Incontrovertible Proof Trump is a Genius, from his Head to his...

The seventh source was a Trump sceptic turned into Trump believer after he decided to sort through media bias and do his own research. Note, I reformatted the article below by putting a later paragraph in front of the author’s introduction. The author’s introduction immediately follows the first paragraph, after which, the rest of the paragraph’s are in order of the original article:

JOHN F. FLOYD COMMENTARY: Trump's long list of accomplishments

Listening to the national media, one would think President Donald Trump has achieved little during his presidency. The media gives him credit for no accomplishments. Being a goals and objective person, I decided to examine some of Trump’s successes, if any. I, quite frankly, was surprised at the results, because I listen to the negative daily drumbeat of the liberal national media toward Trump.

This piece expresses the views of its author, separate from those of this publication.

In my previous responsibilities in the business world, one requirement was absolutely imperative. You had to be a good judge of people and their inherent abilities.

Last year, I attended a “save Goodyear" meeting chaired by U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala. I had never met or talked to Jones, but after his opening remarks concerning the Goodyear closure, one thought kept going through my head. Texans had a saying that described the senator: “Big hat, no cows.”

After his tepid remarks, I knew Goodyear was getting no help from this government representative. As a matter of fact, he couldn’t control the meeting or the local politicians in attendance.

Hopefully, the citizens of the state of Alabama will vote Jones out of office along with his millions of dollars of campaign money contributed by Hollywood and other liberal donors. Jones’ campaign, in desperation, has turned ugly. Thank goodness there is a solid alternative in Tommy Tuberville.

Trump has been called a racist, but facts don’t support that opinion, which I believe is based on nothing but innuendos. Here are the facts concerning Trump and the African American community as reported by Farah Stockman, member of the editorial board of the New York Times.

1. The lowest-paid 25% of Americans had a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country’s highest-paid workers. This benefits African Americans because many, according to Associated Press research cited in 2018 by USA TODAY, are in low-paying jobs.

2. In 2018, Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill that enacted reforms that made our justice system fairer and helps former inmates return to society. More than 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are African Americans.

3. Under Trump, poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.

4. Pre COVID-19, African American unemployment was at an all-time low.

5. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.

6. The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed African Americans, and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.

7. Trump signed the first Perkins C.T.E. reauthorization since 2016, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.

The previous noted actions by the Trump administration are all substantive and measurable. The Trump administration has done considerably more for the African American community than several previous Democrat administrations. Considering those accomplishments, it is puzzling that black leaders continue to march in lockstep with the Democrats. Where are the free thinkers in that community?

From an economic standpoint, the Trump administration has made great strides.

1. Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.

2. The Trump administration made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.

3. It withdrew the U.S. from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major change in trade policy.

4. The Trump Administration secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.

5. It approved up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation, but announced a total of $28 billion in aid for farmers in 2018 and 2019.

Other accomplishments include a dozen hostages freed, moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, initiating historic tax cut legislation for Opportunity Zones and fulfilling his campaign promise to improve the Veterans Administration, just to name a few.

Trump’s accomplishments are many, but you would never know listening to the Democrat-controlled liberal media. As far as they are concerned, none of these things happened.

Trump has achieved many of his goals, while surviving a corrupt impeachment investigation, hostility by a liberal press and a continuing pandemic of epic proportions. As I have said before, I wish Trump was more presidential, but he is not going to change his demeanor. When I measure his accomplishments versus his status on the social register, the social register pales in comparison.

John F. Floyd is a Gadsden native who graduated from Gadsden High School in 1954. He formerly was director of United Kingdom manufacturing, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., vice president of manufacturing and international operations, General Tire & Rubber Co., and director of manufacturing, Chrysler Corp. He can be reached at johnfloyd538@gmail.com.
https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/.../trumps-long-list-accomplishments/3671585001/

 

Great.Should have high approval ratings and get a second term.

 

Hey, had to throw that in there. We ARE talking about Trump, right?(!). Continuing that theme is a list of Trump accomplishments from the Mclean County Republicans. While they are biased, they make some good and valid points. The Eighth source confirming Trump’s genius through his lengthy list of accomplishments:

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS
One Hundred And Twenty One Accomplishments By President Trump And His Cabinet.

