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Jeff Flake, väistyvä republikaanisenaattori Arizonasta aikoo pitää lähipäivinä puheen jossa vertaa Trumpia Staliniin sillä molemmat ovat sanoneet lehdistön olevan kansanvihollinen. Tarkoituksena on pitää puhe ennen kuin Trump jakaa keksimänsä Fake News-palkinnot medialle keskiviikkona.
Flake plans to use his upcoming speech to denounce Trump for calling the news media “the enemy of the American people” last year.

In excerpts provided by his office, he is poised to blast Trump’s “unrelenting daily assault on the constitutionally-protected free press” that he will call “as unprecedented as it is unwarranted.”

“It is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe his enemies,” Flake will say, according to the excerpts. “It bears noting that so fraught with malice was the phrase ‘enemy of the people,’ that even Nikita Khrushchev forbade its use, telling the Soviet Communist Party that the phrase had been introduced by Stalin for the purpose of ‘annihilating such individuals’ who disagreed with the supreme leader.”

Flake will add that Trump “has it precisely backward — despotism is the enemy of the people. The free press is the despot’s enemy, which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn’t suit him ‘fake news,’ it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press.”
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Etelä-Afrikka antaa tänään USA:lle virallisen nootin Trumpin persläpi-kommentista.
South Africa's government will formally protest to the US Embassy in Pretoria on Monday, the Department of International Relations announced in a statement released to media on Sunday.

"The Department will provide an opportunity to the Charges de Affaires to explain the statement that African countries, alongside Haiti and El Salvador, constitute 'shitholes' from where migrants into the United States are undesirable," it said.

The statement goes on to say that the government noted President Trump's denial that this exact language was used but said it "has noted further that President Trump's denial was not categorical, referring only to Haiti and not addressing the entirety of the statement attributed to him."

"South Africa aligns itself with the statements issued by the African Union and the Africa group of Ambassadors to the United Nations in New York. Africa is united in its affirmation of the dignity of the people of Africa and the African diaspora.

"Relations between South Africa and the United States, and between the rest of Africa and the United States, must be based on mutual respect and understanding," the statement concluded.
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Trump ilmoitti taas ettei ole rasisti, presidentti kertoi toimittajille olevansa vähiten rasistinen henkilö jota he ovat koskaan haastatelleet.
President Trump declared on Sunday night that he was “not a racist” and insisted that the derogatory comment attributed to him during an Oval Office meeting on immigration last week did not occur.

“I’m not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that I can tell you,” Mr. Trump said as he arrived at Trump International Golf Club for dinner with Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the majority leader.
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Donald Trump achievements: Military, national security, and anti-terrorism


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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to the military, United States national security, and anti-terrorism actions.
It was observed relatively early in his presidency that President Trump had developed a strong position on fighting terrorism, making good on his campaign promises.[1] It was reported in June 2017 that public trust in the Trump Administration in protecting the nation from terrorism increased to 70%, up from 55% in 2015.[2] Due to the policies of President Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, the U.S. had made major gains against ISIS in Iraq, Syria,[3] and Afghanistan by the first year of Trump's presidency, and it oversaw the first steps of military expansion.[4] President Trump's strategy on defeating ISIS differed from that of Obama's,[5] and gains against ISIS increased during the Trump Administration.[6] By December 2017, ISIS lost 98% of the terrirtory it once held, and most of its losses occurred during the Trump Administration.[7] On December 9, 2017, Iraq declared final victory over ISIS.[8]
President Trump had several former military generals in his administration and relied on them substantially for advice.[9] The Department of Homeland Security gained influence during Trump's presidency.[10] Secretary Mattis also put his effort into increasing and maintaining military effectiveness and fiscal responsibility.[11] National security was one of the areas that President Trump prioritized when making political appointments, as seen by the fact that by December 2017, he was ahead of the Obama Administration in filling Defense Department positions despite being behind overall.[12]
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2017
Legislation signed, 2017
  • H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017, and funded the government through September 30, 2017, expanded military spending by about $21 billion without an identical increase in domestic spending and fulfilled several of the military's requests.[13]
Executive actions, 2017
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to the U.S. military:

