WASHINGTON - From the structure of the global economy to the use of plastic straws, Donald Trump's second term has already overseen a whirlwind of change.
Not since Franklin Roosevelt has a new president driven so many shifts, so fast. Actually, Trump may have FDR beat on the signature first-100-days marker, even though his predecessor was inaugurated with a Great Depression to tackle.
It takes most presidents months or even years to make a difference in the daily lives of Americans, not to mention those who live around the world. But this time, Trump's unprecedented use of executive powers has already slashed the federal workforce, banned diversity programs, dismantled USAID, divided opposition Democrats over how to respond, and prompted longstanding U.S. allies to calculate how to navigate a new global reality.
He even seems to have had an effect on the most popular baby names.
Here's a look at 100 things that have changed during Trump's first 100 days − the momentous and the less so.
1 - The Dow Jones industrial average has been on a rollercoaster. It plunged with the announcement of tariffs, spiked with news of a 90-day delay, and rose and fell with headlines of an escalating global trade war. The markets faced their worst slide since the coronavirus pandemic, and the bond market went into a historic panic.
2 - The number of migrant crossings at the U.S. southern border plummeted since the end of the Biden administration to about 8,450 in February 2025, Trump's first full month in office, the lowest level in at least 25 years. In December 2024, President Joe Biden's last full month in office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported 47,000 apprehensions, more than five times more.
3 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who gained prominence as a vaccine skeptic, took over the federal health agenda. He banned some artificial food dyes and promised a report by September explaining the rise in autism cases.
4 - The number of deportations by ICE dropped a bit despite Trump administration efforts to step up the pace. More than 12,000 were deported in February 2024, during Biden's administration, to about 11,000 in February 2025, during Trump's administration.
5 - Eggs are more expensive. The average cost of a dozen large eggs, which became a symbol of inflation during the 2024 presidential campaign, continued to rise amid a bird-flu crisis, to $6.23 in March, though wholesale prices had begun to drop.
6 - Relations with Canada soured as Trump imposed tariffs and suggested making it the 51st state. The debate over the U.S. president became a major factor in Canada's elections on April 28.
7 - The Gulf of Mexico was renamed the Gulf of America - at least in official federal government publications.
8 - DEI programs, designed to address the nation's history of racism, were scrapped across federal government agencies and the military. The Trump administration also targeted the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at private law firms, public universities, and other institutions that receive federal funding or rely on federal approvals. T
9 - Republican victories leave Republicans nervous. Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis were sworn in as new Republican U.S. House members, holding on to GOP seats in special elections in Florida - but by margins slashed in half since last November's election that Democrats chalked up to Trump's early controversies as president.
10 - Evidence of that nervousness: Trump backed away from elevating the star of the GOP's attack on college antisemitism because he was worried Republicans couldn't hold on to her House seat. New York Rep. Elise Stefanik was nominated as UN ambassador on Jan. 20 and then un-nominated in March.
11 - The Black Lives Matter Plaza, a two-block stretch in downtown Washington, D.C., pointed to the White House, was dismantled and repainted, a capitulation by the city government to Trump. It was created as an emblem of defiance to him during his first term amid protests over the death of George Floyd.
12 - Susan Crawford won a swing seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with potential repercussions on everything from abortion rights to legislative redistricting in the battleground state. Billionaire Elon Musk spent $25 million on behalf of her opponent, making it the nation's most expensive judicial race ever. It was a boost for Democrats after November's losses.
13 - The White House overhauled the press pool, the small group of journalists that tracks the president in small spaces and during travel. First the Associated Press, then Reuters and Bloomberg lost their permanent standing in the pool. "New media" outlets, including some with MAGA sentiments, were added to the rotation.
14 - Chinese imports −from toys and clothes to furniture and sports equipment − were slapped with an escalating series of tariffs that reached 145%. China responded by imposing a 125% tariff on U.S. goods - a trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
15 - The penguins and seals that are the sole inhabitants of the remote Heard and McDonald islands in Antarctica were hit with 10% tariffs on any goods they might be thinking about exporting to the United States.
16 - The nation's top military official, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., was dismissed and replaced by retired Air Force Lieutenant General Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine.
17 - Two girls died of measles in Texas, the first deaths from the highly contagious virus in the United States in a decade. Neither child had been vaccinated. Across the U.S., two dozen states reported a total of more than 800 cases of measles.
18 - Trump's average job approval rating during his first three months in office was a bit higher than it was during his first term, 45% compared with 41% in the Gallup Poll. He trailed every other post-World War II president at this point in their terms by double digits.
19 - Views of the Democratic Party sank to record lows, with a favorability rating of 27% in an NBC poll.
20 - In the same survey, 39% of registered voters had a favorable view of the Republican Party.
21 - New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker won props for stamina with a no-bathroom-breaks speech on the Senate floor that stretched past 25 hours, beating the record set by South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond. Booker was blasting Trump's policies; Thurmond had been filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
22 - Tens of thousands of federal workers were fired. Tens of thousands more took buyout offers.
23 - Elon Musk, the world's richest person, designed and led the Department of Governmental Efficiency, which cut a swath through federal agencies. DOGE ordered the firing of tens of thousands of federal workers and gained access to closely-held data systems with information on millions of citizens.
24 - Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican billionaire who was initially Musk's partner on DOGE, decided to run for governor of Ohio in 2026.
25 - Tesla profits plummeted 71% in the first quarter of 2025 amid a backlash to the brand and Musk, its CEO. Auto tariffs played a role, too. Musk said he would be spending more time at Tesla, less time with DOGE.
26 - Birthright citizenship, guaranteed in the Constitution's 14th Amendment, was ordered ended by executive order. The issue is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
27 - Hundreds of alleged members of the violent Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs were deported to El Salvador's notorious maximum-security prison.
28 - The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint in the debate over whether the administration's immigration crackdown needed to follow due process rules. He was deported from Maryland to the Salvadoran prison in what U.S. officials acknowledged was an administrative error. The Supreme Court told the administration to facilitate his return. The issue remains in the courts.
29 - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered an invitation from King Charles III to Trump for an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom. The president accepted on the spot.
30 - Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance went to Greenland to test the waters on Trump's proposal to take