US President Donald Trump looks on as he hosts the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025

Doug Sosnik, a senior adviser to former President Bill Clinton, explained how the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term could be a “prelude to a historically unpopular presidency.”

“Mr Trump has fallen into the trap — common for newly elected presidents — of not understanding the difference between the spectacle of campaigning and the work of successful governing,” Sosnik wrote in an op-ed published on Monday in The New York Times.

Sosnik described round two of Trump’s first 100 days — which end next week — as the “most consequential” of any president in modern history following his dismantling of the federal government, undoing of post-World War II alliances and his approach to trade.

“But a consequential start does not in any way equate to long-term success,” Sosnik wrote.

“Mr. Trump’s approval ratings are already falling, and if past........

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