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ELM GROVE, Wis. (AP) Standing on the sidelines of her son’s soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when asked how she would rate President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office.
Overall, Biden is doing well, she said after a few minutes of thought. But she acknowledged her judgment is as much a feeling of relief as an analysis of accomplishments.
“I’m still exhaling,” Hahn said, referencing the tumultuous tenure of President Donald Trump. “It’s been exhausting.”
At the 100-day marker, polls show most Americans are like Hahn, giving the new president positive marks for his early performance.
Foreign Threats to the US 2020 Presidential Election . In this document, the US intelligence community assessed that: Russian President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden s candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US.
But the most damning portion of this assessment came when it delved into the specific methodology employed by Russia to achieve these nefarious aims. Throughout the election cycle, Russia s online influence actors sought to affect US public perceptions of the candidates, as well as advance Moscow s long standing goals of undermining confidence in US election processes and increasing sociopolitical divisions among the American people. During the presidential primaries and dating back to 2019, these actors backed candidates from b
From left: presidents Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty; Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Common Sense Media; Win McNamee/Getty; Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Scott Olson/Getty; Shayanne Gal/Insider
Presidents have been judged by their performance in their first 100 days for nine decades.
Whether through approval ratings or executive orders, there s a lot to judge them by.
Insider compared Biden s first 100 days to those of his recent predecessors.
Presidents have been judged by their performance in their first 100 days for nearly nine decades. Although an arbitrary milestone, the tradition dates back to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in his first 100 days enacted sweeping measures to recover from the Great Depression and laid out the foundation of the New Deal.
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ELM GROVE, Wis. - Standing on the sidelines of her son s soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when asked how she would rate President Joe Biden s first 100 days in office.
Overall, Biden is doing well, she said after a few minutes of thought. But she acknowledged her judgment is as much a feeling of relief as an analysis of accomplishments.
âIâm still exhaling,â Hahn said, referencing the tumultuous tenure of President Donald Trump. âItâs been exhausting.â
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