Secretary of Defense James Mattis

The USS Gerald R. Ford[14] in April 2017. The aircraft carrier was commissioned in July 2017.[15]
  • January 27, 2017—President Trump signed a memorandum to begin the expansion and rebuilding of the U.S. military.[16][17]
  • February 3, 2017—The Trump Administration and Lockheed Martin reached a tentative deal that would purchase 90 F-35 jets at the lowest price in the program's history.[18][19] The first 90 planes were about $725 million below budget, with billions of more dollars of savings expected, and it saved at least one U.S. ally, Japan, $100 million.[20][21]
  • June 30, 2017—The Department of Defense announced it would delay an Obama Administration plan to have the military recruit transgender people for six months in order to ensure the military's readiness would not be affected by the change.[22] On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced he would reverse Obama's policy and disallow transgender people from serving in the military.[23] President Trump formally signed an order banning transgenders from joining the military on August 25, 2017.[24]
  • The Trump Administration gave wider powers to the Department of Defense than it had under Obama.[25] In April 2017, President Trump gave Mattis authority to set troop levels in Iraq and Syria for the fight against ISIS,[26] and it gave military commanders authority to perform military actions without approval from Washington.[27] The U.S. military made large advances against ISIS under their autonomy.[28] In June 2017, the Trump Administration authorized the Defense Department to set troop levels in Afghanistan.[29] The expanded authority given to the military could also be seen in U.S. operations in Somalia.[30]
  • July 2017—Defense Secretary James Mattis took a strong stance on reducing waste in the military when he criticized a program that spent tens of millions of dollars on camouflage uniforms that turned out to be ineffective.[31]
  • President Trump elevated the Department of Defense's Cyber Command to the status of Unified Combatant Command, showing the Trump Administration's increased focus on cyber security.[32]
  • It was reported in October 2017 that the Department of Defense had stopped using resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization, for training on extremism.[33]
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to U.S. national security:
  • March 21, 2017—The DHS instituted an electronics ban on 10 foreign airports for flights into the U.S.[34] Due to this ban, many of the affected airports[35] and airlines[36] improved their screening methods enough to remove them from the list. The laptop ban was lifted from all ten airports by July 20, 2017, when all the airports met the DHS's first phase of new security measures.[37]
  • May 11, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order to review U.S. cyber security and hold the various federal departments accountable for ensuring the protection of valuable information.[38]
  • May 11, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order creating a commission, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence and vice-chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, to review the extent of voter fraud and suppression in the United States.[39] On January 3, 2018, President Trump dissolved the commission due to its work being slowed down by many Democrat lawsuits, and he ordered the DHS to conduct the investigation into voter fraud instead.[40]
  • June 28, 2017—The DHS announced new measures to increase security in international airports an to protect flights to the U.S. from terrorist attacks.[41]
  • July 11, 2017—The Trump Administration limited the governmental use of Kaspersky Lab software due to suspicions that the Russian government was using it for cyber espionage.[42] The Trump Administration ordered the full removal of the software from government computers in September 2017.[43] On December 12, 2017, President Trump signed into law a ban on Kaspersky Lab software in the U.S. government.[44]
  • September 13, 2017—The Trump Administration blocked the purchase of a U.S. superconductor maker firm to a Chinese company supported by the nation's government.[45] This was the fourth time in 27 years that a U.S. president had blocked a foreign takeover of an American company.[46]
  • October 13, 2017—The Department of Defense instituted increased security vetting measures for the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program letting noncitizens serve in the U.S. military in exchange for expedited citizenship.[47]
  • October 16, 2017—The DHS ordered all federal agencies to adopt measures to increase their cybersecurity for their email and websites.[48]
  • October 26, 2017—The Trump Administration instituted tougher security screenings for people flying to the U.S.[49]
  • December 18, 2017—President Trump released his national security strategy,[50] something which he – unlike his predecessors – was able to complete within his first year in office.[51] While the strategy continued to promote several of the globalist ideas of Trump's predecessors – something which pleased "Never Trump" globalists[52] – the NSS also promoted several conservative policies. The Trump Administration applied its "America First" philosophy in the strategy, and it emphasized economic prosperity and border security.[53] It also emphasized trade.[54] The Trump Administration also took a strong stance on immigration, border security, and national sovereignty in the strategy, and these issues were placed prominently in the document.[55][56] In the strategy, the Trump Administration rejected the Obama Administration's emphasis on promoting democracy and human rights, and it reversed the Obama Administration's decision to list climate change as a national security threat,[51][53][56][57] even suggesting that the climate change lobby is a national security threat.[58] Unlike the Obama Administration's NSS, the Trump Administration emphasized Islamic terrorism, called it out by name, and noted their desire to force others to follow Sharia law,[56][59] and it argued against the notion that Israel is to blame for problems in the Middle East.[60] The Trump NSS also took a tough stance on China.[61] President Trump criticized previous American leaders in his speech announcing his strategy, stating that "They lost sight of America's destiny, and they lost their belief in American greatness. They surrendered our sovereignty to foreign bureaucrats in far away and distant capitals."[62]
  • December 20, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to increase the production of important minerals that the U.S. is dependent on Chinese and Russian imports for, in order to reduce U.S. dependence on the countries.[63]

  • April 13, 2017—Under the increased autonomy President Trump gave the Defense Department,[64] the U.S. dropped a GBU-43B (also known as MOAB or the "Mother Of All bombs"), the largest non-nuclear bomb in existence at 21,000 pounds on a complex of Islamic State tunnels in Afghanistan. Although tested in 2003, the bomb had never been used in combat before.[65] It caused much damage,[66][67] being estimated to have killed at least 94 ISIS fighters, including four commanders – no civilians were killed.[68] It also destroyed several of the tunnels as well as weapon stockpiles.[69][70] The attack was reported as having dealt a heavy blow to ISIS's Afghanistan branch.[71]
  • Unlike former President Obama, the State Department under President Trump described the Afghanistan Taliban as a terrorist organization without hesitation.[72]
  • May 26, 2017—President Trump made clear his stance against terrorism in a statement wishing Muslims a joyful Ramadan.[73] President Trump did not hold a Ramadan dinner, breaking the annual tradition held since Bill Clinton's presidency, and instead issued a statement greeting Muslims for Eid al-Fitr on June 24, 2017.[74][75]
  • June 25, 2017—It was reported that the DHS defunded several Islamic organizations supported by the Obama Administration and that were set to be funded under it.[75]
  • In July 2017, DHS Secretary Kelly was able to get the head of the DHS Office for Community Partnerships to resign, symbolizing the shift in strategy from the Obama Administration in countering Islamic radicalism.[76]
  • The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against Islamic terrorists in Somalia beginning in early November 2017.[77] One of these airstrikes, conducted against al-Shabab on November 21, 2017, killed over 100 militants alone.[78] Another airstrike, also carried out against al-Shabab on December 12, 2017, removed what the U.S. military called "an imminent threat to the people of Mogadishu."[79]
Failures, 2017
  • Although President Trump did not proclaim the month of June, in 2017, as "LGBT Pride month,"[80] the Pentagon continued its annual "LGBT pride celebration."[81] Despite this, the Department of Defense delayed an Obama Administration plan to open up the military to transgender recruits.[22]
2018
Other achievements, 2018
  • Even when President Trump disbanded the voter fraud commission he created the previous year because of its ineffectiveness due to numerous left-wing lawsuits, he voiced his strong support for voter ID legislation.[82]
 
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Donald Trump achievements: Religious liberty, gender issues, and other social policies


