trumps top 25 accomplishments
President Donald Trump’s notable accomplishments span his first term and subsequent actions tracked via the White House Achievements and official archives. [1]
Economy and Taxation
- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Signed a major overhaul of the tax code, lowering individual income tax rates and reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. [1]
- USMCA Trade Agreement: Replaced NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to boost domestic manufacturing and agriculture. [1]
- Deregulation: Eliminated numerous federal regulations across various agencies to encourage business investment.
- No Tax on Tips and Overtime Initiatives: Advanced policies in his second term supporting exemptions for tip and overtime wages. [1]
- Unemployment Lows: Oversaw record-low unemployment rates for African American, Hispanic, Asian, and female workers prior to 2020. [1]
Energy and Environment
- US Energy Independence: Promoted domestic fossil fuel production, leading the U.S. to become a net exporter of crude oil. [1]
- ANWR Opening: Opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. [1]
- Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal: Formally exited the international climate accord to protect domestic industrial production. [1]
- Pipelines Approval: Advanced the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects. [1]
Judiciary and Legal
- Supreme Court Appointments: Appointed three conservative Supreme Court Justices: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
- Federal Judgeships: Appointed over 200 federal judges to district and appellate courts nationwide.
- First Step Act: Signed bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation reducing mandatory minimum sentences for certain federal crimes.
- Animal Cruelty Felony Act: Signed legislation making intentional animal cruelty a federal felony. [1, 2]
- Defense and Foreign Policy
- Space Force Creation: Established the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces.
- Abraham Accords: Facilitated normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab nations, including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
- ISIS Territorial Defeat: Oversaw military campaigns that dismantled the physical caliphate of ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
- NATO Defense Spending: Pushed member nations to increase defense spending commitments within the alliance.
- Iran Nuclear Deal Withdrawal: Exited the JCPOA and reimposed strict economic sanctions on Iran
- Immigration and Border Security
- Border Wall Construction: Constructed hundreds of miles of primary and secondary border fencing along the U.S.–Mexico border.
- Remain in Mexico Policy: Implemented the Migrant Protection Protocols requiring asylum seekers to wait outside the U.S. during adjudication.
- ICE and Border Funding: Increased resource allocation and enforcement support for border patrol and immigration agencies. [1]
- Healthcare and Social Policy
- Right to Try Act: Signed legislation allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental treatments before full FDA approval.
- VA Mission Act: Reformed the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand private healthcare access for veterans.
- Opioid Crisis Response: Declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency and secured billions in funding for treatment and prevention.
- Elimination of ACA Individual Mandate Penalty: Reduced the financial penalty for individuals who chose not to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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Shady Shapiro is a career politician completely detached from the real world. In just the last week, he has flip-flopped on major policy positions, used an infant’s death as campaign fodder, and proposed giving his administration authoritarian police powers to enter homes and access medical data without warrants, making COVID restrictions look like child’s play.
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Hunter Biden is stopped in his tracks by Bill Maher’s reality check as they argue about Iran war
Bill Maher stopped Hunter Biden in his tracks while they discussed the ongoing war in Iran – as the comedian dished the former first son a dose of reality about the conflict.
Biden joined the late-night talk show host on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night, discussing his father, Joe Biden, the Iran war and his addiction recovery.
At one point, Biden, 56, bashed President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner for his role in negotiations with Iran as the US Special Envoy for Peace.
Hunter told Maher: ‘[Jared Kushner] is our unelected, unappointed emissary to the Middle East for a war that nobody asked for. It is absurd!’
As he finished his sentence, Maher chimed in: ‘Not nobody.’
Biden quipped: ‘Oh, that’s true, that’s true. Bibi Netanyahu asked for it.’
The audience clapped as Maher took control of the conversation, looked Biden in the eyes, and said: ‘Your father, among every other Democrat, excuse me.
‘Every Democrat said Iran can’t have nuclear weapons,’ Maher stated as Biden continued to share his opinion.
‘And every single Democrat and every president since Jimmy Carter refused what the Israelis wanted, which was to bomb Iran. Every single one of them! The only person who fell for it was Donald Trump,’ Biden replied.
‘True,’ Maher simply responded to his guest.
During the show, Maher also questioned Biden about possibly profiting off his father’s name.
Biden argued that he is often misunderstood by people, and that he didn’t do ‘any business’ when his dad was in the White House.
‘One of the things that people, I think, don’t understand is that when my dad was president, I didn’t do any business,’ he told Maher.
‘I sold paintings, and I sold paintings to people that then had to testify before Congress under oath. I made an average of $225,000 a year.’
Maher then proceeded to bring up Biden’s time on the board of directors for Burisma Holdings, a Ukranian energy company.
