(TriceEdneyWire.com) — Those first 100 days for the orange man do not look good. Of course, he’s got his underlings out trying to clean things up—talking about what’s going to happen, rather than explaining what’s actually happening now. They prefer to keep the American people and the world hanging on with promises of a better day, but the reality isn’t promising.
I have a feeling that over the next 100 days, we’ll hear the same old story about what he’s going to do, while his dictatorship keeps rolling along. Meanwhile, the American people gain nothing. He’s no longer offering ideas for solving problems—just decisions that negatively impact lives, without presenting solutions.
A full 59% of people say the economy has worsened under him—meaning countless lives have been destabilized. Polls show people are afraid, and rightfully so. Thousands have lost their jobs suddenly—many for the first time. Their retirement savings have plummeted. Every trip to the grocery store feels like a financial strain. Like many, I’ve stopped buying certain items. What happens to those who have to keep buying essentials that now exceed their means?
His party claims to hold the banner on family values, yet this immigration crackdown is shattering families. People are being grabbed off the streets or dragged from their homes without warning. Even children born here—American citizens—are being forced to leave when their parents are deported without due process. That’s not a value; it’s cruelty.
Where did all these unqualified, uncaring people come from—those he’s appointed to crucial positions? Most have little to no experience and are just doing whatever he tells them. Some may be decent people deep down, and I hope they are, because that would mean there’s still a line they wouldn’t cross.
Don’t Republicans see how harmful his policies have been to regular Americans? Don’t they care? Didn’t they read Project 2025 before voting? They were warned. Now they’re watching him dismantle everything in real time. He’s already damaged our economy and alienated allies worldwide.
Now, he wants more women to have babies—presumably white women and a few others – but Black women? We didn’t vote for him, and we knew better. We believed him when he showed us who he really is. Meanwhile, a highly competent woman ran against him, yet our rights—civil and human—have never been on his agenda unless it was to attack them.
We are witnessing the unimaginable: confrontations with courts, judges being arrested, laws changing unilaterally. And in the midst of it, we have someone in the White House who acts like he’s King of the United States. He uses vulgar language when speaking of foreign leaders and claims they’re coming to America to kiss a certain part of his body. He no longer talks like a president, but like a man who believes he rules the world.
He’s punishing institutions that won’t end DEI—even targeting Harvard. He’s asked the Supreme Court to end birthright citizenship. He’s expanded executive powers far beyond what we’ve seen. Because he doesn’t suffer from the pain his decisions cause, we’re just supposed to accept it. It doesn’t matter to him that 41% of the people are afraid of what lies ahead.
He’s deporting students who’ve studied here for years and want to contribute—people who love American values. Yet he pardoned over 1,000 rioters who attacked our Capitol, injured officers, disrupted Congress, and cost taxpayers millions. He slashed the federal workforce, cut off access to college, and seized control of the Kennedy Center.
Poor Senator John Kennedy tries to explain every move, but even he sounds lost. All I can say is: these have been the most chaotic, damaging 100 days in our history.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams, President of The Dick Gregory Society.)
