Irish Examiner view: Trump's hollow legacy of mayhem

Donald Trump's assault on the fabric of US government will almost certainly not create the climate to allow on his campaign axiom of making America great again.

US president Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark on Saturday, April 26, upon returning from a trip to attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican. Picture: Evan Vucci/AP

Today is the 100th day since Donald Trump swore an oath of allegiance to the American constitution as he took office as the 47th president of that great nation. Never before has such a short time been utilised to wreak so much havoc on domestic and international economic and political affairs.

In 1933, when Franklin D Roosevelt took office, America underwent an earthshaking 15-week period in which the relationship between its people and their government was rewritten.