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Trump calls first 100 days of presidency benchmark a ‘ridiculous standard’

WATCH: Donald Trump lowers expectations ahead of 100 days in office. Jackson Proskow reports. – Apr 22, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump says the 100-day benchmark often used to measure a new administration’s achievements is a “ridiculous standard.”

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Trump tweeted Friday, “No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!”

Trump hits the 100-day mark in office on April 29.

Since taking office, Trump has managed to get a Supreme Court justice confirmed and is pursuing tougher regulations on immigration. But his health care bill didn’t come up for a vote in the House, and his travel ban was blocked in the courts.

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WATCH: Government shut down looms ahead of Trump’s 100th day in office

The 100-day assessment started with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Earlier this week, Trump declared that “no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days.”

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