Politics & Government
President Trump By The Numbers: A Look Back At 2017
From zero trips to California to 2,443 tweets (and counting), a look back at President Trump's first year in office.

WASHINGTON, DC – There are many ways to look back on the president's first almost-year in office. From the time that he was inaugurated through his end-of-the-year trip to his resort, Mar-a-Lago, President Trump has been nothing if not active. Patch went through White House schedules, press releases, and reports, as well as the president's tweets, to come up with a look at his year by the numbers:
- 0 – Trips to California, where the Thomas Fire, the worst in the state's history, is still burning;
- 1 – U.S. territories visited;
- 1 – Times Trump has golfed at a property not owned by him;
- 2 – FBI directors;
- 2 – Number of days that Trump's job approval rating was higher than his disapproval rating in the Gallup Daily Poll;
- 3 – White House communications directors;
- 4 – People charged by Special Counsel Robert Mueller;
- 4.1 – Percent of Americans unemployed;
- 5 - Visits to areas affected by hurricanes;
- 7 – Tweets mentioning "hoax";
- 10 – Campaign rallies;
- 13 – Foreign countries visited;
- 13 – Millions of people expected to lose health care under the recently passed tax bill;
- 16 – Obama-era regulations repealed through use of the Congressional Review Act;
- 19 – Federal judges appointed by Trump who have been confirmed by the Senate;
- 21 – Senior staff reassigned, fired or resigned;
- 22 – Regulations eliminated for every one introduced;
- 23 – Number of Saturday nights that Trump has spent at the White House;
- 29 – States visited;
- 33 – Tweets about CNN;
- 36 – Percent increase in number of criminal gang members removed from the United States over the previous fiscal year;
- 41 – Days spent at Trump National Golf Club at Bedminster, New Jersey;
- 43 –Days spent at Mar-a-Lago;
- 53 – Executive orders signed;
- 71 – Days in which he is believed to have played some golf;
- 77 – Millions of acres that the White House says has been opened up in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling;
- 79 – Tweets mentioning Hillary Clinton in some form (including "CH," "Crooked H" and just "Crooked");
- 96 – Pieces of legislation signed into law;
- 98 – Tweets about Russia;
- 112 – Days in which he spent at least some time at a property he owns;
- 164 – Tweets mentioning Fox News or one of its personalities;
- 172 – Tweets mentioning "fake news";
- 2,443 – Tweets since he became president (as of 8:16 a.m., Dec, 29).
Sources - Releases from the White House, tweets of President Trump, media reports.
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