Trump Accomplishments Thread

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-1st President since 70s not to start a war
-1st to enter office supporting gay marriage
-1st to broker a peace deal leading to flights between Israel/UAE
-1st non-politician to become President

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-1st to have an Orthodox Jewish rabbi (Marvin Hier) give a benediction at his inauguration
-1st to have a female campaign Manager (Kellyanne Conway)
-1st to appoint an Indian American to a Cabinet position (Nikki Haley)
-1st to dine in the Forbidden City of Beijing, China

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-1st to attend NYC Veterans Day Parade while in office
-1st to attend & address March for Life Rally
-1st to appoint a Hasidic Jew to a U.S. admin position requiring Senate confirmation (Mitchell Silk)
-1st to appoint an openly LGBT person to lead intelligence community

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-Lowest poverty/unemployment rates for minorities (pre-Covid)
-US Became world’s largest oil exporter & a net natural gas exporter for the 1st time since 1957
-1st to step into North Korea
-Moved US/Israel Embassy to Jerusalem
-Restored $255 million in lapsed HBCU funding

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-Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
-Increased coal exports by 60%
-Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new admin
-Replaced NAFTA with USMCA

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-Withdrew from TPP and Iran deals
-Cancelled federally funding for critical race theory
-Signed EO to expand apprenticeships
-Opened ANWR and approved Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines
-Mandated future pipelines must be made with US steel

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-Signed EO "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," that bans executive branch employees from becoming a lobbyist for five years
-Killed Iran/ISIS terrorist leaders Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
-Nominated 3 conservative SC justices

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-Signed EO Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking
-Signed EO on a Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety
-Removed access from male transgender from going into women’s bathroom

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-Signed INSPIRE Act to encourage women and girls to pursue an education in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
-370+ miles of border wall constructed
-Ended catch and release system
-Signed EO Buy American and Hire American

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-Withdrew from Paris Climate Accord
-Signed bill allowing VA to fire incompetent employees
-Fully staffed VA hotline 24/7 with staff being 90% veterans
-Reduced permit approvals from 10 years to 2
-Brokered ceasefire with Russia and Jordan in Syria

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-Approved Operation Cross Country Xi to recover underage victims of human trafficking
-Removed individual mandate from Obamacare
-50+ hostages released back to US
-Declared opioid crisis a public health emergency
-Secured $250 billion in trade deals with China

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-Signed the First Step Act
-Appointed more federal appeals court judges to date than any recent president at the same point in their presidency.
-Signed first major tax reform in 30 years
-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act imposed a 10% repatriation tax of corporate profits offshore

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-Signed EO to streamline requests to locate broadband facilities in rural America
-Signed EO for Vets to receive care outside of the VA Medical system
-Established council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition (Mariano Rivera, Herschel Walker, Bill Belichick, Johnny Damon)

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-Established the Rural Infrastructure Program
-A family of 4 making $73K+ will get a cut of over $2K, cutting taxes in half
-Imposed tariffs on foreign Steel and Aluminum
-Secure $1.6 Billion down payment for southern border wall
-Veteran unemployment rate lowest in 20yrs

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-Signed HT 1865: "Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017"
-Unveiled "American Patients First" plane to increase competition, improve negotiation to lower prices of prescription drugs and out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans.

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-Pardoned John Arthur "Jack" Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World
-Passed Right-To-Try to give critically ill patients access to life-saving cures.
-Signed legislation to fully fund the popular V.A. Choice program

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-Pfizer and Novartis voluntarily agreed to drop their prescription drug prices after urging by the Trump admin
-Imposed sanctions on Iran
-Sold weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia
-Killed hundreds of Russian soldiers and pro-Syrian forces in Syria

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-USDA and HHS combine to support Rural Communities Combating Opioid Misuse
-Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, Clean Power Plan
-Encouraged passage of the STOP School Violence Act to provide funding grants to schools to improve security measures

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-First ever decline of average benchmark premiums on the federal health care exchange took place
-Directed $200M+ to tech grants for women and programs that encourage participation in STEM careers
-Secure $100B increase in defense spending from NATO allies

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-Launched initiative to end HIV/AIDS in America-
-Reauthorized the Land and Water conservation fund and created 3 new national monuments, 2 of which honor civil rights leaders
-Administrationwide push to decriminalize homosexuality in 68 countries where it's still illegal

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-Created PREVENTS initiative, a task force aimed at unifying government, businesses, and nonprofit groups to help veterans
-Secured funding of $8.6B for mental health services w/ the goal of ending veteran suicide
-US/SKorea signed sharing agreement for troop deployments

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-Forgave $300M+ in outstanding debt to schools impacted by natural disasters
-Signed EO that promotes and protects free speech on college campuses
-Recognized Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
-EO on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses

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-Signed FIRST Step Act into law
-Labeled Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist organization
-Imposed sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
-DOL provided $2M in funds to help employers recruit, retain and advance employees with disabilities.