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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to religious liberty, gender issues, and other social issues.
For achievements related to abortion, see Donald Trump achievements: Abortion. For social policy achievements related to the military, see Donald Trump achievements: Military, national security, and anti-terrorism.
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2017
The Trump Administration advanced and enacted social numerous conservative policies in 2017.[1][2][3] Due to his achievements in advancing conservative social policies, President Trump was described as "taking back America's culture" by the conservative media.[4] United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, who resigned in late September 2017, used his tenure as secretary to advance numerous conservative policies.[5] President Trump played a large role in the Culture War.[6]
Legislation, 2017
  • December 22, 2017—As part of a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill President Trump signed, the ObamaCare individual mandate was also repealed.[7]
Executive actions, 2017
The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to healthcare and welfare:
  • January 20, 2017—On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order that would lessen Obamacare's burden while Republicans work to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.[8][9]
  • August 30, 2017—The Department of Health and Human Services rescinded an Obama-era directive that had allowed states to request a waiver to ignore work requirements for the poor in order to receive welfare.[10]
  • October 12, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order to increase market competition and make the healthcare market freer, such as by expanding access to plans that reach across state lines and which do not have to comply with ObamaCare rules.[11]
  • October 12, 2017—The Trump Administration announced it would stop paying Obamacare subsidies, which a federal court ruled during the Obama Administration to be unconstitutional.[12]
The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to religious liberty:
  • May 4, 2017—On the annual National Day of Prayer,[13] President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty. Among its provisions, it loosened IRS restrictions against political activities by tax-exempt religious organizations, effectively weakening the Johnson Amendment; and it attempted to make it easier for employers not to provide contraceptives if they had religious objections.[14] The order gave conservative Attorney General Jeff Sessions greater authority regarding religious liberty policy.[15] Although well received by some Christians and conservatives,[16] others criticized it for being ineffective and easy to repeal.[17]
  • October 6, 2017—The Department of Health and Human Services rolled back the ObamaCare contraceptive mandate which required employers to provide birth control and sterilization procedures to employees even if the employers disagreed with the services for religious and moral reasons.[18][19]
  • October 6, 2017—The Department of Justice issued several memos directing how federal agencies should interpret religious freedom, directing the DOJ to vet proposed regulations for any potential impact on religious freedom, and ordering the IRS not to enforce the Johnson Amendment.[19][20]
  • November 6, 2017—The Department of Agriculture issued a guidance protecting religious liberty and ensuring that Christians who opposed homosexual "marriage" would not be discriminated against for their beliefs.[21]
The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to homosexual, transgender, and other sex-related matters:
  • February 22, 2017—President Trump rescinded former President Obama's pro-transgender guidelines for schools receiving federal aid that are subject to Title IX.[22] A day earlier, the Trump Administration announced it would discontinue Obama's pro-transgender policies.[23]
  • April 14, 2017—The Justice Department dropped its discrimination lawsuit against North Carolina for its "bathroom bill" (filed under the Obama Administration) after North Carolina passed a compromise bill. Homosexual activists still opposed the new bill.[24]
  • In May 2017, the Trump Administration began to undo Section 1557 of ObamaCare, which would have helped liberals gain transexual "rights" through the courts.[25]
  • President Trump did not proclaim June 2017 as LGBT Pride Month, unlike former presidents Clinton and Obama.[26]
  • October 4, 2017—The Department of Justice issued a memo reversing an Obama-era policy that had the DOJ interpret the scope of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to extend to "gender identity."[27]
Appointments, 2017
  • April 14, 2017—President Trump appointed Roger Severino, a strong defender of religious liberty, to the HHS Office for Civil Rights.[28][29]
  • June 6, 2017—The Trump Administration appointed Valerie Huber, an abstinence education advocate, to the position of chief of staff to the assistant secretary for health at the HHS.[30]
Other achievements, 2017
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
Failures, 2017
  • January 31, 2017—President Donald Trump announced he would keep a 2014 executive order signed by former President Obama that gave protected status to homosexual employees of the government and federal contractors.[33][34] Additionally, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner reportedly derailed a proposed executive order protecting religious liberty at the same time.[35] However, supporters of homosexual privileges claimed that a March 27, 2017 order, which repealed much of Obama's 2014 executive order, went against Trump's statement to keep the 2014 Obama order (which, if true, would annul this supposed failure).[36]
  • It was reported in June 2017 that the Trump Administration officials continued Obama's advancement of transgender ideology into public schools.[37]
  • Despite the Trump Administration's actions in advancing social conservative policies,[1] some conservatives, citing numerous examples in Trump's presidency, argued that President Trump had not taken as strong a stance in favor of religious liberty and social conservatism as expected.[38]
  • August 2017—Not only did Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announce he would keep two programs in the department intended to increase racial diversity,[39] but he announced that the department would take further action for racial diversity, such as considering at least one minority for every ambassadorship position.[40] In addition, the State Department under Tillerson recognized the "Transgender Day of Remembrance."[41]
2018
Executive actions, 2018
  • January 11, 2018—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a guidance that made it easier for states to enact programs requiring Medicaid recipients to work in order to continue receiving those benefits.[42]
 
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Donald Trump achievements: Veterans


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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to veterans issues.
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2017
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin stated on June 7, 2017, that improving the Department of Veterans Affairs was a "top priority" for the Trump Administration.[1][2] Shulkin, a holdover from the Obama Administration, admitted that the Trump Administration was "quicker" and "more decisive" than the previous one,[3] and he moved to modernize the department during his tenure.[4] The Trump Administration worked aggressively and effectively to improve the VA, and Shulkin received bipartian support.[5]
Legislation signed, 2017
  • April 19, 2017—President Trump signed an extension of the Veterans Choice Act of 2014, which allowed veterans to seek medical care outside the VA system due to serious VA problems.[6][7]
  • June 2, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law giving preference in federal grants to "federal and state law enforcement agencies that hire and train veterans".[8]
  • June 23, 2017—President Trump signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law (Trump described the law as "one of the largest reforms to the VA in its history"[9]), which expanded protections for VA whistleblowers, gave the VA the authority to end bonuses to convicted employees, made quicker and easier the process for firing, suspending, and demoting employees.[10]
  • August 12, 2017—President Trump signed a bill which, in addition to extending the department's Choice Program for an additional six months, authorized $1.8 billion so the VA could lease and open 28 medical facilities and so it could implement a new hiring program.[11]
  • August 16, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law expanding GI benefits for veterans, including removing a 15-year time limit on using GI benefits and giving veterans additional payments for science, engineering, and technology courses at universities, among other provisions.[12]
  • August 23, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law streamlining and making more convenient the process for veterans to appeal disability benefit claims.[13]
Executive actions, 2017
  • April 27, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order creating an office in the Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate obstacles preventing the VA from firing incompetent employees, and to protect those who reveal cases of incompetence in the department.[14]
  • June 5, 2017—The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it would adopt the same medical records system as the Defense Department in order to bring better care for veterans.[15][16]
  • July 7, 2017—The Department of Veterans Affairs made public its disciplinary actions against its employees,[17] and it reported that day having fired over 500 employees since January 2017 and suspending nearly 200.[18]
  • August 3, 2017—The Trump Administration added several new services to the VA's telehealth program, making it easier for veterans to obtain health care services such as through letting them conduct medical examinations remotely and giving them the ability to schedule appointments electronically.[19]
Other achievements, 2017
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
  • According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate of U.S. military veterans in October 2017 had fallen to a record low of 2.7%, mirroring the decreasing unemployment rate under President Trump.[20]
2018
Executive actions, 2018
  • January 9, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to expand mental health services for veterans in order to reduce the number of veteran suicides.[21]
 
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Donald Trump achievements: Criminal justice, law enforcement, and other DOJ matters