He held that position from 2014 to 2019, while his father was former President Barack Obama’s vice president.
During the show, Maher also questioned Biden about possibly profiting off his father’s name. Hunter Biden and former President Joe Biden are pictured in November 2024
‘But would have been working for an energy company out of Ukraine? Was that really the thing you studied in school?,’ Maher asked Biden.
‘I went to Yale Law School,’ he replied as Maher kept on quizzing him.
‘You got that job because [of your dad]. Just admit it,’ Maher continued.
Biden replied: ‘Yeah, I just did. 100 percent,’ before going to acknowledge his privilege as the son of a former president.
‘I’ve said on a million interviews, is that, you know, I’m incredibly privileged. I mean, beyond anyone’s wildest imagination, not only because of who my dad was, but because of the father that he was. And so a lot of privilege comes from that, and I don’t deny that in any way,’ he added.
Biden’s appearance comes just days after Trump sent Kushner into a surprise meeting with Hamas leaders in an attempt to get them to disarm Gaza, according to an Axios report.
Kushner, the husband of Ivanka Trump, met with leaders of the Islamist terrorist group on Sunday in Egypt, two sources close to the conversation told the outlet.
The following day, Kushner attended a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to talk about ‘corresponding steps’ Israel must take as part of a multi-point Gaza peace plan brought forward by the US, a source said.On Sunday, Trump sent Kushner into a surprise meeting with Hamas leaders in an attempt to get them to disarm Gaza
Khalil al-Hayy, a Hamas political leader, Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, Qatari diplomat Ali al-Thawadi and an unnamed senior Turkish official attended the sit-down in Egypt.
These steps have been made in a bid to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza by transferring authority to the Palestinian technocratic government and making sure that Hamas has no future role in Gaza’s governance, the report detailed.
Hamas has been in power in the Gaza Strip for 19 years, but now the Board of Peace wants the organization to retire its weapons and military infrastructure so the International Stabilization Force can deploy the territory’s reconstruction and recovery ‘without theft or intimidation of Palestinians involved in the efforts,’ the outlet said, per a source.
The board also wants Israel to take part in ‘corresponding withdrawals’ in Gaza if Hamas agrees to disarm.
The war between the US and Iran has been going on for 175 days after America and Israel pounded the Middle Eastern country with airstrikes and missiles on February 28.
The US and Iran previously agreed to a temporary ceasefire in June, but the 60-day agreement has since expired as the deal remains in the balance.
In the meantime, both countries have been threatening to take control over the Strait of Hormuz – a vital waterway that the world depends on for petroleum and natural gas transport.
The war has sparked rising gas prices across the US, and on Saturday, Tehran’s security officer, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to ‘neutralize the economic war’ with the US and threatened to halt oil flow out of the waterway, Iran’s state-affiliated Press TV reported.The war has sparked rising gas prices across the US, and on Saturday, Tehran’s secuirty officer, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to ‘neautralize the economic war’ with the US and threatened to halt oil flow out of the Strait of Hormuz
‘America is backed into a corner. Either they honor their commitments or they will have to struggle to get out of that corner, which will make the situation worse, Rezaei said.
As of now, Iran is allowing a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but if the threat takes action, all traffic will shut down.
‘If they start such an action, we will not allow a single drop of oil to pass through the Persian Gulf. Oil will leave neither through the Strait of Hormuz nor through the Persian Gulf,’ he said.
‘And every single Democrat and every president since Jimmy Carter refused what the Israelis wanted, which was to bomb Iran. Every single one of them! The only person who fell for it was Donald Trump,’ Biden replied.
‘True,’ Maher simply responded to his guest.
During the show, Maher also questioned Biden about possibly profiting off his father’s name.
Biden argued that he is often misunderstood by people, and that he didn’t do ‘any business’ when his dad was in the White House.
‘One of the things that people, I think, don’t understand is that when my dad was president, I didn’t do any business,’ he told Maher.
‘I sold paintings, and I sold paintings to people that then had to testify before Congress under oath. I made an average of $225,000 a year.’
Maher then proceeded to bring up Biden’s time on the board of directors for Burisma Holdings, a Ukranian energy company.
He held that position from 2014 to 2019, while his father was former President Barack Obama’s vice president.
During the show, Maher also questioned Biden about possibly profiting off his father’s name. Hunter Biden and former President Joe Biden are pictured in November 2024
‘But would have been working for an energy company out of Ukraine? Was that really the thing you studied in school?,’ Maher asked Biden.
‘I went to Yale Law School,’ he replied as Maher kept on quizzing him.
‘You got that job because [of your dad]. Just admit it,’ Maher continued.