Here you go. Easy to Google and double check. Checking for yourself is always best. This list is not all inclusive. There are more to add to this list every week.

1. 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.
2. Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
3. Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.
4. Prior to the recent violent Antifa protests, violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected.
5. Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.
6. Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.
7. Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.
8. Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.
9. Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.
10. Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.
11. 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.
12. Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay.
13. Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.
14. Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.
15. He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down.
16. 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.
17. Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.
18. In the eight years prior to President Trump’s 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.
19. He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans. VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.
20. 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.
21. 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% — the largest raise in more than 10 years.
22. Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.
23. Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.
24. All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.
25. Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.
29. The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes.
30. Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.
31. The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.
32. Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.
33. Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.
34. New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago.
35. Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
36. Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.
37. The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.
38. Poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.
39. 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.
40. Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.
41. Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all-time high.
42. Prior to the COVID shut down more than 7 million jobs created since election.
43. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
44. More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.
45. Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.
46. Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.
47. Through Trump’s 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.
48. In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking.
49. Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to combat human trafficking more effectively.
50. Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.
51. Trump’s 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.
52. The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.
53. Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.
54. The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support.
55. 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.
56. The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million.
57. 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.
58. Under his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely dismantled.
59. ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed.
60. Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.
61. Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.
62. Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith.
63. 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.
64. President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions.
65. Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens.
66. Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea.
67. Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.
68. Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal.
69. Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.
70. Approved up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.
71. Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed.
72. Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades.
73. Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border.
74. The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.
75. Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners.
76. President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country.
77. 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones.
78. Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country.
79. Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core.
80. Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.
81. Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.
82. Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.
83. Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years.
84. Stock Market has reached record highs.
85. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
86. African American unemployment is at an all-time low.
87. Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all-time low.
88. Asian-American unemployment is at an all-time low.
89. Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65-year low.
90. Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low.
91. Prior to the COVID shutdown we have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded.
92. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.
93. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest ever.
94. As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
95. Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses.
96. Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare.
97. Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history.
98. Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone.
99. Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before.
100. Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
101. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
102. S. oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East.
103. The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
104. NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.
105. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions.
106. Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration.
107. Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed.
108. Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
109. Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in.
110. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
111. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China.
112. Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.
113. Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.
114. 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.
115. It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.
116. 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 childcare for low-income families.
117. 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.
118. 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.
119. 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.
120. Another upcoming accomplishment to add: Trump signed the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) 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.
121. US stock market continually hits record highs.

*Trump did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and impeachment charges and a 97% negativity reporting by major media.
https://www.mcleancountyrepublicans.org/trump_administration_accomplishments

 

The pollsters were off about 700 basis points nationally, and as much as 2300 basis points on a particular state election. The 2020 US Presidential Election was contested for good reason. I’ll drag up the many sources, including academic ones, that criticize the accuracy of the pollsters, their potentially hidden agenda, and possible collusion against Trump at a later time.

 

The pollsters got 2 states out of 50 wrong

 

The following is a particularly lengthy list of Trump accomplishments from Liberty Council. The ninth source:

The Accomplishments of President Trump

IGNITING A HISTORIC ECONOMIC BOOM: President Trump’s pro-growth policies are unleashing economic growth and providing opportunities to workers across the country.
 Due to President Trump’s pro-growth policies, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth exceeded 3 percent over the last four quarters.
 Real GDP grew at annual rates of 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and 4.2 percent in the second quarter.
 More than 5 million jobs have been created since President Trump’s election and the unemployment rate remains below 4 percent.
 This is the eighth time this year that the unemployment rate has been below 4 percent.
 Prior to this year, the unemployment rate had fallen below 4 percent only five times since
1970.
 The unemployment rate for African-Americans in May fell to 5.9 percent, which is the lowest rate on record.
 Asian and Hispanic-American unemployment rates have reached record lows this year.
 Initial weekly jobless claims have hit a nearly 50-year low under President Trump.
 Under President Trump, job openings outnumber the unemployed for the first time on record.
 Recently, more than two-thirds of Americans rated “now” as a good time to find a quality job, tying a record high in a poll by Gallup.
 Americans are seeing more money in their pockets thanks to the booming economy.
 In recent months, workers have seen their largest nominal year over year wage growth in nearly a decade.

