Wednesday marks 100 days since President Trump took office for the second time, and the news media will doubtless be ready with report cards judging his new administration. Expect nastiness: Only last week, ex-MSNBC host Chris Matthews likened Trump to Adolf Hitler, even as others at his old network are already floating the idea of “impeachment.”
Yet looking back at news coverage of recent liberal Presidents at their 100-day mark, it’s been a veritable lovefest. Back in 1993, Time’s Michael Kramer fawned over Bill Clinton’s economic program, calling it “the very definition of courage.”
“The legislative achievements have been stupendous,” Time’s Joe Klein exclaimed in a syrupy write-up of Barack Obama’s 100 days in 2009.
“In terms of mastery of the issues, we have rarely had a President who is as well briefed and speaks in as…