Biden replied: ‘Yeah, I just did. 100 percent,’ before going to acknowledge his privilege as the son of a former president.
‘I’ve said on a million interviews, is that, you know, I’m incredibly privileged. I mean, beyond anyone’s wildest imagination, not only because of who my dad was, but because of the father that he was. And so a lot of privilege comes from that, and I don’t deny that in any way,’ he added.
Biden’s appearance comes just days after Trump sent Kushner into a surprise meeting with Hamas leaders in an attempt to get them to disarm Gaza, according to an Axios report.
Kushner, the husband of Ivanka Trump, met with leaders of the Islamist terrorist group on Sunday in Egypt, two sources close to the conversation told the outlet.
The following day, Kushner attended a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to talk about ‘corresponding steps’ Israel must take as part of a multi-point Gaza peace plan brought forward by the US, a source said.On Sunday, Trump sent Kushner into a surprise meeting with Hamas leaders in an attempt to get them to disarm Gaza
Khalil al-Hayy, a Hamas political leader, Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, Qatari diplomat Ali al-Thawadi and an unnamed senior Turkish official attended the sit-down in Egypt.
These steps have been made in a bid to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza by transferring authority to the Palestinian technocratic government and making sure that Hamas has no future role in Gaza’s governance, the report detailed.
Hamas has been in power in the Gaza Strip for 19 years, but now the Board of Peace wants the organization to retire its weapons and military infrastructure so the International Stabilization Force can deploy the territory’s reconstruction and recovery ‘without theft or intimidation of Palestinians involved in the efforts,’ the outlet said, per a source.
The board also wants Israel to take part in ‘corresponding withdrawals’ in Gaza if Hamas agrees to disarm.
The war between the US and Iran has been going on for 175 days after America and Israel pounded the Middle Eastern country with airstrikes and missiles on February 28.
The US and Iran previously agreed to a temporary ceasefire in June, but the 60-day agreement has since expired as the deal remains in the balance.
In the meantime, both countries have been threatening to take control over the Strait of Hormuz – a vital waterway that the world depends on for petroleum and natural gas transport.
The war has sparked rising gas prices across the US, and on Saturday, Tehran’s security officer, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to ‘neutralize the economic war’ with the US and threatened to halt oil flow out of the waterway, Iran’s state-affiliated Press TV reported.The war has sparked rising gas prices across the US, and on Saturday, Tehran’s secuirty officer, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to ‘neautralize the economic war’ with the US and threatened to halt oil flow out of the Strait of Hormuz
‘America is backed into a corner. Either they honor their commitments or they will have to struggle to get out of that corner, which will make the situation worse, Rezaei said.
As of now, Iran is allowing a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but if the threat takes action, all traffic will shut down.
‘If they start such an action, we will not allow a single drop of oil to pass through the Persian Gulf. Oil will leave neither through the Strait of Hormuz nor through the Persian Gulf,’ he said.
Joe Biden’s Draft Record Looks a Lot Like Donald Trump’s. Do Democrats Care?
He was 6 feet tall and had an athlete’s build. He played football in high school and was active in sports throughout college. He spent one summer as a lifeguard at a local pool.
But after he graduated college in the spring of 1968 and became eligible for the draft and —possibly — combat duty in Vietnam, he received a diagnosis that let him avoid military service.
No, not bone spurs. Asthma.
And his name was Joe Biden.
Just a few months before President Donald Trump received his now-infamous diagnosis of “bone spurs in the heels,” former high school football star Biden got the same 1-Y draft deferment for “asthma as a teenager.” It was one of five deferments Biden received (the same number as notorious GOP “draft dodger” Dick Cheney) and allowed him to avoid being drafted at the height of the war. The year 1968 was one of the bloodiest of the Vietnam conflict with 296,406 Americans drafted into military service — the second-highest during the war.
Fifty-one years after the Summer of Love, the draft records of the sitting president, and at least one of the Democrats who want to replace him, are issues in the 2020 campaign. In recent weeks, two of the military veterans in the race — Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton — have been highlighting Trump’s draft record and their own military service.
“You have somebody who thinks it’s all right to have somebody go in his place into a deadly war and is willing to pretend to be disabled to do it. That is an assault on the honor of this country,” Buttigieg told ABC’s This Week. He served in the Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer, spending six months in Afghanistan.
Moulton, a former Marine officer who served in Iraq, also accused Trump of dodging the draft. “I’d like to meet that American someday who went to Vietnam in Donald Trump’s place,” Moulton said. “I hope he’s still alive.”
Military veterans running on their record of service is nothing new. And criticism of an opponent’s military background — or lack thereof — isn’t unusual either, as the Bill Clinton and John Kerry campaigns can attest. But by highlighting Trump’s record, they’re also turning a spotlight on other candidates who were eligible for service during the Vietnam War, including Biden.