 In 2017, real median household income rose to a post-recession high.
 President Trump’s policies are helping to lift Americans out of poverty.
 African-American and Hispanic-American poverty rates reached record lows of 21.2 percent and 18.3 percent, respectively, in 2017.
 Since the election, 4.6 million Americans have been lifted off of food stamps.
 Consumer confidence has soared under President Trump, recently reaching an 18-year
high.
 President Trump is delivering on his promise to bring back American manufacturing.
 The National Association of Manufacturers’ Outlook Index had the highest annual average in its history over the past year.
 Manufacturing added 284,000 jobs in 2018, the most added in a year since 1997.
 Small Business optimism jumped to a record high under President Trump, according to a
survey by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
 The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index broke a 35-year record in August.
 President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, ushering in the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history.
 These tax cuts are delivering real results for American families and workers.
 More than 6 million workers received tax cut bonuses and benefits.
 More than 100 utility companies have announced lower rates.
 President Trump is ensuring American workers receive the training and education they need to compete in today’s economy.
 President Trump signed an executive order establishing the National Council for the American worker.
 More than 185 companies and associations have signed our “Pledge to America’s Workers,” promising more than 6.4 million new training and career opportunities.
 The President signed legislation that reauthorized the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, making more than $1 billion available for career education programs.
 President Trump has prioritized the economic empowerment of women.
 The women’s unemployment rate recently reached its lowest rate in 65 years.
 The Small Business Administration lent approximately $500 million more in capital to women-owned businesses in 2017 compared to 2016.
 The Administration helped launch the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, which could leverage more than $1 billion to support women entrepreneurs.
 Biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs act into law/
o Provided more than $5.5 trillion in gross tax cuts, nearly 60 percent of which will go to families.

o Increased the exemption for the death tax to help save Family Farms & Small Business.
o Nearly doubled the standard deduction for individuals and families.
o Enabled vast majority of American families will be able to file their taxes on a
single page by claiming the standard deduction.
o Doubled the child tax credit to help lessen the financial burden of raising a family.
o Lowered America’s corporate tax rate from the highest in the developed world to allow American businesses to compete and win.
o Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.
o Cut dozens of special interest tax breaks and closed loopholes for the wealthy.
 9in10
cuts, according to the Treasury Department.
American workers are expected see an increase in their paychecks thanks to the tax
 More than 6 million of American workers have received wage increases, bonuses, and increased benefits thanks to tax cuts.
 Over 100 utility companies have lowered electric, gas, or water rates thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
 Ernst & Young found 89 percent of companies planned to increase worker compensation thanks to the Trump tax cuts.
 Established opportunity zones to spur investment in left behind communities.
ROLLING BACK RED TAPE: President Trump is rolling back costly regulations that have
burdened hardworking Americans and stifled innovation.
 President Trump has followed through on and exceeded his promise to roll back two regulations for every new one created.
 President Trump’s Administration surpassed the 2:1 ratio in 2018, eliminating 12 regulations for every new one in 2018.
 In 2017, the Trump Administration eliminated 22 regulations for every new one.
 Since taking office, President Trump’s deregulation efforts have achieved $33 billion in
regulatory savings.
 In 2018, these efforts alone delivered $23 billion in benefits to American families and business owners.
 President Trump has signed 16 Congressional Review Act resolutions into law, eliminating burdensome Obama-era rules and regulations.