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_DHS issued a waiver expediting border wall projects along our Southern Border
-Issued rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide services like abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide if they cite a religious or conscientious objection

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-Signed a proclamation recognizing acts of violence committed against American Indian and Alaska Native people, particularly women and children
-Designated Brazil as a major non-NATO ally
-Unemployment rate reached its lowest rate in 50yrs, under 4% for 19 straight months

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-HHS created rule aimed at increasing transparency in the pharmaceutical industry that requires drug companies to disclose the price of medication in direct-to-consumer television advertisements
-Seize NK vessel "Wise Honest" for violating US and international sanctions

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-Created over 5.5 million jobs by mid 2019
-Provided $28B to farmers to support farmers against unfair trade retaliation
-Prescription drug prices declined in 2018, the first time in nearly half a century
-Created trade deal with South Korea

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-Revised KORUS (Korea Free Trade Agreement) to make it more beneficial to US workers
-Signed EO that increased price and quality transparency in US health care
-Empowered patients to choose the best doctor at the best price

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-Expanded sanctions against Iran
-Signed biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. Over $1T poured back into the US economy
-In 2017 the number of women in poverty decreased by nearly 600K
-Signed legislation permanently funding the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

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-Imposed tariffs on China in response to abusive trade practices
-Imposed sanctions on Russia for its use of chemical weapons in fulfillment of the administration's commitment to punish chemical weapons users
-Released Public Charge Rule so non-citizens dont abuse benefits
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-HHS awarded almost $107M to 1,274 health centers to improve quality of service
-USFW made it easier for Native Americans to collect eagle feathers
-Became the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the world in 2019

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-Appropriated more money to HBCUs than any other President, increasing federal funding by 13%, the highest level ever
-Disbursed Record Funds for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
-More than 3K prisoners released under the First Step act, 90% of whom are Black
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-Created the "Remain in Mexico" policy which pressures Mexico to control the flow of migrants across the border
-Worked with Congress to life the ban on Pell Grants on summer classes
-Capital Financing Program lent $500M to HBCUS, expanding apprenticeships.

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-Nearly 9K Opportunity Zones were created in all 50 states, DC and 5 territories
-Withdrew from Iran deal and imposed sanctions on the national bank
-Issued memo encouraging the DOE to promote STEM, especially computer science
-Signed EO to improve senior's health care

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-New trade deal with Japan, reducing $7B tariffs on US agricultural exports
-Took executive action to strengthen Medicare and reform the program to stop hospitals from overcharging seniors on drugs
-Child tax credit was doubled to $2k per kid from the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act

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-Lowered regulatory hurdles regarding schools choosing their cafeteria menus
-Over 10,000 new factories created under Trump
-Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) more than doubled convictions of human traffickers
-Cut 8 1/2 regulations for every new rule

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-Formed Governor's Initiative on Regulatory Innovation, aiming to better align state and federal efforts to cut unnecessary regulations and costs
-Lower African/Asian/Latin poverty levels in history
-Killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, founder and leader of ISIS, decimating them

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-Provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline
-Launched http://FindTreatment.gov , a public resource to help combat substance abuse
-Installed more federal court judges than any President in the past 4 decades
-Employed over 9M veterans under his admin

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-Flipped 3 federal appeals courts from blue to red
-Launched a program to provide the HIV prevention drug PrEP to uninsured patients for free
-FY2020 NDAA gave troops a 3.1% pay raise
-Signed Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), an increase from $3.9B to $5.8B

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-Obamacare taxes were repealed, including the "Cadillac tax" and the medical device tax
-FY2020 NDAA included paid parental leave for federal workers
-Signed FUTURE Act, permanently funding HBCUs and simplifying FAFSA application
-HBCU initiative offices was moved into WH

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-DOW Hit record highs over 100x in his first 3 years
-Established the US Space Force
-Reauthorized funding to 2024 to preserve and maintain Native American languages
-US women's unemployment reach an all-time low
-Avg income for black Americans increased 2.6% in 3 years

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-Agreed to a phase one trade deal with China
-Killed Qasem Soleimani, the #1 terrorist in the world
-Signed Tobacco-Free Youth Act to raise nationwide age to 21 for purchasing tobacco and vaping products
-Over 7M people exited the food stamp programs

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-In 2019, 1.5M jobs were added for women, accounting for 50% of total job gains for the first time ever
-Over 400 miles of border wall completed
-US joined the 1Trillion Trees Initiative
-$28B in aid given to farmers who have been subjected to unfair trade practices

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-Killed Qassim al-Rimi, a founder of Al Qaeda
-Unveiled Middle East peace plan illustrating his commitment to restoring stability & peace in MiddleEast
-Signed USMCA trade deal
-"Missing and Murdered Native American women and men" taskforce was created to solve cold cases

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-FCC now provides rural tribes priority to apply for free wireless airwaves in the 2.5 GHz band
-Wage growth was near or above 3% for its 23rd consecutive month
-2021 Budget requests $2.8B for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

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-Granted clemency to Navajo woman Crystal Munoz
-USDA initiative to use research and innovation to increase farm productivity by 40%
-Admin started regulating "forever chemicals" known as PFAS, to try and ensure cleaner water
-Expanded markets for US wheat exporters

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-Announced measures to reduce employment barriers of military spouses
-New Title IX enforcement to combat sexual assault in K-12 public schools
-New home sales jumped to annual rate of 764K, highest level since 2007
-Invested $900M to improve rural electric infrastructure

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-Announced plan incorporating anti-fraud and abuse measures, protecting the integrity of the H-2B visa program
-Issued over $42B in existing funding to protect against COVID-19
-DOE waived the interest on all student loans held by the Federal Government during COVID-19

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-Secretary of Agriculture announced collab with businesses in private sector to deliver nearly 1M meals a week to kids affected by school closures in rural America
-Invoke Defense Production Act to allocate healthcare supplies and increase production of COVID-19 products

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