President Donald Trump has described his first 100 days in the White House in glowing terms, claiming the past three months have been some of the “best” in the modern era of presidential administrations — but poll after poll shows that most Americans disapprove of his actions and leadership style since taking office.

In a recent interview with Time magazine about his time in the White House so far, Trump gave himself good grades on various issues while moving the goalposts on some of his campaign promises.

At various points last year, for example, Trump vowed to end the war between Russia and Ukraine on his first day in office (or before that). Those promises were made “figuratively” and “obviously…in jest,” Trump said in the interview.

“I said that as an exaggeration because to make a point, and you know, it gets, of course, by the fake news,” Trump told Time.

Trump also asserted that immigrants in the U.S. are largely “criminals” — a lie frequently peddled by him and his allies to justify their draconian immigration policies, which have included targeting residents with legal status and deporting scores of immigrants to a prison camp in El Salvador with no regard for their due process rights. (Notably, several studies show that the opposite of Trump’s claims is true — immigrants in the U.S. actually commit fewer crimes, on average, than U.S. citizens do.)

“If you were walking down the street, and if you happen to be near one of these people, they could, they would kill you, and they wouldn’t even think about it,” Trump claimed.

The president also defended his recent economic policies, which are incredibly unpopular with the American public. Trump dubiously claimed that his administration has already made “200 deals” with countries around the world because of his tariffs, despite the fact that........

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