When reading a chart, an outlier is often the first thing you notice. The first 100 days of Donald Trump ’s second term has been full of them: immigration arrests spiking. Markets falling. Emission trends reversing. Hundreds of day one pardons to insurrectionists. Record-breaking use of executive powers.
Let’s look at some of the outlying trends of the administration’s first 100 days.
Tariffs caused markets to fall
A line chart showing the S&P 500 declining Guardian graphic. Source: Yahoo Finance. Note: data from 21 January to 25 April. … as the price of goods, like eggs, continued to rise Average price of a dozen large eggs
Line chart showing a large spike in egg prices during beginning in 2024 Guardian graphic. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Trump gave mass pardons to January 6 criminals Number of people granted clemency in the first 100 days, by crime
Six circles representing the number of people granted clemency. The largest by far is a circle representing the around 1,500 people pardoned for crimes related to the January 6 insurrection. Guardian graphic. Source: Office of the Pardon Attorney. He increasingly relied on executive actions The number of executive orders signed and national emergencies declared over a president’s first 100 days
Bar chart of executive orders of recent presidents in the first 100 days of their term. Donald Trump’s second term stands out with 141, 99 more than the next highest, Joe Biden. Guardian graphic. Sources: Federal Register, Brennan Center for Justice.
After declining, emissions forecasts from US oil and gas production rose Lifetime emissions forecasts made during the …
A line chart, showing emissions declining under Biden and increasing under Trump Guardian graphic. Source: International Institute for Sustainable Development. Note: projections include active and planned projects. Ice arrests ramped up Ice arrests in February were the highest in seven years, Guardian analysis shows
A line chart showing the number of Ice arrests during the second Trump administration pacing above both Trump’s first administration and Biden’s. Guardian graphic. Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Government websites were scrubbed Out of a sample of about 120 keywords and 400 government websites, these 10 were removed the most often
Bar chart of the most commonly removed keywords from a sample of government websites. ‘Criminal aliens’, ‘System racism’, and ‘Ice’ topped the chart. Guardian graphic. Source: Internet Archive
Trump’s approval rating flipped Net approval rating
Line chart that shows a trend of Donald Trump’s job approval rating flipping from positive at the beginning of his term to a negative rating by the end of his 100 days. Guardian graphic. Source: Silver Bulletin. Note: Data as of 27 April 2025 
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