 President Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which would have harmed America’s economy and cost American workers millions of jobs.
 President Trump signed an executive order to streamline the permitting process for infrastructure projects with a goal of cutting approval time from up to 10 years to an average of 2 years.
 President Trump signed legislation to roll back burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations that harmed community banks.
NEGOTIATING BETTER DEALS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is negotiating fair and balanced trade deals that protect American industries and workers.
 President Trump negotiated a new trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to replace the disastrous and outdated North American Free Trade Agreement.
 Once enacted by Congress, the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) will better serve the interests of American workers and businesses.
 USMCA will incentivize billions of dollars in auto and auto parts production in the United States and create a freer and fairer market for American agriculture.
 USMCA also includes the strongest-ever provisions on labor, environmental, digital, and intellectual property protections to reflect the realities of the 21st century economy.
 The President renegotiated the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement to preserve and grow jobs in the American auto industry and increase American exports.
 The United States and Japan are set to begin negotiations on a United States–Japan Trade Agreement.
 President Trump is establishing a new trade relationship with the European Union (EU), working toward the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to transatlantic trade.
 President Trump has established a Trade and Investment Working Group to lay the groundwork for post-Brexit trade with the United Kingdom (UK) and has notified Congress of his intent to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK.
 This year, President Trump filed a withdrawal notification with the Universal Postal Union, launching a one-year negotiation to secure fair international postal rates for American mailers.
 President Trump has expanded market access for American agricultural producers.
 Argentina has opened to American pork and beef, Brazil to American beef, Japan to lamb
and Idaho chipping potatoes, South Korea to American poultry, and more.
 The Administration authorized $12 billion to aid farmers affected by unfair retaliatory tariffs.
 The Trump Administration has begun the process to expand the sale of E15, or gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, to year round.
 Under President Trump, the United States will no longer accept bad trade deals and unfair trade practices that harm American workers and industries.

 One of the President’s first actions after taking office was withdrawing the United States from the terrible Trans-Pacific Partnership, which incentivized outsourcing.
 In 2017, the Administration oversaw 82 antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
 President Trump is holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices, such as the theft of intellectual property, by imposing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods.
 Following President Trump’s successful meeting with President Xi in Buenos Aires, both agreed to conduct negotiations over 90 days to address the United States concerns.
 American steel and aluminum jobs are coming back following President Trump’s tariffs to protect domestic industries that are vital to national security.
 President Trump imposed tariffs to protect American-made washing machines and solar products that were hurt by import surges.
UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY: President Trump is rolling back costly and burdensome regulations to unleash America’s incredible energy resources.
 After years of stifling regulation under the last Administration, President Trump is unleashing America’s energy potential.
 America is the largest crude oil producer in the world and production has hit a record high.
 President Trump’s policies are helping to boost American energy exports.
 The Administration has streamlined Liquefied Natural Gas terminal permitting.
 In 2017, the United States became a net natural gas exporter for the first time in 60 years.
 American coal exports increased by more than 60 percent in 2017.
 President Trump is expanding access to our country’s abundant natural resources.
 The President signed legislation to open up energy exploration in the Alaska National
Wildlife Refuge.
 In July 2018, the Department of the Interior announced it would hold the largest oil and gas lease sale in history.
 In 2017, the Administration approved construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and the cross border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
 The Administration issued permits for the New Burgos Pipeline that will export American petroleum products to Mexico.
 The President has ended the war on coal, cutting Obama-era regulations such as the “Stream Protection Rule” which was estimated to cost industries $81 million a year.
 President Trump is replacing the Clean Power Plan, a flawed Obama-era regulation that the Supreme Court ordered halted.
 President Trump rescinded the hydraulic fracturing rule, which was expected to cost the oil and gas industry $32 million per year.
 The Trump Administration curbed the burdensome Obama-era rule on methane, saving American energy developers hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory costs.

