For some Trump voters, the president is making good on his campaign promises. Others aren’t happy now but remain hopeful of a new Golden Age to come. Read their responses below.<\/p>\n
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When we asked readers for their thoughts on President Donald Trump’s first 100 days<\/a>, we received hundreds of responses from many political persuasions \u2013 including from the president’s own supporters.<\/p>\n Those who voted for Trump did so for myriad reasons. For some, the president is making good on his campaign promises, while others remain hopeful of a payoff of a new Golden Age to come. What do readers think should come from Trump’s next 100 days? From the rest of his term? We’ve published a collection of their responses below. Want to participate in our next Forum? Visit usatoday.com\/forum<\/a> to see what we’re talking about next week.<\/p>\n Your Turn: <\/strong>Trump is doing an amazing job. America needed an overhaul. | Opinion Forum<\/a><\/p>\n I voted for Trump. I don’t regret my vote.<\/p>\n I voted for President Donald Trump<\/a> because I assumed he\u2019d grab the bull by the horns like he always does \u2013 and on some things he has \u2013 but if I\u2019m being honest, what he\u2019s done on Social Security<\/a> is a real letdown. I can\u2019t say I feel hopeful on that, so that part bothers me.<\/p>\n Everyone is saying \u201cSocial Security is going to go away\u201d or \u201cit might get cut,\u201d but tell me this: How can that happen? We\u2019ve been paying into it for years and now they\u2019re saying it may not be there? It\u2019s not an entitlement \u2013 we the people paid for it!<\/p>\n The administration is pointing to all this waste and all this money we\u2019ve spent on this and that \u2013 and we can afford to send billions of dollars<\/a> to other countries to \u201chelp\u201d even when it\u2019s not clear we\u2019re even helping \u2013 but we can\u2019t fix Social Security? It makes no sense. \u00a0<\/p>\n If anything, Social Security benefits should be doubled, but no one wants to touch it.<\/p>\n Take our poll: <\/strong>Have Elon Musk and DOGE gone too far? Or should they stick around? | Opinion Forum<\/a><\/p>\n I think the man\u2019s crazy, but Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, had a very valid point about expanding Social Security benefits<\/a>. If Trump could get that done, he\u2019d be a real hero. I thought maybe once he got in office, in these first 100 days, he\u2019d add it in as a priority but it seems like it\u2019s just going to take a back seat again. \u00a0<\/p>\n I don\u2019t have second thoughts about my vote. At least someone\u2019s in there finally doing something, and we knew it would be a bumpy ride to get done what has to be done. We have to ride it out, and we knew that going in. \u00a0<\/p>\n If he can fix everything else in the economy and get this tariffs thing done, open our trade back up and open up our energy, then in the long run that will help. But I know people who are retired and I see what they\u2019re getting, and I just can\u2019t understand why that isn\u2019t a priority. I haven\u2019t heard anyone saying anything other than \u201cwe\u2019re working on it\u201d \u2013 and I think we all know what that means. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 Brian Bullerman, Ridgeway, Iowa<\/p>\n Trump’s rocky start will end just fine<\/p>\n The news media is playing up the fact that on various polls, Trump has the lowest approval rating of his first 100 days<\/a> than any president of this century. Some pundits are actually downright giddy over it. I\u2019m watching this media circus and wondering if these people have ever heard the sports axiom, \u201cIt\u2019s not how you start, it’s how you finish.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump has on his professional and political r\u00e9sum\u00e9 the gargantuan duo of accomplishments of the greatest comeback in American business history and the greatest comeback in U.S. political history. In fact, the man even cowrote the book entitled “The Art of the Comeback<\/a>!”<\/p>\n Mother’s Day Forum: <\/strong>What do you want to tell your mom? Ahead of Mother’s Day, we want your letters. | Opinion Forum<\/a><\/p>\n To anyone taking glee in his rough start over trying to solve a generations-long problem of America being taken advantage of in trade, does anyone really think that dancing on his grave now is going to age well?<\/p>\n