In fact, some Democratic strategists believe that’s their true goal.
“They’re not talking about Donald Trump. They’re talking about Joe Biden,” one long-time Democratic activist told InsideSources.
The Moulton campaign, which was the first to highlight the draft issue, denies any intra-party purpose. “Seth is running to take on Donald Trump and has been leading the field in challenging him directly as commander-in-chief,” Moulton campaign spokesperson Matt Corridoni told InsideSources. “There’s nothing more to read into this than Trump is a draft dodger and Seth is a decorated four-tour combat veteran who is calling the president out.”
The Biden and Buttigieg campaigns declined repeated requests for comment. But it’s naïve to think that raising the issue of Trump’s Vietnam-era behavior isn’t going to blow back on Biden.
DID BIDEN DODGE THE DRAFT?
There’s no denying that, by all appearances, the Joe Biden of 1968 was the picture of health. During his time at Archmere Academy, Biden excelled at sports. And while he once falsely claimed he played for the University of Delaware football team, he considered playing on the team (he chose to focus on his double-major in history and political science instead, he says) and he was active in intramural sports.
As the Associated Press noted in 2008, “Promises to Keep,” Biden’s best-selling memoir, “never mentions his asthma, recounting an active childhood, work as a lifeguard and football exploits in high school.”
Biden frequently tells the story of his decision to spend a summer home from college working as the only white lifeguard at a pool predominately used by black residents. His goal was to learn more about the community, in part because he already had political ambitions.
One incident from that summer stands out: How Biden had to wrap a six-foot length of metal chain around his arm to face off against a knife-wielding local tough who went by the name “Corn Pop.”
“You might cut me, Corn Pop, but I’m going to wrap this chain around your head before you do,” Biden told him. Strong words, but he was a healthy, high school football player who could back them up. Biden and Corn Pop resolved their differences without violence and, according to Biden, became poolside friends.
Just six years later, at the height of the fighting in Vietnam, that same poolside athlete avoided mandatory military service due to “asthma as a teenager.”
Does this prove that Biden was dishonest or made a false claim? No. But a similar story from Donald Trump was enough for Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D- Wis.), who was wounded while serving in Iraq, to label President Trump a “coward.”
“@realDonaldTrump got his deferments for the wrong thing. They shouldn’t have been for his disappearing, imaginary bone spurs — they should have been for that yellow streak down his back. At least that would have been a real condition,” Duckworth tweeted on Wednesday.
Based on the lack of media coverage and interviews with Democratic primary voters, it appears that few potential Biden supporters even know about his draft deferments. And even if they did, would it matter?
“The Vietnam War is ancient history in the Democratic Party,” veteran Democratic strategist Bob Shrum told InsideSources. “The war was unpopular then and it’s unpopular now. The idea that someone didn’t want to go or [like Sen. Bernie Sanders] was a conscientious objector, that’s not going to keep them from winning the nomination.”
And a new Politico/Morning Consult poll of registered Democrats found that more than half didn’t believe it was important for their party’s nominee to be a veteran. Only a third of Democrats said military service by their nominee was important at all.
The question is particularly problematic for Blake Bassett, an Army veteran and co-founder of Veterans for Joe Biden. Bassett told InsideSources his group is unaffiliated with the Biden campaign and that he started it after seeing a photo of Biden giving money to a homeless veteran at a Washington, D.C. movie theater.
“I really thought it showed strength of character, and I knew he was thinking about running for office, so we created the organization in the hopes that we could somehow influence that in a small way,” Bassett said. “And we have since been trying to bolster the support amongst the veteran community for Joe Biden.”
And what about the “strength of character” in 1968? What would Bassett say to someone questioning Biden’s decision not to serve?
“I would say that there are a lot of different ways to serve, right? Going to Vietnam is one of them. Teaching America’s youth is another. And running for office and implementing policies that are for the greater good, that’s another way to serve.
“Joe Biden is a very strong advocate of the military and veterans, despite having not served,” Bassett said.
Combat medic and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Amelia Keane is more direct.
“I certainly don’t agree with someone taking a deferment and to avoid service to their country, particularly when they have aims of public service at the time,” she told InsideSources. “They should do their full duty to the country, and if there is a draft, they should make every effort to serve their time just like other Americans had to do.”
Until recently Keane was head of the influential New Hampshire Young Democrats, who’ve been wooed by the young military veterans in the race like Buttigieg, Moulton and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. At the same time, military issues have thus far taken a back seat to both economic issues like Medicare For All and social issues like abortion.
And Shrum adds one more data point to ponder:
“No Vietnam veteran has ever been elected President of the United States.”
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