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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to criminal justice, law enforcement, and other matters pertaining to the Justice Department.
For DOJ or law enforcement actions related to illegal immigration, see Donald Trump achievements: Immigration, illegal immigration, and border security.
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2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a strong conservative who strongly believed in President Trump's agenda,[1] completely reformed the Justice Department, reorienting it in a strongly conservative direction and with conservative policies, in stark contrast with the Obama Administration.[2]
Law enforcement was one of the areas that President Trump prioritized when making political appointments, as seen by the fact that by December 2017, he was ahead of the Obama Administration in filling DOJ positions despite being behind overall.[3]
Legislation signed, 2017
  • June 2, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law to reduce the backlog of families of fallen police officers waiting to receive benefits due to their status.[4]
Executive actions, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Attorney General Sessions had made numerous policy changes promoting conservative governance in the DOJ by the six-month mark in Trump's presidency.[5] Despite the fears of liberals, the DOJ strongly enforced hate crime laws,[6] and unlike the Obama Administration, the Trump DOJ began enforcing antitrust law to ensure a free market rather than adding regulations and power to the administrative state.[7]
  • February 2017—Attorney General Sessions rescinded an Obama Administration memo that directed the Bureau of Prisons to begin phasing out private prisons.[8]
  • February 9, 2017—President Trump signed three executive orders pertaining to law enforcement. The first cracked down and strengthens the law against international crime organizations, the second deals with anti-law enforcement crimes, and third with finding a strategy for reducing crime in general, "including, in particular, illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime."[9] Attorney General Sessions proceeded to implement the orders.[10]
  • March 10, 2017—Attorney General Sessions asked the 46 remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by Obama, arguably the most left-wing president in U.S. history, to resign.[11][12] One of those U.S. attorneys was the failed Zachary Fardon, who was lax in his prosecution of gun crimes (Sessions directed the Justice Department to increase prosecutions on gun-law violations and to reinforce harsh sentences for such).[13] When one of those attorneys, Preet Bharara, refused to resign (likely for political gain), he was fired.[14] Later, in May 2017, more Obama holdovers left the Justice Department.[15]
  • April 3, 2017—Attorney General Sessions ordered the Department of Justice to review Obama's agreements with local police departments. Sessions made this order to give back local control to police departments.[16]
  • April 13, 2017—The Justice Department prosecuted two doctors and one other for practicing female genital mutilation – the first such prosecutions under a federal law passed by Congress in 1996 prohibiting the practice.[17]
  • May 9, 2017—Although he previously stated he was not planning on asking him to resign,[18] President Trump, at the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, fired Obama-appointed FBI director James Comey for being unfit to serve in the position.[19] Democrats and liberals were dismayed at the decision,[20] but it showed that Trump was serious about shaking up D.C. and "draining the swamp."[21]
  • May 11, 2017—Attorney General Sessions ended Obama and Eric Holder's policy of pursuing light sentences for criminals when he ordered federal prosecutors to pursue "the most serious and readily provable offense" committed by those under prosecution.[22]
  • June 7, 2017—Attorney General Sessions ended a policy begun by Eric Holder where the Justice Department would reach settlements with companies that required them to pay third-party groups, many of which were left-wing organizations.[23] It was reported in August 2017 that the DOJ was investigating Holder's policy.[24]
  • June 20, 2017—Attorney General Sessions launched the National Public Safety Partnership as part of a wider DOJ effort at countering violent crime.[25]
  • June 30, 2017—The Trump Administration sent 20 ATF agents to Chicago to help the city fight gun violence.[26] The local US Attorney said the same day that his office had already prosecuted more Chicago gun cases in 2017 than it had done throughout the entire year 2016.[27]
  • July 13, 2017—The DOJ announced it had charged 412 people for health care fraud schemes that had defrauded taxpayers of $1.3 billion, something Attorney General Sessions described as "the largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history."[28]
  • July 19, 2017—Attorney General Sessions reversed Eric Holder's limitation of asset forfeiture, expanding the ability for state and local law enforcement departments to seize property using federal law, rather than just state or local law. Several safeguards were implemented along with this policy.[29]
  • July 2017—It was reported that federal gun crime prosecutions by the DOJ in the preceding three months increased 23% over the same period in 2016, showing the Justice Department was taking a tough stance on gun crimes.[30]
  • August 2, 2017—The DOJ launched opioid fraud and abuse unit to fight opioid prescription abuses and the opioid crisis.[31]
  • August 4, 2017—Attorney General Sessions and the DOJ cracked down on illegal leaks of classified information from within the government, taking actions such as actively pursuing three times more investigations in the first six months of the Trump Administration than had been open at the end of the Obama Administration and by creating a counterintelligence unit in the FBI for these investigations.[32] Despite this, by the end of 2017, few leakers had been caught.[33]
  • August 28, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order reversing Obama-era limitations on police departments' ability to buy surplus military equipment and re-establishing a program ended by the Obama Administration to help the police departments acquire the equipment.[34]
  • September 15, 2017—The DOJ changed a program run by its Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, turning it from one from reforming police departments and dealing with use of force in the departments to one that would help departments fight violent crime.[35]
  • September 2017—The DOJ announced it had charged 3,800 suspected gang members from the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, something which showed the DOJ's effort in combating criminal activity and gangs like MS-13 and 18th Street.[36]
  • October 5, 2017—The DOJ announced several initiatives for reducing violent crime, including recommitting to Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program intended to combat violent crime, and fast-tracking the process of tracing guns used in shootings back to the people who originally purchased them.[37]
  • October 23, 2017—Attorney General Sessions designated MS-13 as a priority for the DOJ's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces program, allowing the program to use a wide variety of laws to prosecute MS-13 members.[38]
  • November 17, 2017—Attorney General Sessions ended the Obama-era practice of issuing "guidance memos", which are used to enact new regulations and even to effectively change existing federal laws.[39]
Appointments, 2017
  • President Trump appointed Noel Francisco, a strong conservative, as the U.S. Solicitor General, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 19, 2017.[40]
Other achievements, 2017
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
  • President Trump expressed strong support for the police and strong opposition to violence directed at police.[41] Some law enforcement leaders described Trump as the biggest supporter of police in 2017 and argued that his support played a role in the reduction in anti-police violence that year.[42]
  • At a campaign-style rally held in Arizona on August 22, 2017, President Trump criticized the Antifa for its violence.[43]
2018
Executive actions, 2018
  • January 4, 2018—Attorney General Sessions issued a memo reversing a 2013 Obama-era policy that required U.S. Attorneys not to enforce the federal ban on Marijuana in states where it was legal.[44]
 
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Donald Trump achievements: Abortion


