WASHINGTON (April 28, 2025)- Tuesday marks Trump’s second “First 100 Days” in office.
The second Trump administration has so far moved more rapidly than the first, with the president signing over 130 executive orders, imposing new tariffs, and moving to enact various national and foreign policy changes.
CNN’s new poll shows Trump’s 41% approval rating as the lowest for any president in their first 100 days in office.
Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to discuss a variety of political topics related to the executive branch. To speak with an expert, please contact GW Media Relations at [email protected].
Todd Belt, director of the Political Management Program at the GW Graduate School of Political Management. Belt is an expert on the presidency, campaigns and elections, mass media and politics, public opinion, and political humor.
Matt Dallek, professor at GW’s Graduate School of Political Management, is a political historian with expertise in the intersection of social crises and political transformation, the evolution of the modern conservative movement, and liberalism and its critics.
Lesley Lopez, director of Public Relations and Communications program as well as an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Political Management. Lopez is an expert in media relations, digital storytelling, content creation, inclusive strategic communications and coalition building, and writing.
Peter Loge, director of GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs. He has nearly 30 years of experience in politics and communications, having served as a deputy to the chief of staff for Sen. Edward Kennedy during the 1995 shutdown, a VP at the US Institute of Peace in 2013, and held senior positions for three members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Loge currently leads the Project on Ethics in Political Communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs and continues to advise advocates and organizations.
Casey Burgat, Legislative Affairs Program Director and Associate Professor at GW’s School of Political Management is an expert on Congressional capacity and reform. Burgat co-authored Congress Explained: Representation and Lawmaking in the First Branch.
Paul Schiff Berman, Walter S. Cox Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. Professor Berman is one of the world’s foremost theorists on the interactions among legal systems. Professor Berman is an expert on the constitution and administrative law.
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