Here are the defining images of the first 100 days of the Trump Era.

DOWN TO BUSINESS

“It all begins today!” Trump exclaimed in a tweet right before he was sworn in as America’s 45th president on January 20.

He wasted no time, beginning his term by formally signing his Cabinet nominations into law in the President’s Room of the Senate in Washington DC.

Sporting his customary red tie, the President signed the document surrounded by the Congressional leadership and their children, some of whom looked a little distracted as he filled in his paperwork.

THE OATH OF OFFICE

Channelling Jackie Kennedy with an American-made outfit by Ralph Lauren and chic hairstyle for the inauguration, Melania Trump looked elegant and proud as her husband swore the oath of office on the Bible she held in her silky gloves.

The inauguration fell just one day after their 12-year wedding anniversary.

The reluctant First Lady, who took her time moving into the White House after Trump was inaugurated, is still slowly building her public profile as she approaches the 100-day mark in the role.

She has given very few speeches, as was the case on the campaign trail.

But in April, she unveiled her official White House portrait.

It was a team effort between three Belgian photographers — Regine Mahaux, her brother, Benoit Mahaux, and Wim Van De Genachte. They shot a total of 7000 photographs before and after the inauguration.

Melania’s portrait was done in the White House residence, and was dissected for its hidden meanings.

At Easter she also appeared at her husband’s side during the White House Easter Egg Roll event, where a video of her nudging Trump to put his hand on his heart during the national anthem went viral.

CROWD SIZE FACTS MATTER

Trump’s running war with the media can be traced back to day one. The President used his first full day in office to launch a bitter attack on the media, accusing news agencies of deliberately understating of the size of his inauguration crowd.

He criticised reporters as being among the “the most dishonest human beings on Earth” and said up to 1.5 million people had attended his inauguration.

Pictures of Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009 compared with President Trump’s showed the crowd sizes.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also admonished journalists at his first press conference, claiming photographs of the inauguration were deliberately framed in such a way to minimise Trump’s “enormous support”.

Spicer went on to argue it had been the biggest audience in history to witness an auguration, famously declaring: “Sometimes we can disagree with the facts”.

In an interview with the America’s ABC News anchor David Muir, President Trump maintained people loved his inauguration speech and again claimed to have “the biggest crowd in the history of inaugural speeches”.

Muir asked the President if polls and crowd size mattered now that he was in the chair.

“I had a massive amount of people here,” he said.

“They were showing pictures that were very unflattering, as unflattering — from certain angles — that were taken early and lots of other things. I’ll show you a picture later if you’d like of a massive crowd.

“In terms of a total audience, including television and everything else that you have, we had supposedly the biggest crowd in history. The audience watching the show. And I think you would even agree to that. They say I had the biggest crowd in the history of inaugural speeches.”

FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DANCE

It was only fitting that the billionaire businessman who became America’s President against all odds would dance to the iconic Frank Sinatra track My Way at his inaugural ball.

With Melania on his arm, the couple took their first dance as President and First Lady at the Liberty inaugural ball.

Trump managed to shuffle his way across the stage, but it was the significance of the song, rather than his two left feet, that was most significant.

My Way perfectly captured Trump’s approach to the presidency.

After controversies surrounding who would design her outfit, Melania emerged wearing a stunning ivory, off-shoulder gown she helped co-create with designer Herve Pierre.

Eight years ago, Barack and Michelle Obama were serenaded by Beyonce covering Etta James’ At Last during their first dance.

TRUMP’S FIRST AIR FORCE ONE TRIP

President Trump took his first flight aboard Air Force One, the presidential jet, in January, to address a joint gathering of House and Senate Republicans in Philadelphia, and the experience left him very impressed.

“Beautiful. Great plane,” Trump said about his new ride.

Trump said his old plane, a Boeing 757, was a “good one,” but that Air Force One is a “very special plane for a lot of reasons.”

“He continues to react the same way he has throughout his time in his presidency, in awe of the splendour of this plane and what the White House represents,” Spicer, who was on the flight, told reporters.

TRUMP’S POWERFUL INNER CIRCLE

President Trump has been photographed signing a number of executive orders, but there was something about this picture that caught the world’s attention.

The photograph of him signing an anti-abortion executive order was done while he was surrounded by a host of male staffers in the Oval Office.