EXPANDING OPTIONS FOR QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE: President Trump is expanding access to affordable healthcare choices and taking action to lower drug prices.
 President Trump’s Administration is working to provide Americans with affordable alternatives to Obamacare.
 The Administration expanded short-term, limited duration health insurance plans that are expected to be nearly 50 percent cheaper than unsubsidized Obamacare plans.
 President Trump has expanded association health plans, allowing more employers to join together across State lines and affordably offer coverage to their employees.
 The Administration proposed a reform to Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) regulations that will give consumers more freedom to purchase benefits that fit their needs.
 Roughly 800,000 employers are expected to provide HRAs for more than 10 million employees once the rule finalized.
 Americans have more healthcare freedom thanks to the President signing legislation that ended Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty.
 While healthcare premiums had been steadily increasing as a result of Obamacare, the average benchmark exchange premium will decline for the first time in 2019 thanks to President Trump’s policies.
 Next year, Americans will benefit from more insurer participation on the exchanges.
 Medicare Advantage plans offer more benefit options than ever before, and average
premiums in 2019 will be 6 percent lower than in 2018.
 President Trump launched an unprecedented campaign to drive down drug prices, leading more than a dozen drug manufactures to enact price freezes, reductions, or rollbacks.
 In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a record number of generic drugs, breaking the previous record set by the Administration in 2017.
 The FDA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 generic drug approvals are expected to bring nearly $9 billion in savings in 2017 alone.
 President Trump signed legislation eliminating contractual gag clauses that stopped pharmacists from informing patients about lower drug prices.
 The President put forth an initiative to stop global freeloading that drives up prices for American patients.
 The Administration provided Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans with new negotiating tools to drive down drug costs for American patients.
 The Administration implemented reforms to the amount Medicare pays hospitals for drugs that are purchased under the 340B program, saving seniors $320 million in 2018.
 President Trump signed “Right to Try” legislation to expand access to experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.

FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE CRISIS NEXT DOOR: President Trump mobilized his entire Administration to combat the opioid crisis that has devastated communities across the country.
 President Trump launched an Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand, introducing new measures to confront the driving forces behind this crisis.
 The President signed the landmark SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the largest and most comprehensive legislative package addressing a single drug crisis in history.
 The President helped secure a record $6 billion in funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
 The Administration provided more than $2 billion in grants in 2018 to help States,
territories, tribes, and local communities prevent and treat opioid abuse.
 The Administration pursued scientific solutions to prevent and treat addiction through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative.
 The President launched a national public awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction and youth opioid usage.
 Last year, President Trump created a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which recommends ways to tackle the opioid crisis.
 The Administration declared the opioid crisis a nationwide Public Health Emergency in 2017.
 President Trump is working to cut off the flow of deadly opioids into our country and to disrupt the networks that distribute them to our communities.
 The Administration secured first-ever indictments against Chinese nationals for fentanyl trafficking.
 The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a surge to target fentanyl and heroin dealers in the districts with the most severe overdose death rates.
 The DOJ formed a Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team and shut down the biggest Darknet distributor of drugs.
 Last year, the DOJ announced the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, arresting more than 120 defendants with opioid-related crimes.
 The President launched a Safer Prescribing Plan that seeks to cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within three years.
 The Administration has led four National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days, collecting a record-breaking 1,837 tons of expired and unneeded prescription drugs.
STANDING UP FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND PROTECTING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: The President is committed to defending the right to life and religious liberty.
 President Trump is the first president to address the March for Life live.
 Shortly after taking office, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, blocking $9 billion in aid from funding abortion internationally.

 President Trump defunded a United Nations (UN) agency for colluding with China’s brutal program of forced abortion and sterilization.
 The Administration withdrew guidance that constrained State’s ability to exclude family- planning providers that provide abortion services from the Medicaid program.
 The Administration formed a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division to protect religious freedom.
 Expressed strong support for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would stop abortions after 20 weeks.
 The Trump Administration proposed new regulations to ensure Title X family planning funding does not go to projects that perform, support, or refer patients for abortion.
 The Trump Administration issued regulations establishing new or expanded exemptions from the Obamacare contraceptive mandate based on religious beliefs or moral convictions.
 In 2017, the President issued an executive order to promote free speech and religious liberty. This helped faith-based groups give healthcare coverage to 13.7 million Americans.
KEEPING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SAFE: President Trump has made clear that his first responsibility is to protect the safety and security of Americans.
 Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows violent crime decreased under President Trump’s watch in 2017, following two consecutive years of increases.
 United States Attorneys indicted the most violent criminals on record last year.
 Last year, the DOJ announced nearly $100 million in grant funding to hire hundreds of
additional law enforcement officers.
 President Trump is cracking down on the vile MS-13 gang that has brought violence to communities across the country.
 In 2017, the DOJ worked with international partners to arrest and charge approximately 4,000 MS-13 members.
 Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations arrested nearly 800 MS-13 members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the prior year.
 President Trump signed an executive order to restore State and local law enforcement’s access to surplus equipment that can be used to help keep our communities safe.
 President Trump enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
 The DOJ announced the creation of the National Public Safety Partnership in 2017,
launching a cooperative initiative with cities to reduce violent crime.
 President Trump signed legislation to improve the Federal firearm background check system and keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals.
 President Trump signed the First Step Act, which includes bipartisan reforms to make our Federal justice system fairer and our communities safer.

