racer254 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 What has PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished? Here it is in one place... * Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana. * Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch. * Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.๐๐ * Violent crime has fallen every year heโs been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected. * Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.๐๐ * Trumpโs EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan. * Under Trumpโs leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the worldโs largest producer of crude oil. * Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information. * Trump signed the โAllow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Actโ (FOSTA), which includes the โStop Enabling Sex Traffickers Actโ (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.๐๐ * Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms. * The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers. * Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay. * Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land. * Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.๐๐ * He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down. * Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies. * When signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance. * Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept. * In the eight years prior to President Trumpโs inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month. * He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.๐๐ * VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far. * Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life. * Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% โ the largest raise in more than 10 years. * Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers. * Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.๐๐ * All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays. * Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price.๐๐ * President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans. * In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society. * The First Step Actโs reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.๐๐ * The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes. * Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans. * The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime. * Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.๐๐ * Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs. * New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago. * Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs. * Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments. * The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.๐๐ * Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data. * President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund. * Trumpโs USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.๐๐ * Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all time high. * More than 7 million jobs created since election. * More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history. * More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election. * Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.๐๐ * Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe. * Through Trumpโs Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts. * In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internetโs leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking. * Trumpโs OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking. * Trumpโs Immigration and Customs Enforcementโs Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking. * Trumpโs Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need. * The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases. * Trumpโs DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims โ serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.๐๐ * The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support. * President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.๐๐ * The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million. * The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education.๐๐ * Under his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely dismantled. * ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed. * Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs. * Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers. * Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith. * Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism. * President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions. * Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens. * Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea. * Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.๐๐ * Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal. * Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam. * Okayโd up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.๐๐ * Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed. * Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades. * Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border. * The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment. * Trumpโs DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new โReady to Work Initiativeโ to help connect employers directly with former prisoners.๐๐ * President Trumpโs historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country. * 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones. * Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country. * Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core.๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ * Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law. * Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.๐๐ * Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed. * Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years. * Stock Market has reached record highs. * Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded. * African-American unemployment is at an all time low. * Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all time low. * Asian-American unemployment is at an all time low. * Womenโs unemployment rate is at a 65-year low. * Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low. * We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded. * The Pledge to Americaโs Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. * 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the futureโ the highest ever. * As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.๐๐ * Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses. * Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who donโt have children to work or look for work if theyโre on welfare.๐๐ * Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. * Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugsโsaving seniors 100โs of millions of $$$ this year alone.๐๐ * Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatment that wasnโt allowed before. * Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.โค๏ธโค๏ธ * Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.๐๐ * U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East. * The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957. * NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign. * Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions.๐๐ * Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration. * Had his Supreme Court Justiceโs Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed. * Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.๐๐ * Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in. * Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports. * Imposed tariffs on China in response to Chinaโs forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China. * Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.๐๐ * Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments. * The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it. * It also created a new tax credit for other dependents. * In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to fund child care for low-income families. * The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care. * In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families.