Trump’s first 100 days: DOGE, tariffs, TikTok, and more

is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast , and co-host of The Vergecast We hit the 100-day mark in Donald Trump’s second presidential term this week and, well — a lot of things have happened in that time. Verge policy editor Adi Robertson has been running a series of stories about the impact of these 100 days on the site all week. They’re great; we’ve linked them below and in the show notes. And so I wanted to have Adi on the show to talk about six big themes — six big stories we’ve been following — to see what has and hasn’t gone the way we might have expected. Up front are a couple of the biggest. First, the tariff situation has thrown a wrench in basically the entire global economy. It’s not really clear day-to-day what tariff rates the US is even demanding, and that’s leading to a lot of unpredictability, which is really never what you’re looking for in the business world. Then there’s one of my personal favorites, the way Brendan Carr is weaponizing the Fed ... Read full article.