From ‘fiasco’ to ‘fantastic’: Americans weigh in on 100 days of Trump

While many are outraged over the chaos, others have embraced some policies promised on the campaign trail

I'm not a fan of Trump, but he's delivering a long-overdue kick in the pants to the bloated bureaucracy of the US federal government," said Martyn, a marketing executive from California. Seems odd to ask Trump to focus on eliminating corruption, but sometimes you need a crook to catch a crook. It's been, however, way more chaotic than I thought was possible."

Martyn was among thousands of Americans who shared with the Guardian how they felt about the first weeks of Donald Trump's second term, painting a picture of voters who felt disoriented and maximally alarmed on one side, and exhilarated, hopeful or positively surprised on the other.