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This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to abortion and advancing pro-life policies.
President Trump kept his pro-life promises during his first year of his presidency and made several considerable achievements during that time.[1][2] Due to his achievements in advancing pro-life policies, along with other conservative social policies, President Trump was described as "taking back America's culture" by the conservative media.[3]
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Legislation signed
  • April 13, 2017—President Trump signed a Congressional Review bill into law annulling a recent Obama Administration regulation that would have prohibited states from discriminating in awarding Title X family planning funds based on whether the local clinic also performs abortions (some states adopted rules which distribute federal family planning funds on the condition that the organizations do not perform abortions).[4] The Act was "the first major national pro-life bill in more than a decade."[5]
Executive actions
  • January 23, 2017—President Trump signed an order reinstating the Mexico City Policy, which defunded International Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote foreign abortions.[6][7] However, unlike previous administrations, the Trump Administration expanded the policy to include all global health assistance funding.[1]
  • April 4, 2017—The Trump Administration halted U.S. funding of the United Nations Population Fund, which has links to inhumane abortion programs such as China's one-child policy. Instead, the $32.5 million was shifted to the U.S. Agency for International Development.[8]
  • President Trump appointed several pro-life advocates to Department of Health and Human Services positions. On April 28, 2017, in an apparent victory for the pro-life movement,[9] President Trump appointed Dr. Charmaine Yoest, a strong pro-life advocate and the former president of Americans United for Life, to the position of assistant secretary of public affairs for the Department of Health and Human Services, replacing a strong Planned Parenthood supporter.[10] The position did not require Senate confirmation.[11] In late May, Trump appointed Shannon Royce, who formerly served in the Family Research Council and the Southern Baptists' Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, to the HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.[12] Around May 1, 2017, President Trump appointed Teresa Manning, a pro-life advocate who worked for the Family Research Council and the National Right to Life, to be the HHS deputy assistant secretary for population affairs.[13]
  • May 15, 2017—The Trump Administration massively broadened the scope of the Mexico City Policy to restrict funding to any international health organization that performs or gives information about abortions, expanding the amount of money affected from $600,000 to nearly $9 billion.[14]
Other achievements
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
  • January 27, 2017—Vice President Mike Pence became the first vice president in United States history to speak at the annual March for Life march in Washington D.C.[15][16] Additionally, Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway also spoke at the event, and Trump himself strongly expressed his support for the march.[17][18]
 
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Donald Trump achievements: Gun rights


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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to advancing gun rights and protecting the Second Amendment.
By the end of 2017, President Trump served as a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights.[1]
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Legislation signed
  • February 28, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law (Public Law 115–8)[2] repealing a Social Security Administration rule adding mental disability determinations to the background check registry, subject to a person applying to be removed from the list.[3][4][5] Congress had passed a law requiring federal agencies to search their records for people who were "mentally defective", and the Social Security Administration had published their method of gathering names on December 16, 2016. The regulation would have added the names of disability beneficiaries who have a mental illness or are not competent to manage their own finances, potentially leading to the removal of Second Amendment rights to many perfectly competent, mentally healthy citizens.[4][6] By signing the resolution of disapproval, as with other CRA acts, the Social Security Administration cannot come up with different criteria for supplying names to the background check registry for 10 years.
Executive actions
  • Starting early in his presidency, the Trump Administration undid Obama-era executive branch gun regulations.[7]
  • August 16, 2017—The Justice Department terminated Operation Choke Point, a program started during the Obama Administration that existed to encourage banks not to do business with "high risk" businesses and that was criticized by conservatives as unfairly targeting gun dealers and other businesses not looked favorably upon by liberals.[8]
Other achievements
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
  • As a sign of confidence in the Trump Administration by Second Amendment supporters, several media outlets reported in 2017 that gun sales fell deeply compared to 2016 after trump assumed office.[9] Others, however, noted that background checks for gun purchases increased to record levels in 2017.[10] The number of Americans with concealed carry permits continued to increase.[11] Ultimately, while the number of gun sales in 2017 was significantly lower than in 2016, it still became the second-best year on record for gun sales in the U.S.[12]
  • April 28, 2017—President Trump became the first president since Ronald Reagan in 1983 to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.[13]
  • Unlike left-wing politicians, President Trump did not call for gun control immediately after major shootings such as one at a Texas church in November 2017, noting that stronger gun laws would not stop such shootings,[14] noting that the gunman had mental health problems and that it was not "a guns situation,"[15] and he noted that the shooter was stopped by another person with a gun.[16]
 
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Donald Trump achievements: Immigration, illegal immigration, and border security


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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to immigration, illegal immigration, and border security.
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2017
Legislation signed, 2017
  • H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017, and funded the government through September 30, 2017, did not include funding for several of President Trump's priorities, such as defunding sanctuary cities and building new sections of the border wall. However, it did include an additional $1.5 billion in border security funding, including money to repair 40 miles of existing border barrier sections and to increase funding for ICE and CBP, among other conservative achievements.[1]
Executive actions, 2017
There was a large change in the Trump Administration, particularly in the Department of Justice,[2][3] regarding immigration policy, compared to the Obama Administration.[4] The United States Department of Homeland Security under John F. Kelly, who served during the first six months of Trump's presidency, made numerous accomplishments in advancing President Trump's conservative immigration policies.[5][6][7] It was reported early in Trump's presidency that immigration hardliners had become influential in the Trump Administration.[8] Illegal immigration enforcement statistics showed the Trump Administration's commitment to keeping its campaign promises,[9][10] and the administration took steps to reduce immigration levels and crack down on illegal immigration.[11] The Trump Administration also took steps to begin the process of building a wall on the border with Mexico, although Congress did not pass any funding so the administration could build any new sections of wall in 2017.[12]
According to a September 2017 reported by the DHS's Office of Immigration Statistics, illegally entering the U.S. from Mexico was harder than it had ever been in decades, at least, and smuggling costs doubled from the late 2000s.[13] The Trump Administration drastically changed the Obama Administration's refugee policies, reducing refugee admission levels and ending the previous administration's focus on Muslim refugees.[14] The Trump Administration made several actions to help stop illegal child border crossers.[15] The administration's national security strategy took a strong stance on immigration, border security, and national sovereignty, calling for the construction of a border wall and tougher vetting, among other policies.[16]
As a sign of President Trump immigration successes, the mainstream media and the establishment opposed Trump's immigration policies,[17] and the media, particularly outlets connected to left-wing donor George Soros, showed panic in its reporting due to the Trump Administration's enforcement of immigration law.[18] President Trump was winning the battle over immigration policy, as seen by the media's treatment of the topic.[19]
The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to legal immigration and visas:

Trump signing his Jan. 27, 2017 order regarding refugees and travel from high-risk countries.