 The First Step Act will help prepare inmates to successfully rejoin society, reducing recidivism and improving community safety.
 This legislation includes commonsense sentencing reforms that will make our Federal justice system fairer while keeping violent criminals and sex offenders off our streets.
 Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule to align grant regulations with current nondiscrimination laws. The announcement stresses that “the federal government [should] not infringe on religious freedom in its operation of HHS grant programs and [seeks to] address the impact of regulatory actions on small entities.” The move reverses an Obama-era rule and allow religious adoption agencies that turn away gay couples to receive federal funding. The goal of the new rule is to directly aid faith-based adoption agencies, which often receive federal grants and have been defending themselves against accusations of discrimination.
PROTECTING THE INNOCENT: President Donald J. Trump is taking a stand against human trafficking, dedicating our Government’s full resources towards fighting this repulsive crime.
 The President signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (S. 1862) which tightens criteria for whether countries are meeting standards for eliminating trafficking.
 He signed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (H.R. 1865), overnight this shut down the most common websites used to sell and abuse victims in America.
 President Trump signed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, authorizing $430 million to fight sex and labor trafficking. He also signed the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, which strengthens programs supporting survivors and resources for combating modern slavery.
 The President signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (S. 1312), establishing new prevention, prosecution, and collaboration initiatives to bring human traffickers to justice.
 In September 2017, Ivanka Trump and Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan joined more than 20 world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly for a global call to end modern slavery and to announce the State Department’s $25 million grant to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery.
 In February 2017, the President signed Executive Order 13773, “Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking,” which directed the United States government to identify, interdict, disrupt, and dismantle the transnational criminal organizations that engage in human trafficking.
ENFORCING OUR LAWS AND SECURING OUR BORDERS: From the first day of his Administration, President Trump has worked to uphold the rule of law and secure our borders.

 President Trump released an immigration framework that would fix our broken immigration system through merit-based reform and provide the resources needed to secure our border.
 This includes closing the legal loopholes that enable illegal immigration, ending chain migration, and eliminating the visa lottery.
 President Trump secured funding to begin building the wall and construction has already begun in areas along the southern border.
 President Trump deployed the military to assist in securing the southern border.
 President Trump and his Administration took action to require aliens seeking asylum to go
to a port of entry to make their claim.
 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 17,256 criminals and 1,019 gang members in FY 2018.
 ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 158,581 aliens in FY 2018, an 11 percent increase from FY 2017.
 90 percent of those arrested had criminal convictions, pending charges, or had been issued final orders of removal.
 ICE ERO increased removals by 13 percent in FY 2018 to 256,086, the majority of whom were convicted criminals.
 Removals of convicted criminal aliens increased by 14 percent from FY 2017.
 Nearly 6,000 known or suspected gang members were removed in FY 2018, a 9 percent
increase from FY 2017.
 The Department of Justice prosecuted a record number of criminal immigration offenses in FY 2018, and increased the number of prosecutions for illegal entry by 84 percent over FY 2017.
 Immigration courts are now completing more cases than at any point since 2011.
 President Trump kept his promise by launching the office of Victims of Immigration Crime
Engagement (VOICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.
 The Administration has more than doubled the number of jurisdictions participating in the 287(g) program, which enables State and local law enforcement to aid immigration enforcement.
 President Trump has made our country safer by ordering the enhanced vetting of individuals entering from countries that do not meet our security standards.
 These procedures were upheld in a June 2018 Supreme Court ruling.
REBUILDING AMERICA’S MILITARY FORCE: President Trump is rebuilding our
military and defending America’s interests across the world.
 President Trump ended the devastating defense cuts of the past Administration and has secured historic investments to rebuild our military.
 President Trump signed legislation providing $700 billion for defense in FY 2018 and $716 billion in FY 2019.

