‘Is the Destruction the Point?’: Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s First 50 Days

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  This is the Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times Opinion.

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  You've heard the news, here's what to make of it.

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  I'm Patrick Healy, deputy editor of New York Times Opinion, and this is the First Hundred Days,

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  a weekly series examining President Trump's use of power and his drive to change America.

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  Okay, so we're now halfway through Trump's first 100 days.

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  The onslaught of executive orders, executive pardons,

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  executive muscle flexing to fire anyone Trump wants and close agencies.

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  We're seeing an unprecedented use of the word unprecedented.

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  And this week we're seeing a president who promised a golden age of economic growth actually steering America

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  toward a recession with his chaotic tariff policies.

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  It's sometimes hard to find the language to meet the moment.

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  So I wanted to talk to two of my colleagues,

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  opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg and opinion contributor Frank Bruni,

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  to try to make sense of it all.

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  Michelle Goldberg, Frank Bruni, thanks for being here, Patrick.

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  Thanks.

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  Great to be with you, Patrick.

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  So since we're at the halfway mark through 100 days,

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  I'd love to hear from each of you about an issue or person

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  or moment that you think defines how Trump has used power during these first 50 days.

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