The men in the photo include Trump’s inner circle of White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Assistant to the President Peter Navarro, senior White house adviser Jared Kushner, senior adviser Stephen Miller and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.

The executive order was first introduced by Ronald Reagan in 1984 but had been rescinded by Democratic administrations. Dubbed the “global gag order”, it prevents the US from giving funding to foreign organisations that perform or provide advice on abortions.

The photograph upset social media users who pointed out the apparent absence of women involved in the decision.

TRUMP’S SECRET TIE TRICK

In one of the more lighthearted moments of his first 100 days in office, the world got one step closer to understanding President Trump when he was snapped with adhesive tape on his bright red necktie.

The tie took on a mind of its own in the wind as he got off Air Force One, revealing the sticky underside.

Keen followers of Trump have noticed he frequently uses tape to keep his tie down.

While it seems even the President of the United States needs a quick fix at times, many were asking the question: why doesn’t he use a tie clip?

‘WORST CALL BY FAR’

A picture of President Trump on the phone to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull captured a difficult moment in relations between the US and Australia.

The conversation between the two leaders was originally believed to have been cordial, however the Washington Post revealed the 25-minute conversation had turned into an hour-long call when the President started blasting Turnbull over the refugee resettlement agreement.

Trump reportedly informed Turnbull he had spoken to four other world leaders that day — including Russia’s Vladimir Putin — and this was “the worst call by far”.

Turnbull was coy in responding to the nature of the call in a press conference afterwards. The Prime Minister didn’t deny or elaborate on the terse nature of the call. He said: “It’s better that these conversations are conducted candidly, frankly, privately.”

Since then, the two leaders have strengthened the US/Australia alliance.

Turnbull has hosted US Vice President Mike Pence on his first visit in Australia, and will meet Trump for further talks in New York on May 4.

The Prime Minister will meet him on USS Intrepid, a decommissioned World War II aircraft carrier, as it hosts commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.

TRUMP SIGNS TRAVEL BAN

President Trump showed how serious he was in cracking down on refugees and immigration, when he signed an executive order enforcing a travel ban.

He suspended the US refugee program for 120 days, banned all immigrants from seven Muslim countries for 90 days and ordered his administration to develop “extreme vetting” measures for immigrants from those countries to keep “radical Islamic terrorists” out of America.

The order also barred all Syrians from entering the US, and gives preference in admission to Christians, whom he said are persecuted in majority Muslim countries.

Protests erupted after Trump enforced his travel ban.

Around 2000 protesters flocked to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after a dozen travellers were detained there, including two Iraqi men, shortly after Trump signed the executive order enforcing the ban.

Large protests also took place at the main airports for Washington, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, where it was reported around 50 people were detained.

Trump has vowed to keep fighting after a Federal Appeals Court on February 9 ruled against reinstating the travel ban, which has since been coined the “Muslim ban”.

A new ban was later unveiled excluding Iraq from the list of Muslim-majority countries, however this was also blocked in court.

But he hasn’t given up. The President said he “absolutely” has considered proposals to break up the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit after the appeals court has continued to block his travel bans.

TRUMP’S EPIC PRESS CONFERENCE

In an unprecedented attack, President Trump unloaded on the media during a hastily called press conference that lasted 75 minutes.

He attacked the “out of control media” and journalists’ coverage of his administration’s alleged ties to Russia, saying news agencies were targeting him because they opposed his agenda.

“The media’s trying to attack our administration because they know we are following through on the pledges that we made, and they’re not happy about it,” Trump declared at the White House.

“Russia is fake news. This is fake news put out by the media.”

The President insisted he was not “ranting and raving”, but lamented the tone of reporting, saying it was filled with “such hatred”.

TRUMP’S CLOSE AIDE, IVANKA

President Trump’s eldest daughter has always held a special place in his heart. Now, Ivanka Trump also holds a spot in the West Wing.

The businesswoman is never far from her father’s side. While the extent of her influence is still largely unknown, she downplayed suggestions that she had persuaded him to launch a missile strike on a Syrian air base after horrific footage emerged of children and adults suffocating from a chemical gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun.

Ever since she took centre stage at the Republican National Convention, it has been hard to ignore her rising political status.

She has been with her father for a number of prominent events, including his meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other VIPs.

When Trudeau came to Washington in February, she posted a photo of herself sitting in her father’s chair in the Oval Office, an image which reflects just how influential she has become.