Countries affected by Trump's Jan. 27, 2017 travel ban.
  • January 27, 2017—Trump signed an executive order indefinitely banning the admission of Syrian refugees, suspending the overall refugee program for 120 days, suspending entry and the issuing of visas from seven failed Middle Eastern countries[20] for at least 90 days, and reducing the number of refugees allowed into the nation during the fiscal year from 110,000 to 50,000.[21][22][23] Additionally, Trump made clear that he would help Christian refugees, a reversal from the Obama Administration.[24] Despite criticism from leftists and non-conservatives, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the "mainstream" Reuters,[25] and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen.[26] Additionally, while the leftist establishment European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority – 55% average – of Europeans supported the ban, according to a poll in 10 European Union nations.[27][28]
  • March 6, 2017—President Trump signed a second executive order regarding the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding Iraq from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process.[29][30] (after being blocked in federal courts,[31] the Supreme Court on June 26, 2017, partially reinstated the ban and allowed key portions of it to continue pending a hearing on the ban's constitutionality in October[32])
  • In late March/early April 2017, the Trump Administration cracked down on H-1B visas in a series of actions, making it much more difficult for entry-level programmers to enter the U.S., combating corruption in the program, and making sure that Americans were not discriminated against.[33] On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order restricting the H-1B visa to give the hiring preference to American workers and enacting stronger enforcement of laws requiring the use of American-made materials in federal projects.[34] Experts on the H-1B visa supported his order.[35]
  • July 10, 2017—The Trump Administration delayed for eight months, reasoning that immigration officials already had much important work to do, an Obama Administration rule that would have made it easier for foreign nationals to enter the country to start a business.[36]
  • July 2017—The Trump Administration changed the focus of Citizenship and Immigration Services from "integration," as it was under the Obama Administration, to "assimilation." This could be seen in the renaming of a grant program started under the Obama Administration from the "Citizenship and Integration Grant Program" to the "Citizenship and Assimilation Grant Program."[37]
  • August 2017—The DHS ended the Central American Minors (CAM) Parole Program, which gave certain minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras the ability to enter the U.S. even if they were previously unable to enter under refugee status.[38] This move took effect on November 9, 2017.[39]
  • It was reported in August 2017 that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was denying requests from employers to import cheap foreign labor into the U.S. for high-skilled jobs if the employers could not explain why it wanted to pay a lower wage for "high-skill" job.[40] It was reported in September 2017 that USCIS issued 85,000 challenges to H-1B visa applications through August 31, a 45% increase from the previous year and more than any year during the Obama Administration.[41]
  • September 24, 2017—The Trump Administration established a new travel ban that affected 8 countries – Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and certain individuals from Venezuela. According to the U.S. government, these countries fell under the travel ban due to not sharing information about terrorism and the people applying to the U.S.[42] In December 2017, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump Administration to fully enforce the travel ban despite left-wing opposition,[43] and the State Department began fully implementing it a few days later.[44]
  • September 29, 2017—President Trump signed an order to allow up to only 45,000 refugees into the country in 2018, the lowest cap since the Refugee Act was passed in 1980 and a 59% decrease compared to the cap that President Obama had proposed for 2017.[45]
  • October 23, 2017—The USCIS issued a memo making H-1B visa renewals tougher, with the USCIS vetting foreign workers with the visa as if they were first-time applicants rather than the previous policy which was more lenient.[46]
  • October 24, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order reinstating refugee admissions into the U.S. but with tough vetting rules and with even tougher vetting for refugees from 11 countries.[47]
  • December 2, 2017—The Trump Administration pulled out of the Global Compact on Migration, a United Nations agreement on migration, due to it infringing on U.S. sovereignty and its immigration policies.[48] U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley stated that "our decisions on immigration policies must always be made by Americans and Americans alone," and that "the global approach in the New York Declaration is simply not compatible with U.S. sovereignty."[48]
  • December 15, 2017—The Trump Administration added new requirements for countries participating in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program in order to help vet travelers entering the U.S. and to prevent visa overstays in the U.S.[49]
  • According to USCIS data, the number of family visas for immigrants that the agency approved in 2017 declined dramatically, with extended family visa approvals, specifically, falling by 70% compared to the previous year.[50]
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The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to vetting:
  • Late May 2017—The State Department introduced new and much stricter rules for vetting all people seeking a visa to enter the U.S., with the introduction of social media vetting being among the changes.[51] The Trump Administration moved to make these measures permanent on August 3, 2017.[52]
  • June 21, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order, rescinding a guideline signed by former President Obama to speed up vetting times for people seeking visas, in order to improve vetting standards.[53]
  • August 2017—The Trump Administration continued strengthening the vetting of immigrants, such as requiring some to prove their ability to return to their home countries if necessary, in order to crack down on visa overstays,[54] and requiring some of those seeking green cards to conduct an in-person interview.[55]
The Trump Administration took numerous actions related to illegal immigration enforcement:

