since FDR presidential candidates often describe what they will do in the first 100 days, this 100-day plan is used as a yardstick of the current presidency by the media and the citizen. But most candidates run into opposition before they may complete their 100-day plan. President Trump is no exception with the government days away from a shutdown if a budget proposal isn't passed our country is faced with a president who stated that the first 100 days of his presidency would give rise to a new America that will be better for the common man but he has since backtracked on the hundred days.

Bibliography

Liptak, Kevin. "History of Measuring Presidents' First 100 Days." CNN. Cable News Network, 23 Apr. 2017. Web. 30 Apr. 2017.