Here's what 7 Americans think of Trump's first 100 days

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : That move was proof to Hunter, he said, that Trump wanted the best for the United States.
62% : "My optimism and my hope are up," said Jackont, an educator and longtime Democrat who voted for Trump, believing he could bring prosperity and peace.
61% : He also catches news clips on YouTube and the social platform X. He agreed with most of what Trump had done so far, including calling for barring transgender women from women's sports.
61% : In January, Jackont had given Trump high marks.
56% : Escobar -- who expanded from relying on CNN for national news to including the Times, Fox News and MSNBC -- said he remained confident that Trump had a long-term economic plan.
55% : Abdallah, who lives in a region that is dominated by the automobile industry and susceptible to changes in global trade, said the president's behavior toward China, Canada and Mexico on trade had not sat well with him.
53% : Still, she remained hopeful Trump might adopt a more measured style.
50% : He also said he thought Trump was a narcissist but added that the president showed some humility and flexibility recently by proposing tariff changes.
48% : He said he felt that the actions stood in sharp contrast to how President Joe Biden often spoke about addressing immigration reform through a bipartisan congressional effort.
48% : But that was not what he felt he had seen from Trump.
43% : (A recent Times/Siena College poll also found that majorities of voters, even many who approve of the job Trump is doing, view his first few months as "chaotic" and "scary.") As mayor of the small border town of Roma, Jaime Escobar Jr. was accustomed to assessing whether strategies were working.
43% : "I still have that feeling of wait and see," he said, adding that he remained comfortable with his vote for Trump.
42% : " Hunter said he goes out of his way to get information about Trump from a variety of sources, including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, and liberal and conservative talk radio shows.
41% : " Tali Jackont had reservations, but for now, she was sticking with Trump.
40% : Trump needed to do what he campaigned on and "take care of the economy," she said.
39% : " He identified as a Democrat until the migrant crisis, and after years of what he described as chaos at the border, he voted for Trump, a Republican.
35% : She had held out hope that Trump could put an end to war between Israel and Hamas and, most of all, help bring back the Israeli hostages.
34% : She liked that his administration was holding talks with Iran over nuclear activity, and she wanted Trump to keep fighting what she viewed as antisemitism on college campuses.
33% : "I think there's a strategy that Trump and his administration is trying to put into place," Escobar added.
33% : He voted for Trump, believing some gambles were necessary to change the status quo.
33% : " Perry Hunter felt irked that some Americans had expected Trump to solve the country's problems in the first 100 days.
31% : "I'm not saying I'm 100% happy with everything, but for the most part, I feel that Trump is tackling the issues that the American voters thought were important," he said, referring to immigration and the economy.
30% : She had hoped Trump would leave his divisive language and style behind.
30% : Trump, she believed, had not been firm enough with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, emboldening him to break the ceasefire and losing the option to bring back hostages.
29% : " He remained hopeful that tax and spending cuts would spur more entrepreneurs, even as he was also a bit nervous that Trump might go overboard.
24% : " Darlene Alfieri, a registered Democrat and owner of a flower shop, felt things had gotten so off track that it was worth the risk of voting for Trump; he had promised a major break with the status quo, after all.
23% : The problems Trump pledged to fix were not created in a matter of weeks, she said, and they would not be fixed that quickly.
21% : Although she voted for Harris, McCloud said she had since tried to throw her support behind Trump.
17% : Unhappy with the Biden administration's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, Abdallah also believed that Trump would not be any better and now felt that his instincts have been borne out.
2% : " Between Trump and Kamala Harris, Abdallah said he had leaned toward Trump but had voted for third-party candidate Jill Stein in protest.

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