The president, in the meantime, introduced a really completely different perspective in his remarks at a rally in Macomb County, Michigan.
Senate Democrats on April 29 commemorated President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in workplace with a sequence of flooring speeches criticizing the president’s efficiency.
“Democrats are holding the ground late tonight to reveal the catastrophe of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in workplace. We will probably be talking for a number of extra hours,” Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated on the ground.
Schumer’s remarks got here after a number of Democrats had already been delivering speeches essential of the administration all through the day. Beneath the foundations of the Senate, any senator is mostly entitled by collegial norms to talk for so long as they need.
Schumer’s speech hit on the important thing factors that Democrats raised throughout their speeches: claims that the Trump administration is corrupt, inflation and rising prices, allegations that Trump was overstepping constitutional bounds, and criticisms of present tariff coverage.
“No president in trendy historical past has promised extra on day one and delivered much less by day 100 than Donald Trump,” Schumer stated.
“We’re right here tonight within the heartland of our nation to rejoice essentially the most profitable first 100 days of any administration within the historical past of our nation,” Trump instructed his supporters.
He was upbeat and energized all through the occasion, talking for round 90 minutes to a crowd of round a thousand. He cited his extremely efficient crackdown on immigration, job creation, and the potential return of American manufacturing below his tariffs.
Since returning to the White Home, Trump has rolled out a raft of government actions and sweeping coverage modifications, together with greater than 135 government orders—surpassing even President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed 99 in the identical time interval.
Democrats and different administration critics have largely opposed Trump via the judicial department.
Whereas Senate collegiality permits senators to talk so long as they need, there are few legislative department choices for the out-of-power Democrats past efforts to counter sign the administration. Republicans’ management of each chambers offers Democrats little means to deliver desired laws or amendments to the ground.
Trump indicated he’s as distrustful of polls as ever, and is unfazed by polls exhibiting slumping assist.
Throughout his Michigan speech, Trump took purpose at pollsters, saying they “interview way more Democrats than Republicans.”
President Donald Trump speaks throughout a rally at Macomb Group Faculty at Warren, Mich., on April 29, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Photos
Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and others additionally spoke all through the day.
The session was finally gavelled out round midnight after Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) closed Democrats’ speeches with a name for Senate and Home Republicans to oppose Trump’s price range reconciliation invoice, tariffs, and different agenda gadgets.