President Trump visiting CBP officers in Yuma, Arizona, on August 22, 2017.
  • January 25, 2017—Trump signed two executive orders. The first one included ordering the "immediate construction of a physical wall on the southern border," the hiring of 5,000 additional border control agents, and ending "catch-and-release" policies for illegal immigrants. The second order called for hiring an additional 10,000 federal immigration officers, re-establishing the Secure Communities Program and other local partnerships, making the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants a priority, directing the State Department to use leverage to ensure countries-of-origin take back illegal immigrants, and stripping federal grant money from sanctuary cities and states.[56]
  • On March 31, 2017, after talking tough against "sanctuary cities" and illegal immigration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a plan to speed up the deportation of imprisoned illegals.[57] On April 11, 2017, Sessions issued a memorandum to U.S. attorneys, instructing them to enforce much stricter guidelines against immigration crimes,[58] and he announced the Justice Department would hire 125 immigration judges in the next two years.[59] As a result of Session's decision, the DOJ resumed the criminal prosecution of first-time illegal border crossers, something which the Obama Administration stopped.[60] In the Tucson border sector, 565 first-time illegal immigrants were prosecuted for entering in June 2017 alone.[61]
  • April 26, 2017—The Department of Homeland Security established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), created to help support victims of illegal immigrant crime, and it established the DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help those victims track the custody status of those criminal illegal immigrants.[62]
  • It was reported that the Trump Administration, due to the president's previous executive orders, had ended Obama's "home free magnet" policy, where illegal immigrants who did not commit a serious crime (other than crossing the border illegally) did not need to fear deportation because ICE needed to gain permission from the Field Office Director before deporting them; and the Trump Administration expanded the use of expedited removal proceedings, which is the deportation of illegals without a hearing unless they request one.[63] Also, the DHS stopped asking for prosecutorial discretion and deferring deportations for illegals.[64] Thus, illegal immigrants "without violent criminal histories" could be arrested and deported.[65]
  • May 5, 2017—ICE established a policy that would give illegal immigrants stays of removal only if the chairs the House and Senate Judiciary Committees or the relevant subcommittees requested them, as opposed to the earlier policy of issuing stays of removal whenever a private bill to legalize illegals was introduced in Congress.[66][67][68] This would allow ICE to deport illegals without having members of Congress obstruct deportations.[67]
  • Early in Trump's presidency, it was clear the U.S. government was cracking down on criminal illegal immigrants and gangs.[69] For example, between March 26 and May 6, 2017, ICE conducted a crackdown on gangs, including MS-13 and other illegal immigrant gangs, that arrested nearly 1,400 people – the largest such operation conducted up to that point.[70] In an operation in late September 2017, ICE arrested nearly 500 illegals in "sanctuary" cities.[71] In an operation in October and November 2017, ICE arrested 214 MS-13 members in the U.S. and 53 in El Salvador.[72] The Trump Administration also cooperated with Central American countries in order to combat MS-13 recruitment in the region.[73] In 2017, ICE arrests of criminal illegals increased 92%, while arrests of MS-13 members increased by 83%.[74]
  • May 2017—In order to avoid misreporting and distortions by the media, ICE established a Spanish media presence.[75][76]
  • By May 2017, the Trump Administration was able to reduce the number of countries "that habitually refuse to take back immigrants whom the U.S. is trying to deport" from 20 to 12.[77] In September 2017, the Trump Administration enacted visa sanctions on four countries that continued to refuse to accept deportees.[78] One of those countries, Cambodia, allowed ICE to deport illegal Cambodian immigrants by December 2017.[79]
  • President Trump worked to eliminate Obama's legacy of giving privileges to illegal immigrants in detention centers.[80] At the same time, the Trump Administration expanded immigration enforcement efforts, such as through building additional detention centers.[81] (The inspector general reported on June 7, 2017, but based on July 2016 inspections, that the facilities used by the DHS to detain illegal families were overall in good shape and met federal standards[82])
  • It was reported in June 2017 that the Trump Administration began repatriating illegal immigrants given "administrative closure" by the Obama Administration, a form of "quasi-amnesty."[83] Due to this change in policy, as it was reported a month later in July 2017, the number of deportation cases in Los Angeles alone rose 60%.[84] The Trump Administration re-opened numerous deportation cases.[85]
  • June 2017—The Department of Homeland Security ended a program where 21 officials cooperated with anti-deportation and pro-amnesty organizations, and reassigned those officials to the new VOICE office which helps victims of illegal immigrant crimes.[86]
  • June 15, 2017—The DHS canceled the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program created by the Obama Administration in November 2014 that would have given amnesty to about 4 million illegal immigrants but was blocked by federal courts before its full implementation.[87]
  • June 23, 2017—The DOJ threw its support behind Texas's sanctuary city ban that was challenged in court.[88]
  • June 30, 2017—It was reported that the Trump Administration, under a memo signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly, began cracking down on illegal immigrant parents who paid to have their children smuggled into the United States.[89]
  • Despite encountering opposition in "sanctuary" cities, ICE agents continued enforcing U.S. immigration law in those cities.[90]
  • The number of 287(g) agreements between ICE and various counties in the U.S., which increase cooperation between the counties and ICE, nearly doubled by late-July 2017 compared to the previous year, and the program increased at a much faster rate than it did during the Obama Administration.[91] In one instance in late-July 2017, ICE announced it had signed 18 such agreements with the same number of counties in Texas.[91] Between January and November 2017, 29 local police departments overall joined the program.[92]
  • It was reported in July 2017 that, in a break with the Obama Administration, that the Justice Department was again using the more accurate legal term "illegal alien" to describe such people, rather than the politically correct terms used by the previous administration.[93]
  • September 7, 2017—The DOJ announced that cities that did not have "sanctuary" status would have priority in receiving money for the COPS grant program.[94]
  • October 4, 2017—The DOJ announced that due to sending additional immigration judges to southern border districts, 2,700 additional cases had been completed compared to if the judges were not deployed, according to data by the Executive Office of Immigration Review.[95]
  • December 6, 2017—Attorney General Sessions issued a memo to the Executive Office for Immigration Review calling on it to use any legal means necessary to quickly and efficiently review immigration cases.[96]
  • December 20, 2017—Attorney General Sessions issued a memo giving immigration judges new guidelines to make the trial process for unaccompanied illegal children fairer and less favorable to them.[97]
  • The Trump Administration oversaw a large increase in illegal immigrant arrests and deportations compared to the Obama Administration, showing its commitment to keeping its campaign promises:[9]
    • Despite the large drop in illegal immigrant apprehensions, and likely because of it,[98] the amount of illegal guns and drugs seized by Customs and Border Protection saw large increases in the beginning of Trump's presidency.[98][99] In addition, the number of immigration arrests increased, with a 38% increase in Trump's first 100 days.[100][101] The DHS had arrested 66,000 illegal immigrants by late June 2017,[102] and it was reported in early July that arrests had doubled from the Obama Administration.[103] In one widely reported incident on June 15, U.S. Border Patrol agents had to obtain a warrant[104] and raided an Arizona desert camp to arrest four illegal immigrants,[105] and in another instance in July 2017, ICE arrested 650 illegals in four days who had already been required to leave the country.[106]
    • It was reported in early August 2017 that due to reforms and additional hirings of immigration judges, the number of deportation orders increased by nearly 28% compared to the same period of time in 2016, and when including "voluntary departure" orders, the number rose over 30%.[107] The deportation of Europeans increased compared to previous years, indicating the Trump Administration's deportation policy was evenhanded.[108]
    • It was reported in August 2017 that of the 42,000 illegal immigrants in federal prisons, nearly all of them either had deportation orders or were being investigated for possible deportation.[109]
    • It was reported in August 2017 that so far in 2017 the Trump Administration had deported 30% more illegal immigrants enrolled in the DACA program due to crimes and gang violence.[110]
    • It was reported in November 2017 that the Trump Administration was making more of an effort than the Obama Administration to reach quick deportation decisions in immigration courts.[111]
    • In 2017 overall, immigration and deportation arrests increased even though the number of deportations themselves decreased.[112] However, ICE also reported that the number of deportations of illegals who were already living in the U.S. increased by 37% in 2017.[113]
The Trump Administration took several actions related to border security:
  • May 9, 2017—The Department of Homeland Security reported that it had implemented tougher vetting policies at U.S. border crossings.[114]
  • July 17, 2017—The Trump Administration, in a break with the Obama Administration's refusal to do likewise, gave $2.3 million to the state of Texas so its military patrol could continue patrolling the border with Mexico.[115]
  • October 2017—The Trump Administration completed construction of eight prototypes of the proposed border wall to be used for testing to see which design is most appropriate for the border with Mexico.[116]
  • By October 2017, the Trump Administration had expanded the searching of electronic devices of people entering the country by almost four times.[117] In 2017 overall, the number of devices searched by border officials had increased by 50% compared to the previous year.[118]
Appointments, 2017

DHS Secretary Kelly and Attorney General Sessions in El Paso, Texas, on April 20, 2017.

