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Almost 100 Days In, 'Trumpism' Is Still Not Clearly Defined

Donald Trump is a man who's made a life out of branding. But as president, the brand is muddled — is he a proctectionist looking out for the little guy or has he gone "mainstream"?
President Trump built up his ability to "Making America Great Again." But these first 100 days of his presidency haven't exactly made clear how he intends to do that.

Donald Trump promised something new in American politics.

His strategists said his brash "America First" approach would bust up the old party identities and remake the Republican Party as a true populist "Workers Party."

But it was never perfectly clear exactly how he planned to do that — 100 days into his administration, here are five thoughts on what we know so far about Trumpism:

1. The early debate about Trumpism (and what that means)

Trump was so new and different, there was

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