The media, as well as social media, is all atwitter (if you’ll pardon the expression) over the first 100 days of the Trump presidency. All of a sudden this artificial benchmark of success has taken the nation by storm, dominating the news cycle. I counted no less than four first 100 days of presidency articles in today’s Times.
Can I say something? WHO CARES! Look, we know this presidency is an abomination – a tumor on an already reeling American body – but we don’t need a random number of days to tell us this. We could have made this assessment on the 20th day, or even the 7th, if we weren’t so in love with a number that divides by 10.
And while I’m at it, how magical is the number 100? There is seemingly nothing that it can’t do. It can determine when a pitcher runs out of gas, as well as if a presidency is a success or failure. I wonder if it can also core a apple?
What, me, worry?