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　　For President Trump, today's tax announcement amounted to a campaign promise kept.

　　It's a great plan. We're going to put people back to work.

　　It comes as he nears his 100th day in office. President Trump dismisses that milestone⁴ as not very meaningful and a ridiculous standard,

　　even as administration officials aggressively push his accomplishments online and on-camera.

　　When you think about what he's started, it's been a huge, hugely successful first 100 days.

　　President Trump came to the White House intent on shaking things up, changing how Washington works.

　　He and his advisers⁵ have focused on asserting executive action. He is on track to sign the most executive orders in his first 100 days since World War II.

　　But like other presidents bent⁶ on changing Washington, he's run into obstacles in Congress and in the courts.

　　There have been clear victories. Administration officials tout⁷ the confirmation⁸ of Supreme⁹ Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, though Republicans had to change Senate rules to do it.

　　And I got it done in the first 100 days. That's even nice.

　　And he moved quickly to revive construction of the Keystone pipeline¹⁰ with executive action.

　　The courts have stymied¹¹ other executive actions, like his immigrant travel ban, and, just yesterday, his effort to strip federal funding from so-called sanctuary¹² cities.

　　While stinging from those court actions, administration officials say the president's tough talk has led to a sharp drop in illegal crossings over the southern border since January, reversing a nearly 20-year trend.

　　Mr. Trump has also reversed himself on some campaign promises, such as not declaring China a currency manipulator, as he had pledged to do in campaign rallies across America.

　　What should have done years ago.

　　And now the White House is working to turn around the most embarrassing setback³ of his first 100 days,

　　the initial failure to repeal¹³ and replace the Affordable¹⁴ Care Act, or Obamacare, a signature pledge of his campaign.

　　We were very close. It was a very, very tight margin¹⁵.

　　That episode shook some administration officials' confidence in House Speaker Paul Ryan's ability to deliver votes.

　　We came really close today, but we came up short.

　　On tax reform and on other major legislative¹⁶ initiatives in the near future, such as the promised infrastructure¹⁷ rebuilding,

　　there are indications the White House intends to chart its own course as they search for the victories the president wants to turn his vision of making America great again into a reality.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm John Yang at the White House. undefined

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