She captioned the photo on Twitter by saying: “A great discussion with two world leaders about the importance of women having a seat at the table!”

By late March, the First Daughter accepted an unpaid position as a senior adviser to the President.

This week she went on her first overseas mission to the W20 Summit in Berlin, where she defended her father as “a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive” when she was booed by some members of the audience.

TRUMP TAKES ON MERKEL

In a misunderstanding which caught the world’s attention, the President did not shake hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their first press photo call.

The Chancellor came to Washington DC to discuss a number of issues with President Trump.

But their first official meeting was overshadowed by media reports about the lack of a handshake.

According to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Merkel’s suggestion of the handshake went unheard by Trump.

“I don’t believe he heard the request,” Spicer told German weekly Der Spiegel.

The two leaders shook hands later after a press conference.

During their Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Merkel hard on Germany’s support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

“Many nations owe vast sums of money from past years, and it is very unfair to the United States,” Trump said at their press conference, discussing the need for NATO allies to pay “their fair share” for defence.

“These nations must pay what they owe.”

Merkel said it is “much better to talk to one another than about one another”.

Trump said he had a “great” meeting with her, dismissing as “fake news” reports about a difficult first visit.

“Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,” Trump said. “Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defence it provides to Germany!”

CONWAY PUTS HER FEET UP

The internet exploded when pictures of Kellyanne Conway went viral showing her kneeling on the Oval Office couch.

The senior adviser had been attempting to take a photograph on her phone of President Trump with leaders of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities.

Conway insisted she was perched on the couch to get the perfect picture of the meeting, however some observers suggested the sitting position was a sign of disrespect.

She fired back, saying: “I didn’t mean to have my feet on the couch”.

“I was being asked to take a picture in a crowded room with the press behind us, and I was asked to take a certain angle and was doing exactly that,” Conway said. “I certainly meant no disrespect.”

BALDWIN PORTRAYS TRUMP ON SNL

Alec Baldwin has taken on a regular impersonation of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live during the President’s first 100 days in office.

Baldwin attended an anti-Trump rally in New York before he started doing his regular SNL skits.

Trump has criticised SNL over social media as the “worst of the NBC”.

Melissa McCarthy has also impersonated White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on a few occasions.

While there is no indication on just how long McCarthy intends to do the skits, Baldwin has said he may hang up his fake tan and red tie in the future.

The Hollywood star said he was unsure if he would continue playing Trump after SNL’s series finale on May 20.

“His policies aside, which you can hate, I thought he would have just relaxed,” Baldwin said.

Baldwin has also described President Trump as Trump as “satire resistant”.

“This season on SNL ... I’m going to do it as much as I can because I love them. They’re my dear friends,” he said.

“The maliciousness of this White House has people worried. ... That’s why I’m not going to do it much longer, the impersonation, I don’t know how much more people can take it.”

TRUMP’S CHINA MEETING

President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping was seen as very positive in creating a much friendlier tone in China-US ties.

The April 6-7 meeting, the first between the two leaders since Trump took office in January, was held at the Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

All of Trump’s key family members were there to greet the Chinese President and his wife, Peng Liyuan.

The two First Ladies spent time visiting the Bak Middle School of the Arts in Palm Beach, Florida, while the two leaders carried out talks.

Trump and Jinping were photographed together while walking around the grounds of the luxurious Florida estate.

First Daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Trump’s senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner also attended a dinner with the leaders.

Both sides hailed the meeting as “positive and fruitful” as they increased their mutual understanding and established personal friendship, China’s Xinhua agency reported.

The leaders agreed to create a four-pronged high-level dialogue mechanism to deal with security, economic relations, cyber security and law enforcement, and people-to-people exchanges.

The two major powers also agreed to expand co-operation and strengthening communication and co-ordination on major global and regional affairs.

In an interview with Fox Business, Trump said he informed President Jinping about the air strikes he had authorised in Syria over the “most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen” at his ocean-side club and that the Chinese leader was “enjoying it.”

In recalling Jinping’s reaction, Trump said: “And he was eating his cake. And he was silent.”

He said that Jinping paused for 10 seconds before telling Trump — via an interpreter — that “anybody that was so brutal and uses gases to do that young children and babies, it’s OK” to respond with force.

Trump and Jinping also discussed how they plan to rein in North Korea. Together, the leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to get Kim Jong-un to back down from his threats of starting a nuclear war.