One Hundred Days of Reality in the White House

Published in La Razón
(Spain) on 29 April 2017
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Translated from by Annabel Gill. Edited by Elizabeth Cosgriff.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has reached 100 days as head of the most powerful government in the world. Although it is not a very representative period, it still allows us to draw some conclusions about the route his presidency is taking. In this sense, Trump's decision to keep the trade agreement with Mexico and Canada is a good example of something that has been confirmed these first few months in the White House: that campaigning and governing are very different things, especially for Trump. The so-called "realpolitik" has been imposed and the president has been able to adapt and reverse some promises that would have caused more harm than good to the Americans themselves. Other examples of how reality has been made crystal clear are certain plans, such as the change of tone with China, and the aerial intervention in Syria and Afghanistan – situations in which the then-candidate swore that he would not intervene. Furthermore, despite the apocalyptic forecasts, the U.S. economy has not sunk: Between January and February, almost a half million jobs were created and unemployment stood at 4.7 percent. The wall on Mexico’s border has not been completed, and former President Obama’s health care law is far from gone. These have been 100 days in which Candidate Trump has had no choice but to give in to President Trump – a metamorphosis that does not seem to displease voters; 96 percent admit that they would vote for him again.





Cien días de realidad en la Casa Blanca


El presidente de EE UU, Donald Trump, cumple cien días al frente del Gobierno más poderoso del mundo, un periodo aún poco representativo pero que permite extraer algunas conclusiones sobre el rumbo que seguirá su mandato. En este sentido, la decisión de Trump de mantener vigente el tratado comercial con México y Canadá es una buena muestra de algo que se ha venido confirmando estos primeros meses en la Casa Blanca: hacer campaña y gobernar son cosas bien diferentes. Sobre todo, tratándose de Trump. La llamada «real politik» se ha impuesto y el presidente ha sabido adaptarse y echar marcha atrás en algunas promesas que habrían causado más perjuicio que beneficio a los propios estadounidenses. Otros ejemplos cristalinos de que la realidad ha podido con ciertos planes ha sido el cambio de tono con China o la intervención aérea en Siria y Afganistán, unos escenarios en los que el entonces candidato juró que no pisaría. Además, contra los pronósticos apocalípticos, la economía de EE UU no se ha hundido: entre enero y febrero se crearon casi medio millón de empleos y el paro se situó en el 4,7%. El muro no se ha completado en la frontera con México y el Obamacare está muy lejos de pasar a la Historia. Han sido cien días en los que el Trump aspirante no ha tenido más remedio que ceder ante el Trump presidente. Una metamorfosis que, dicho sea de paso, no parece disgustar a sus votantes. El 96% admite que volvería a apoyarlo.
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