When reading a chart, an outlier is often the first thing you notice. The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term has been full of them: immigration arrests spiking. Markets falling. Emission trends reversing. Hundreds of day one pardons to insurrectionists. Record-breaking use of executive powers.
Let’s look at some of the outlying trends of the administration’s first 100 days.
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Tariffs caused markets to fall
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… as the price of goods, like eggs, continued to rise
Average price of a dozen large eggs
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Trump gave mass pardons to January 6 criminals
Number of people granted clemency in the first 100 days, by crime
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He increasingly relied on executive actions
The number of executive orders signed and national emergencies declared over a president’s first 100 days
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After declining, emissions forecasts from US oil and gas production rose
Lifetime emissions forecasts made during the …
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Ice arrests ramped up
Ice arrests in February were the highest in seven years, Guardian analysis shows
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Government websites were scrubbed
Out of a sample of about 120 keywords and 400 government websites, these 10 were removed the most often
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Trump’s approval rating flipped
Net approval rating
