Donald Trump's first 100 days: what are his top five priorities?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : With Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, Trump will be in a good position to get what he wants, but the discussions could be fraught.
45% : As soon as he sets foot in the Oval Office, Trump will have to launch negotiations on a multitrillion-dollar fiscal policy package to extend the sweeping tax cuts he enacted in 2017, which are due to expire next year.
43% : Trump has given his blessing to the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon, and dispatched Steve Witkoff, the real estate investor who is his envoy to the region, to try to clinch an elusive ceasefire deal in Gaza.
43% : Trump has also appointed Keith Kellogg, a retired general and former official in his last administration, to try to broker a settlement between Russia and Ukraine -- which he pledged on the campaign trail to do within 24 hours of taking office.
41% : Trump and his aides have not said whether and how quickly they would implement his planned across-the-board levies of up to 20 per cent on all imports, but they believe they could apply them by executive action or through legislation -- possibly as a way to raise revenue and offset the fiscal impact of tax cuts.
38% : Trump has fired the opening salvos of the trade wars that are likely to dominate 2025, pointing to a very aggressive use of tariffs against US allies and adversaries that could rattle the global economy.
34% : As well as extending individual tax cuts, Trump has called for the elimination of income tax on tips, overtime, and government pension benefits -- and for an additional reduction in corporate taxes for companies manufacturing in the US.
31% : Musk will also be pushing Trump to follow through on what the president-elect's inner circle sees as a cleansing of the federal bureaucracy.
29% : Trump has promised vengeance against his political opponents as well as a clampdown on employees in the federal civil service, that he broadly labels as the "deep state", who do not subscribe to his policies.
26% : Although Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hurriedly spoke to Trump in an effort to defuse the looming crisis, it is unclear whether he will back down.
25% : He has also vowed to scrap clean energy tax credits enacted by President Joe Biden -- a move that some Republicans are warning against.Questions swirl around whether Trump will pair his tax relief with the government spending cuts suggested by Musk and his agency, the 'department of government efficiency', which would minimise the impact on the deficit but also slash many big federal programmes.
25% : Meanwhile, Trump has also threatened Brics countries with 100 per cent tariffs if they move away from the dollar -- another big threat that he might act on early next year.
25% : While Trump and his allies have said they will prioritise the deportation of undocumented criminals, they have not ruled out broader round-ups early in the new administration.
23% : Trump campaigned as a peacemaker who could solve the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East that dogged much of Biden's presidency -- and he will be under pressure from voters to quickly deliver on that pledge.
22% : Several controversial appointments such as Russell Vought as budget director, Kash Patel for the FBI and Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence are fully on board with those goals -- a signal Trump is serious about pursuing the pledge.
18% : Once in office he will have to weigh how aggressively to root out civil servants, while Pam Bondi, his nominee for attorney-general, will have to decide whether she wants to press ahead with prosecutions of former Biden officials who clashed with Trump in recent years.

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