Donald Trump's first 100 days: in cartoons
Donald Trump's first 100 days: in cartoons
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Donald Trump's first 100 days in office were marred by a string of scandals, many of which caught the eye of the Independent's cartoonists
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Trump's first 100 days have seen him aggressively ramp up tensions with his nuclear rivals in North Korea
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Mr Trump has warned of a "major, major conflict" with the pariah nation lead by Kim Jong Un
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Mr Trump dropped the "mother of all bombs" on alleged ISIS-linked militants in Afghanistan, amid an escalation of US military intervention around the globe
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Mr Trump has been accused of falling short of the standards set by his predecessors in the Oval Office, including Franklin D Roosevelt
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The tycoon's ascension to the White House came at a time when the balance of power is shifting away from Western nations like those in the G7 group
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Western politicians, including the British Conservative party, have been accused of falling in line behind Mr Trump's proposals
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Brexit is seen to have weakened Britain, reducing still further any political will to resist American leadership
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Mr Trump's leadership has been marked by sudden and unexpected shifts in global policy
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Trump's controversial missile strike on Syria, which killed several citizens, was seen by some analysts as an attempt to distract from his policy elsewhere
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The President has also spent a large majority of his weekends golfing, rather than attending to matters of state
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Though free of gaffes, a visit from Chinese president Xi Jinping spotlighted trade tensions between the two states
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One major and unexpected setback came when Mr Trump's Healthcare Bill was struck down by members of his own party
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Mr Trump has been a figure of fun in the media, with his approval at record lows
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A string of revelations about Mr Trump's financial indiscretions did not mar his surge to the White House
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Outgoing President Barack Obama was accused of wiretapping Trump Tower by his successor in America's highest office
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The alleged involvement of Russian intelligence operatives in securing Mr Trump the presidency prompted harsh criticism
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The explosive resignation of Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who lied about his links to the Russian ambassador, was just one scandal to hit the President
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Many scandals, such as the accusation Barack Obama was implicated in phone-hacking, first broke on Mr Trump's Twitter feed
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Donald Trump's election provoked mass protests in the UK, with millions signing a petition to ban him from the country
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Donald Trump cited a non-existent terror attack in Sweden during a campaign rally
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Donald Trump stands accused of stoking regional tensions in Eastern Asia
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North Korea has launched a number of failed nuclear tests since Mr Trump took power
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Theresa May formally rejected the petition calling for Mr Trump to be banned from the UK
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When Mr Trump's initial so-called Muslim ban was struck down by a federal justice, the President mocked the 69-year-old as a "ridiculous", "so-called judge"
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A week after his inauguration, Theresa May met with Mr Trump at the White House
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Donald Trump's first days in office were marked by a hasty attempt to follow through on many of his campaign promises, including the so-called Muslim ban
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Donald Trump's decision to ban citizens of many majority-Muslim countries from the US sparked mass protests
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Revelations about Donald Trump's sexual improprieties were not enough to keep him from being elected President
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British PM Theresa May was criticised by many in the press for cosying up to the new President
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One of Mr Trump's top aides, Kelly Anne Conway, was mocked for describing mistruths as "alternative facts"
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British PM Theresa May was quick to demonstrate that her political aims did not hugely differ from Mr Trump's
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Donald Trump's inauguration, on 20 January 2017, sparked protests both at home and abroad
As of Saturday, it will have been 100 days since Donald Trump took oath in the office of President of the United States, and political commentators have for the past week been struggling to put into words their perspectives on a tumultuous three months.
At times, the President himself has found it hard to express his own policies and opinions. This is the man who described uranium as: "A thing called 'nuclear weapons' and other things, like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things."
But where words fail, the Independent's political cartoonists have been on hand to sum up the scandals, gaffes and geopolitical lurches with a few strokes of their award-winning pens.
More than any other topic, Theresa May's overtures to the billionaire tycoon were repeatedly in the cross hairs, as she kowtowed to the billionaire tycoon on both sides of the Atlantic.
The President's goading of North Korea, wild Twitter rants and cosy relationship with Vladimir Putin were other popular targets for Dave Brown and Brian Adcock.
One hundred days might have dragged by, but the pair won't be setting their pens down any time soon. Bar the impeachment some Democrats are seeking or the outbreak of nuclear war, there's at least four years – or almost 1000 days – of Trump cartoon-fodder still to come.
