LIST OF TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

IN THE YEARS: 2017, 2018 and 2019

COMPILED BY: @ROBBYSTARBUCK

This week Trump signed three bills for Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for the loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one reauthorizes funding for Native language programs and the other gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana

This month Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch This month Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences

Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising the 2 years before he was elected

Trump signed bill making CBD and Hemp legal

Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan

Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s 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 “Allow States and Victims to Fight OnlineSex 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

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, that outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers. Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and 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

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 gross charges, the negotiated rates with insurers and the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept from a patient

He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down. In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6 percent per year. Fast forward to today, and prescription drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1 percent drop as of the most recent month. In June 2019, the United States saw the largest single-year drop (2.0 percent year-over-year decline) in prescription drug prices since 1967

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

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% — 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 drug for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years

All time record sales during the 2019 holidays Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance so they can get it at a better price

President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act which was written by a Republican lawmaker that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality review committees 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 Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes. Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans

The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes. 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%. Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs. 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

New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago

The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment

Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data

Pres. 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

Trump’s USDA committed more than $124 Million to help rebuild rural water infrastructure

Consumer confidence & small business confidence 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. Trump ordered his openly gay ambassador to Germany, Ric Grenell to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe

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. 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.

The Office of Management and Budget published new antitrafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking

Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking. United States law enforcement officers are collaborating with Mexican law enforcement officials to dismantle human trafficking networks operating across the U.S.-Mexico border

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. That hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases and provided 14,419 referrals to services between October 2017 and March 2019

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. The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping ensure that victims have the proper 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. 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

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.

President Trump’s issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians orpunishing 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 has ordered a halt to all U.S. taxpayer 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

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

OK’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation

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

The Department of Education is expanding an initiative that allows individuals in prison to receive Pell Grants to better prepare themselves for the workforce

The Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners

President Trump’s 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 longterm private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country

Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core

Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law

Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide

Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed

Manufacturing jobs 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

Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65 year low

Youth unemployment is at a 50 year low

We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— 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

Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses

Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare

Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history

Reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone

Signed Right-To-Try legislation which allows terminally ill patients to try any experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before

Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic

Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care

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

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

NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign

Created Space Force and got it signed into law as our 6th military branch

Has his circuit court judges being confirmed faster than any other new administration

Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed

Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

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 China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a part 1 trade deal with China (Still negotiating part 2)

Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline

Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments

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 it’s 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 serviceproviders to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone. The TRACED Act requires carriers to share tools & the ability to block spam callers with customers for free. It also changes the fine imposed on spam telemarketers from $1,500 to $10,000 PER CALL. Earlier this year Trump’s FCC fined one robocall guy $120 million

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

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

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