Trump marks 100-days in office embroiled in trade battles, deadly wars and hard pressed deals

President Donald Trump's 2nd word has taken the satellite by tempest successful his archetypal 100 days, leaving allies and adversaries scrambling to respond to caller U.S. tariffs, stalled bid negotiations and hardball diplomacy from the White House.

On the run trail, helium pledged to deed allies and foes alike with monolithic tariffs, extremity Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine wrong 24-hours and threatened that "all hell" would interruption retired if each hostages were not freed from the clutches of Hamas successful Gaza by the clip helium entered the Oval Office.

While Trump has been capable to marque bully connected immoderate of his promises, different ambitions stay unmet. Here’s what Trump has accomplished and what challenges remain:

POLL POSITION: WHERE DONALD TRUMP STANDS WITH AMERICANS 100 DAYS INTO HIS SECOND PRESIDENCY

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media successful the Oval Office astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Where Russia's warfare successful Ukraine stands

Trump past week conceded that his pledge to extremity the three-year-old warfare successful Ukraine wrong 24 hours of taking bureau was "figurative," acknowledging it was ne'er a realistic goal. The struggle has claimed a reported 1 cardinal casualties.

"I said that arsenic an exaggeration," he told reporters. 

While Trump has faced disapproval implicit his quality to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, his squad — led by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Antony Rubio — has made immoderate headway, securing a 30-day ceasefire protecting Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure.

But Putin has truthful acold refused to participate immoderate different brokered agreements, contempt Kyiv’s willingness to play shot adjacent aft the historical Oval Office blow-up betwixt Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful February.

Though Trump appeared to clasp a grudge against Zelenskyy aft Ukraine rejected a projected mineral woody — adjacent blaming him successful portion for Russia’s amerciable penetration — relations betwixt the 2 leaders appeared to amended implicit the weekend. Trump besides acceptable a caller ultimatum for Putin, issuing a deadline to scope a ceasefire deal.

"Two weeks oregon less," Trump told reporters Sunday, though helium aboriginal added a spot much clip would beryllium acceptable. "We'll spot what happens implicit the adjacent fewer days. We'll astir apt larn a lot."

TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY HAVE 'VERY PRODUCTIVE' TALK AS THEY ATTEND POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL

Trump said helium was "surprised and disappointed" aft Putin past week levied a barrage of missiles astatine Ukraine’s superior metropolis of Kyiv successful a onslaught that killed 12 civilians and injured astir 100 more.

"I privation him to halt shooting, beryllium down and motion a deal," Trump said successful notation to Putin. "We person the confines of a deal, I believe, and I privation him to motion it and beryllium done with it and conscionable spell backmost to life."

Trump has not said however oregon whether helium volition clasp Putin accountable if helium doesn’t hold to a ceasefire and the White House has not responded to Fox News Digital’s repeated questions regarding the issue.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talk successful Rome wherever they some attended Pope Francis' ceremonial connected April 26, 2025. (Vatican and Ukraine Ambassador to Holy See)

Gaza ceasefire

Before entering office, Trump repeatedly threatened Hamas that "all hell" would interruption retired if they didn’t instrumentality each hostages by the clip helium arrived astatine the White House. 

But the Palestinian panic radical has ignored his threats and rejected Trump's February connection to crook the Gaza Strip into the "Riviera of the Middle East," saying it would adhere to a ceasefire statement brokered betwixt the violent enactment and Israel, mediated by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt. 

Trump has not deed Hamas, nor person his negotiations to merchandise hostages looked each that antithetic from his predecessor's.  

The archetypal signifier of what was intended to beryllium a three-phase ceasefire saw the instrumentality of 33 hostages taken by Hamas, the bulk of whom were abducted successful the Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel, arsenic good arsenic the merchandise of 1,800 Palestinian prisoners held by Jerusalem. 

But 59 hostages stay successful Gaza, including American-Israeli Edan Alexander, and hopes of a 2nd signifier collapsed aft negotiations stalled connected presumption surrounding aboriginal hostage releases, and successful March Israel reignited subject operations successful the Gaza Strip.

A Qatari authoritative connected Sunday said the main hiccup successful securing a ceasefire pursuing the latest circular of talks past week is that Israel has not presented a wide solution to extremity the warfare successful speech for hostage releases, Reuters reported. 

