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    Effective policy or political theater?

    On his hundredth evening in office tomorrow, President Trump will be at a rally in Pennsylvania -- not at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. That's a forum for political satire, and it's likely to feature jokes about his accomplishments — or lack of them — in those first 100 days.

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    By Warren Olney • Apr 28, 2017 • 1 min read

    On his hundredth evening in office tomorrow, President Trump will be at a rally in Pennsylvania -- not at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. That's a forum for political satire, and it's likely to feature jokes about his accomplishments — or lack of them — in those first 100 days. Still, polls show more than 90% of Trump voters still back him. Candidate Trump was a stern critic of Barack Obama's use of executive orders, but today he signed number 30. Does it really do what he says it does? We hear assessments of how he's using executive power, from pundits, professors — and voters who cast their ballots for Donald Trump.

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    100 days of executive action: Accomplishment or posturing?
    1. 1:21At UN, Tillerson calls for 'painful' North Korea sanctions
    2. 7:54Effective policy or political theater?You’re reading this
    3. 42:05Climate change as told by one tree
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    2 of 3
    100 days of executive action: Accomplishment or posturing?
    1. 1:21At UN, Tillerson calls for 'painful' North Korea sanctions
    2. 7:54Effective policy or political theater?You’re reading this
    3. 42:05Climate change as told by one tree
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