Donald Trump’s first 100 days were a masterclass in how to alienate the world and leave a trail of chaos in your wake. They were a diplomatic middle finger dressed up as governance.
First came the Muslim Ban: seven countries, mostly Muslim, suddenly blacklisted. Refugees? Out. Students? Blocked. It wasn’t about security—it was fear packaged as policy.
Next, immigration raids ramped up. Families torn apart, long-time residents deported—all in service of a narrative that treated human beings as threats, not neighbours.
He called the press “the enemy of the people” and sneered at judges like a man outraged that rules exist.
And then—climate. Pipelines greenlit, the Paris Agreement dumped, and the message to the world was loud and clear: “We’ll keep burning things. You deal with the fallout.”
In just 100 days, the US didn’t just retreat from the world—it slammed the door, bolted it, and shouted through the keyhole: “Not our problem.”