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Article snippet: HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Trump marked his 100th day in office on Saturday with a factory tour and a rally of the faithful in central Pennsylvania, returning to the populist and protectionist themes that fueled his improbable path to the White House. For Mr. Trump, the Saturday night rally in Harrisburg was a chance, after his turbulent debut in the White House, to bathe in the support of bedrock supporters and reaffirm his credentials as an insurgent bomb-thrower determined to shake up what he has called the toxic, festering “swamp” of Washington. Mr. Trump scheduled the rally in lieu of attending the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association, which was to be held simultaneously in a hotel ballroom in Washington. The president’s senior staff boycotted the dinner as a show of solidarity with their boss; several of them flew with him to Harrisburg. The potential split-screen image — journalists dining in black tie at what is normally one of the most swish events on the capital’s social calendar while Mr. Trump tours a factory that makes landscaping and gardening tools before speaking to a crowd at a farm show center — clearly delighted the White House. Mr. Trump spent the first nearly 15 minutes of his speech in Harrisburg focused almost entirely on the news media. “There is another big gathering taking place tonight in Washington, D.C. Did you hear about it?” Mr. Trump asked the crowd. “A large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media a... Link to the full article to read more