 President Trump is supporting America’s men and women in uniform, securing the largest military pay raise in nearly a decade.
 The President issued a new National Security Strategy to keep America safe from all threats.
 The Administration has also released new strategies specific to cybersecurity, biodefense, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction terrorism.
 President Trump directed the first whole-of-government assessment of United States manufacturing and defense supply chains since the Eisenhower Administration.
 President Trump initiated the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, improving United States deterrence policy and existing capabilities to counter nuclear threats.
 President Trump empowered our military commanders with broad authority in order to take the fight to ISIS, and the results are clear.
 ISIS has lost nearly all of its territory, more than half of which has been liberated since President Trump took office.
 All of ISIS’ territory in Iraq was successfully liberated.
 ISIS’ self-proclaimed capital city Raqqah has been recaptured.
 ISIS’ territorial caliphate has been defeated and President Trump has announced that he is bringing America’s troops in Syria home.
 President Trump announced a new Iran strategy to confront all of Iran’s malign activities and withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran nuclear deal.
 All sanctions that had been lifted or waived under the Iran deal have been reimposed.
 The Administration has sanctioned more than 160 individuals tied to the regime’s support
of terrorism, ballistic missile program, human rights abuses, and more.
 President Trump took decisive military action to respond to the barbaric use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime.
 President Trump directed strikes in response to the regime’s chemical weapons attacks in April 2017 and April 2018.
 The Trump Administration has also rolled out sanctions targeting those tied to Syria’s chemical weapons program.
 President Trump is strengthening America’s cyber defense and directed the elevation of the United States Cyber Command into a major warfighting command.
 The President announced that the Department of Defense will work to create a Space Force to serve as an independent branch of the United States military.
RESTORING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ABROAD: President Trump is restoring American leadership on the world stage and advancing an America first agenda.
 President Trump held an historic summit with Chairman Kim Jong-Un, bringing beginnings of peace and denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula.
 Since the summit, the leaders have exchanged letters and high-level officials from both countries have met.

 Because of the President’s actions, North Korea has halted nuclear and missile tests.
 The remains of POW/MIA service members from the Korean War are being returned to
the United States.
 Prior to the summit, President Trump’s leadership helped secure the passage of historic UN sanctions on North Korea.
 President Trump followed through on his promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there.
 President Trump withdrew the United States from the UN Human Rights Council due to its bias against Israel.
 The Administration made clear that it does not accept the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over Americans and will continue to protect America’s sovereignty.
 President Trump has successfully advocated for cutting waste at the UN.
 Changes made to the organization’s structure allowed the UN to cut hundreds of millions
of dollars from their budget, while making the organization more efficient.
 The President’s leadership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has encouraged members to increase their defense spending and realign the Alliance’s priorities.
 In 2017 alone, there was an increase of more than 4.8 percent in defense spending among NATO allies.
 President Trump convinced the Alliance to strengthen counterterrorism activities, and NATO formally joined the coalition to defeat ISIS.
 President Trump’s Administration is working to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific through investments and partnerships.
 President Trump has imposed tough sanctions on the corrupt regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.
 President Trump has taken tough action to combat Russia’s malign activities, including Russia’s efforts to undermine United States elections.
 The Administration has imposed sanctions on more than 200 individuals and entities related to Russia’s destabilizing activities.
 The Trump Administration has enhanced support for Ukraine’s defense by stepping up sales of weapons to its military.
 The Trump Administration has secured the release of numerous American citizens held abroad, including Pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey, Josh Holt from Venezuela, and more.
 President Trump attended G20 summits in Argentina and Germany, where he promoted American First policies and encouraged closer cooperation.
 In 2017, President Trump conducted tours through Asia to promote America’s interests.

