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Trump downplays 100 days milestone

It’s going great.
It’s going great. Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images

1. The first 100 days

As his presidency neared the symbolic 100 days milestone, Donald Trump was trying to cram funding for a border wall into a congressional deal to avert a government shutdown.

Shutdown risk

Hosting UN ambassadors Monday.
Hosting UN ambassadors Monday. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

2. ‘An artificial barrier’

The hundred days is just an artificial barrier. The press keeps talking about the hundred days. But we’ve done a lot. You have a list of things.

– Donald Trump, to the Associated Press

3. Trump boasts of 9/11-topping ratings

I have, seem to get very high ratings... It’s the highest they’ve ever had. On any, on air, [CBS ‘Face the Nation’ host John] Dickerson had 5.2 million people. It’s the highest for ‘Face the Nation’ or as I call it, ‘Deface the Nation.’ It’s the highest for ‘Deface the Nation’ since the World Trade Center. Since the World Trade Center came down. It’s a tremendous advantage.

– Donald Trump to the Associated Press

Read the full interview

4. Tax plan to land soon

We’re going to be applying, I shouldn’t tell you this, but we’re going to be announcing, probably on Wednesday, tax reform. And it’s – we’ve worked on it long and hard. And you’ve got to understand, I’ve only been here now 93 days, 92 days.

– Donald Trump to the Associated Press

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5. ‘I never realized how big it was’

AP: Can I ask you, over your first 100 days – you’re not quite there yet – how do you feel like the office has changed you?

TRUMP: Well the one thing I would say – and I say this to people – I never realized how big it was. Everything’s so (unintelligible) like, you know the orders are so massive.

– More Trump

6. Obama holds event with young leaders

7. Ground control to Major Tom

...and another thing:

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