๐๐ * In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER. * Another upcoming accomplishment to add: In the next week or two Trump will be signing the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) Once itโs the law, the TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone. * US stock market continually hits all-time record highs. Because so many people asked for a document with all of this listed in one place, here it is. No links provided to remove bias as Google search is easy. โโโโโ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted July 8, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) Any why I will vote for him in November.ย The man gets shit done.ย ย Don't agree with all the spending but he has worked hard to keep more campaign promises than any President I've been alive for.ย Edited July 8, 2020 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Highmark said: Any why I will vote for him in November.ย The man gets shit done.ย ย Don't agree with all the spending but he has worked hard to keep more campaign promises than any President I've been alive for.ย I don't agree with any of the spending either, but given the BS going on against him, I say he has done pretty good. ย 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 You know 95% of those originated in Congress right? Trump has no clue what the fuck any of em mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted July 8, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You know 95% of those originated in Congress right? Trump has no clue what the fuck any of em mean. Butt hurt noted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You know 95% of those originated in Congress right? Trump has no clue what the fuck any of em mean. In case you didn't ever understand how bills work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 20 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You know 95% of those originated in Congress right? Trump has no clue what the fuck any of em mean. butt burt noted again and remind is just for grins in the first 2 yrs he was in office getting most of this shit done who was in charge of said Congress? and what bills have been passed out of Congress in the last 1.5 yrs ? lots of investigations with zero results is about all I have seen how about you ?ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted July 8, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 8, 2020 America first.ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Go Trump.ย Fuck the haters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 What you talking about Willis? Didnโt see any of that on CNN. ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 hours ago, racer254 said: I don't agree with any of the spending either, but given the BS going on against him, I say he has done pretty good. ย The truth is without the spending a good number of things on that list go away.ย Even with tax cuts, regulation cuts, and spending more in his first 3 years than the previous admin. last 4,ย and near doubling the deficit the 4th quarter GDP was 2.1%.ย ย So with all these record low UE numbers and record spending and I'm talking pre covid, why is GDP 2.1%?ย And consider his own admin. said they need 4.4 GDP to cover the costs of the tax breaks, how great is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 6 hours ago, 1jkw said: The truth is without the spending a good number of things on that list go away.ย Even with tax cuts, regulation cuts, and spending more in his first 3 years than the previous admin. last 4,ย and near doubling the deficit the 4th quarter GDP was 2.1%.ย ย So with all these record low UE numbers and record spending and I'm talking pre covid, why is GDP 2.1%?ย And consider his own admin. said they need 4.4 GDP to cover the costs of the tax breaks, how great is it. Itโs a hoax and not Trumps fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 6 hours ago, 1jkw said: The truth is without the spending a good number of things on that list go away.ย Even with tax cuts, regulation cuts, and spending more in his first 3 years than the previous admin. last 4,ย and near doubling the deficit the 4th quarter GDP was 2.1%.ย ย So with all these record low UE numbers and record spending and I'm talking pre covid, why is GDP 2.1%?ย And consider his own admin. said they need 4.4 GDP to cover the costs of the tax breaks, how great is it. Pelosi wanted another 4 trillion. Trump wants another trillion for COVID relief.ย Nobody GAF in Washington about spending. Itโs just getting worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Edmo said: Pelosi wanted another 4 trillion. Trump wants another trillion for COVID relief.ย Nobody GAF in Washington about spending. Itโs just getting worse. Dems. never did, rep. only do when it's a dem in the WH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 17 hours ago, 1jkw said: The truth is without the spending a good number of things on that list go away.ย Even with tax cuts, regulation cuts, and spending more in his first 3 years than the previous admin. last 4,ย and near doubling the deficit the 4th quarter GDP was 2.1%.ย ย So with all these record low UE numbers and record spending and I'm talking pre covid, why is GDP 2.1%?ย And consider his own admin. said they need 4.4 GDP to cover the costs of the tax breaks, how great is it. You can look at historical trends all you want.ย ย https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/gdp-growth-rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 27 minutes ago, racer254 said: You can look at historical trends all you want.ย ย https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/gdp-growth-rate Has nothing to do with the spending you always bitch about, or the fact despite all the tax cuts, regulation cuts, 2.1 GDP comes nowhere near the admins. projections, even with record debt and deficit.ย Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, 1jkw said: Has nothing to do with the spending you always bitch about, or the fact despite all the tax cuts, regulation cuts, 2.1 GDP comes nowhere near the admins. projections, even with record debt and deficit.ย Tax cuts let you keep the money you already made = good.ย Spending money you don't haveย = bad "in its final projection before the 2016 election, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that real GDP would grow at a 2.0 percent annual rate over the first 12 quarters of a new Administration. Instead, under President Trump, real GDP beat expectations and grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate from the election to the end of 2019โfaster than the rate under President Obamaโs expansion period. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, racer254 said: Tax cuts let you keep the money you already made = good.ย Spending money you don't haveย = bad "in its final projection before the 2016 election, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that real GDP would grow at a 2.0 percent annual rate over the first 12 quarters of a new Administration. Instead, under President Trump, real GDP beat expectations and grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate from the election to the end of 2019โfaster than the rate under President Obamaโs expansion period. " Good for record debt too.ย Without it you don't get the growth you are talking about. Yes with record debt and near doubling the deficit before the virus hit. And hasn't had a higher GDP year than 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 3 hours ago, 1jkw said: Good for record debt too.ย Without it you don't get the growth you are talking about. Yes with record debt and near doubling the deficit before the virus hit. And hasn't had a higher GDP year than 2015 Trumps massive fail. Heโs not a leader and only cares about himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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irv Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/here-s-full-list-donald-trump-s-executive-orders-n720796 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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