HONORING AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO OUR VETERANS: President Trump is honoring America’s commitment to our veterans by ensuring they receive the quality care they have earned.
 President Trump secured a record $73.1 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide quality medical care for our veterans.
 This funding included $8.6 billion for mental health services, $400 million for opioid abuse prevention, $206 million for suicide prevention, and more.
 The President signed the VA MISSION Act, revolutionizing that VA healthcare system and reforming numerous services for our veterans.
 This legislation will consolidate and reform existing programs to give eligible veterans better access to healthcare providers in their communities.
 Thanks to this legislation, eligible veterans will have access to walk-in community clinics that offer immediate, local care.
 President Trump and his Administration have expanded access to telehealth services for veterans, including through the “Anywhere to Anywhere” VA health care initiative.
 President Trump issued an executive order requiring the Administration to improve access to mental health treatment and suicide prevention resources for veterans.
 President Trump signed the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, making it easier to fire failing employees and protect whistleblowers.
 Under President Trump, the VA has removed, demoted, or suspended more than 4,300 employees for poor performance.
 President Trump signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, streamlining the process used by veterans when appealing benefits claims.
 President Trump fulfilled his promise to create a new White House VA Hotline to provide veterans with 24/7 support.
 The VA is providing veterans with online access to wait time and quality of care data.
 The President signed the Forever GI Bill, providing veterans, service members, and their
families with enhanced education benefits.
 Last year, programs at the VA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development helped more than 51,000 veterans find permanent housing and access supportive services.
TRANSFORMING GOVERNMENT: President Trump has followed through on his pledge to transform the Federal Government and increase accountability and transparency.
 President Trump’s Administration submitted a plan to reorganize the executive branch in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
 In a historic show of transparency and accountability, the Trump Administration completed the Department of Defense’s first ever audit.
 The President implemented a five-year ban on lobbying for White House employees and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign countries.

 Each quarter since taking office, President Trump has donated his salary, fulfilling a promise he made to the American people.
 As of December 1, 2019, President Donald Trump had made 164 Article III judicial appointments—2 supreme court justices, 48 appellate court judges, 112 district court judges, and 2 judges on the Court of International Trade.
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Are you suggesting Trump should have Veto’d Covid related spending bills?

 

Source number ten confirming Trump’s greatness is from a smaller, lesser known journalist:

Listening to the national media one would think President Donald Trump has achieved little during his presidency. The media gives him credit for no accomplishments. Being a goals and objective person, I decided to examine some of Donald Trump’s successes, if any. I, quite frankly, was surprised at the results because I listen to the negative daily drumbeat of the liberal national media toward Trump.

Trump has been called a racist but facts don’t support that opinion, and all that is, an opinion based on nothing but innuendos. Following are facts concerning Trump and the African -American community as reported by Farah Stockman, member of the editorial board of the New York Times.

1. The 25% lowest paid Americans had a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country’s highest paid workers. This affects African-Americans because many are in low paying jobs.

2. In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill that enacted reforms that made our justice system fairer and would help former inmates return to society. Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are African-Americans.

3. Under Trump, poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.

4. Pre Covid-19 African-American unemployment was at an all-time low.

5. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.

6. The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionally harmed African-Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.

7. Trump signed the first Perkins C.T.E. reauthorization since 2006 authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.

The previous notated actions by the Trump administration are all substantive and measurable. The Trump Administration has done considerably more for the African-American community than several previous Democrat Administrations. Considering what Trump has accomplished for the African-American community, it is puzzling that black leaders continue to march in lock-step with the Democrat party. Are there no free-thinkers in the African-American community?

1. Under Trumps leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.

2. The Trump Administration made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.

3. Withdrew the U.S. from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major change in trade policy.

4. Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.

5. Approved up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation. However, the Trump Administration announced a total of $28 billion in aid for farmers in 2018 and 2019.

Other accomplishments include a dozen hostages freed, moved the capitol of Israel to Jerusalem, initiated historic tax cut legislation for Opportunity Zones, and fulfilled his campaign promise to improve the Veterans Administration, just to name a few.

Trump’s accomplishments are many, but you would never know listening to the Democrat controlled liberal media. As far as they are concerned, none of these things happened.

President Trump has achieved many of his goals while surviving a corrupt impeachment investigation, hostility by a liberal press, and a continuing pandemic of epic proportions. As I have said before, I wish Trump was more presidential, but he is not going to change his demeaner. When I measure Trump’s accomplishments versus his status on the social register, the social register pales in comparison.
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