Trump connected Friday said helium pushed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to reopen assistance corridors into Gaza, which person been blocked since March 2, successful bid to let nutrient and medicine to scope Palestinians, though humanitarian corridors person not yet been opened. 

IRAN, US BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS OVER TEHRAN'S ADVANCING NUCLEAR PROGRAM

Gaza City, Gaza connected February 02, 2025.  (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iran atomic agreement

Trump connected Sunday said helium believes a woody to extremity Iran’s atomic programme tin beryllium achieved "without having to start dropping bombs each implicit the place."

Details connected atomic negotiations betwixt the U.S. and Iran successful Oman connected Saturday, successful which the 3rd circular of talks were held, stay nil, though Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reportedly told Iranian authorities media they were "very superior and work-focused." 

Araghchi described the hours-long talks arsenic having yet "entered into deeper and much elaborate discussions," though nary specifics of the negotiations person been released. 

It remains unclear if the Trump medication is pursuing a halt to Tehran’s atomic advancement oregon a implicit disarmament arrangement, which would spot the demolition of Iran's centrifuge facilities and its stockpiles of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium. 

It besides remains unclear however overmuch clip the president volition let for the negotiations to transportation on. 

CHINA’S ECONOMIC WOES THREATEN REAL WAR AMID TARIFF BATTLE

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, steps retired from his level arsenic helium arrives astatine Muscat, Oman, Friday, April 25, 2025, a time anterior to negotiations with U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. (AP)

Relations with China deteriorate

Relations betwixt the U.S. and China person deed a level of animosity not seen betwixt the 2 superpowers since Washington normalized ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) successful the 1970s. 

The archetypal U.S.-China commercialized warfare started during Trump’s archetypal term, successful which helium deed China with 25% tariffs connected $50 cardinal successful Chinese goods successful April 2018.

Beijing responded by slapping reciprocal tariffs connected $50 cardinal worthy of U.S. goods, mostly targeting U.S. cultivation products worthy immoderate $16.5 cardinal — a commercialized warfare that saw the nonaccomplishment of a 4th of a cardinal U.S. jobs by January 2021, according to the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC).

From the run trail, Trump threatened to deed China with 60% tariffs — which helium astir did successful aboriginal April erstwhile helium announced an further 34% tariff connected apical of the existing taxes already successful place. 

But what had already sent geopolitical shockwaves and sparked near-immediate marketplace concerns was further escalated conscionable implicit a week aboriginal erstwhile Trump ratcheted up tariffs connected Beijing to 145%. 

China has responded by hitting Washington with its ain 125% reciprocal tariffs connected U.S. imports and, according to a Bloomberg study connected Monday, cargo proviso shipments person already dropped by 60%.

Americans are expected to statesman feeling the pains of the commercialized warfare travel mid-May.

Photos of President Donald Trump signing an enforcement bid astatine the Oval Office of the White House, adjacent to photos of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) arsenic investors and markets reacted earlier this period to the quality of Trump's reciprocal tariffs. Photos via Getty Images  (Getty Images)

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Trump said past week helium had reached immoderate 200 commercialized deals with countries affected by his sweeping tariffs — measures that deed astir each U.S. trading partner, including longtime allies. He paused the tariffs for 90 days earlier this period pursuing aggravated backlash.

The presumption of trading relations with U.S. partners remains unclear, on with whether the medication volition instrumentality the broad tariffs connected those nations travel July.

The 25% tariffs connected steel, aluminum and imported vehicles stay successful effect.

The White House did not straight respond to Fox News Digital's questions regarding adjacent steps Trump volition takes erstwhile it comes to handling frankincense acold unresolved struggle successful Ukraine and the Gaza Strip.

A White House spokesperson alternatively said, "President Trump inherited wide overseas conflicts and a anemic lasting connected the satellite signifier from Joe Biden. Now, America is beardown again, hostages are escaped from Gaza, Marc Fogel and Ksenia Karelina are home, hundreds of Houthi and different terrorists person been eliminated, and we are person to bid than ever before. 

"This President volition ne'er get the recognition helium deserves for his immense overseas argumentation accomplishments, but Americans cognize they are freer and safer nether his leadership," the spokesperson added.