This has probably been the least successful first hundred days of a presidency

on the economy in the last century. We have seen the stock market go down, the dollar go down, forecasts of unemployment go up, forecasts of inflation go up, forecasts on the odds of a recession go up. We've seen consumer confidence collapse. We've seen businesses take back all their previous earnings projections. So, this has been a disastrous hundred days for the US economy.

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Summers on Trump: "Least Successful 100 Days of a New President Since WWII"

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