Bill O’Reilly dives into the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term.
(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in the White House have proven eventful on many fronts, and his full-speed-ahead approach has been met with mixed results.
From illegal border crossings reaching a five-decade low to the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency and reciprocal tariffs that sparked a trade war, Trump’s early activity has been cause for celebration among Republicans and concern on the other side of the political aisle.
‘Trump has done more in 100 days than any other president’: O’Reilly
Bill O’Reilly has suggested that the beginning of Trump’s second presidential term has reached historical levels.
“Trump has done more in 100 days than any other president in United States history,” O’Reilly said. “Number two is Washington.”
Trump commemorated his 100th day in office on Tuesday, capped with a Michigan rally at which he touted his administration’s accomplishments. Trump also signed executive orders scaling back his 25% tariffs on imported automobiles and auto parts that are scheduled to go into effect May 3.
O’Reilly said that despite the work Trump has accomplished at the start of his second term, his efforts are being conducted in a political setting much different from his first White House stint.
“That’s the most important thing, that Trump, in his second term, much different than his first term, as far as his psychology is concerned, comes into a government that is in total disarray,” O’Reilly said.
Trump’s action on the border after 100 days
The Trump administration has touted several 2025 immigration actions, including mass deportations, as illegal crossings at the southern border plummet and reports of U.S.-born children being deported grow.
O’Reilly believes the problem with illegal immigration in the U.S. is “two-fold.”
“Americans don’t like change, that’s number one,” he said. “Most Americans like it the way it’s always been. They’re safe, they feel secure. They know what to expect when you have millions of foreign nationals coming in, changing the whole dynamic of your neighborhood, not speaking your language, different customs, it rattles people. Not me. I admire the hard work that these people bring. I’m not upset about it at all, but I know a lot of Americans are. So when you’re going to do that, you have to do it in an orderly way so people don’t feel overwhelmed.”
Trump takes on transgender athletes, higher education in first 100 days
Trump signed an executive order in February designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women’s or girls’ sporting events.
O’Reilly believes that Trump’s position on transgender athletes may be one of his more popular positions.
“Probably, and he’s smart to do it,” said O’Reilly. “Most Americans don’t want males, biological males, competing with women and girls in sports. I mean, what is it? 70, 80% plurality?”
On higher education, the Trump administration announced in April that it was investigating Harvard and the Harvard Law Review due to alleged discriminatory policies.
The Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services launched a Title VI investigation over reports of race-based discrimination in the journal’s operation.
Are you better off under Trump?
Ultimately, O’Reilly said only individual voters can make that assessment.
“Washington had to start from scratch to build a federal apparatus. And he did, but he did it slowly. It wasn’t like Trump, who signed 100 executive orders because Biden was, in his mind, such a disaster.”