“His first 100 days is a reflection of how much the presidency has changed,” said Janet Mullins<br />Grissom, a top official in President George Bush’s White House and State Department.<br />On almost every one of these first 100 days, Mr. Trump has done or said something<br />that caused presidential historians and seasoned professionals inside the Beltway to use the phrase “never before.”<br />He has assumed even more power for the presidency, expanding President Barack Obama’s use of executive orders to offset the inability to pass major legislation<br />and making it more independent of the Washington establishment.<br />How Trump Has Reshaped the Presidency, and How It’s Changed Him, Too -<br />By PETER BAKERAPRIL 29, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — In his first 100 days in power, President Trump has transformed the nation’s highest office in ways both profound<br />and mundane, pushing traditional boundaries, ignoring longstanding protocol and discarding historical precedents as he reshapes the White House in his own image.<br />Another change to the presidency involves Mr. Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns — a practice of presidents for 40 years — and his continued ownership of a vast business empire<br />that includes properties both overseas and blocks from the White House.<br />Still, Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton<br />and chief of staff for Mr. Obama, said there might be a backlash once Mr. Trump leaves office.