Attorney General Sessions meeting with U.S. Border Patrol Agents, April 11, 2017.
  • Attorney General Jeff Sessions[119][120] and Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly (with the full support of President Trump[121]) adopted a strong position against illegal immigration.[120][122]
  • January 30, 2017—President Trump appointed Thomas Homan, someone with a reputation for enforcing immigration laws, as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.[123] As the head of ICE, Homan took a strong stance on illegal immigration enforcement,[124] even though some conservatives criticized him for his role in the Obama Administration and its lax illegal immigration policies.[125] On January 31, President Trump appointed Ronald Vitiello, who was endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council which also endorsed Trump in the 2016 election, to lead U.S. Border Patrol.[126] On April 25, 2017, Vitiello was appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.[127]
  • April 14, 2017—President Trump appointed two conservatives on immigration issues to senior positions in the Department of Homeland Security.[128]
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Other achievements, 2017
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
Drop in illegal immigration, 2017
Illegal immigration declined dramatically after Trump took office,[129][130] and the decline helped illustrate the administration's achievements on illegal immigration policy.[9] Illegal border crossings fell to their lowest level in 45 years in 2017.[10] Also in Fiscal Year 2017, the level of illegal child border crossers fell by 20%.[131]
According to data released early in Trump's presidency, illegal border crossings decreased by 40% in the first month of Trump's presidency – a remarkable achievement, considering that illegal immigration usually increases by 10 to 20% in January and February.[132][133] In March, illegal immigration had fallen by over 60%.[134] By Trump's 100th day in office, levels were reported to have fallen by 73%.[135][136] The declining trend of border apprehensions (an indicator of the level of illegal immigration) continued through May.[137] It was reported in April that illegal immigration levels had fallen to the lowest point in 17 years.[136][138]
It was reported in May that the number of child illegal immigrants entering the nation monthly had fallen below 1,000, the first time in several years, and that total illegal immigration levels had fallen by 76%.[139] In six months, the illegal immigration of Haitians, specifically, into the U.S. declined by 97%.[140] Although not solely due to President Trump, illegal immigration from Cuba dropped dramatically in the beginning of Trump's presidency.[141] Illegal immigration dropped so much that U.S. Customs and Border Protection was able to close one of their temporary holding facilities.[142] As another illustration, a non-profit shelter organization for illegal immigrants, Southwest Key Programs, was forced to lay off nearly 1,000 of its employees due to the drop.[143] The drop in illegal immigration was probably due to the Trump effect[129][144][145] and tougher illegal immigration and deportation policies by the Homeland Security Department.[146][147]
Illegal immigration levels rose in June 2017, but they were still much lower than the previous year and at a six-year low.[148] Even after a 13% increase in July, numbers were still lower than during the Obama Administration.[149] Illegal immigration continued to increase during the rest of 2017.[150]
Drop in refugee admissions, 2017
Regarding refugees, it was reported in May 2017 that the number of refugees entering the U.S. had sharply fallen from the peak during the Obama Administration.[151] According to DHS numbers released in June 2017, the number of refugees admitted in the first three months of Trump's presidency was half of that of the last three months of Obama's presidency (even though refugee admissions increased at the end of Obama's presidency).[152]
Although the number of refugees admitted in May increased, the proportion of Muslim refugees declined from 34 to 28 percent compared to April.[153] In the first six months of Trump's presidency, more Christian refugees entered the country than Muslim ones, a departure from the Obama Administration, where more Muslim refugees entered.[154] In October 2017, the proportion of Muslim refugees declined to 23%,[155] and in November 2017, out of 1,859 refugees let in, only 10% were Muslim.[156]
Due to President Trump's travel ban, which the Supreme Court ordered partially reinstated in June 2017, refugee admissions to the U.S. declined dramatically,[157] even after a federal judge ordered the criteria to enter under the partial ban to be expanded.[158] Additionally, on July 19, 2017, the Supreme Court temporarily allowed the Trump Administration to strictly enforce its refugee admissions under the ban until an appeals court ruled on the matter.[159] Refugee arrivals in July were at the lowest rate in ten years,[160] and the rate of arrivals in August 2017 was at its lowest in fifteen years.[161] In October 2017, the first month of Fiscal Year 2018, the U.S. government admitted 1,242 refugees.[155] In both October and November 2017 – after the refugee ban was lifted – 3,108 refugees entered the country, an 83% drop from the year before.[162] In the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 – the last three months of 2017 – refugee admissions fell 79% compared to the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2017.[163]
Overall in 2017, refugee admissions fell by 70% under President Trump compared to the previous year, and Christian refugees comprised 53.2% of those admitted into the U.S., versus 32% Muslims.[164] By contrast, Trump admitted as many refugees in 2017 as Obama did in his last three months in office.[165]

Other
  • United States Citizenship and Immigration Services reported in April 2017 that the number of H-1B visa applications fell by 16%, the first time it fell in five years.[166] It was reported in August 2017 that the number of H-1B visa applications decreased for the first time in seven years.[167] In addition, American businesses, under pressure from the Trump Administration, focused more on hiring Americans rather than foreign workers.[168]
  • Businesses and farms that relied upon illegal immigrant labor could feel the effects of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, with wages increasing.[169]
  • It was reported in July 2017 that due to President Trump's strong immigration enforcement policies, numerous illegal immigrants chose to self-deport rather than being prosecuted and deported.[170] In addition, many illegal immigrants and other immigrants fearing deportation fled to Canada.[171] The number of migrants coming into Canada became so large that the Canadian government sent soldiers to take care of the situation.[172]
  • President Trump gave victims of illegal immigrant crimes a voice in his administration,[173] as could be seen in the DHS's establishment of the VOICE office.[62] In addition, President Trump showed strong support for Border Patrol agents, as he illustrated by his reaction when a Border Patrol agent was killed and his partner injured while on duty in November 2017.[174]
  • The president of the National Border Patrol Council, which made its very first independent presidential endorsement for Trump in the 2016 election,[175] stated in a July 2017 interview that border patrol agents did not have a higher morale in his 20 years of service due to President Trump's policies,[176] and in a separate interview held on the same day he spoke highly of Trump's role in dropping illegal immigration levels in early 2017.[177] Carla Provost, the Border Patrol chief, made similar comments in November 2017.[178]
  • President Trump strongly advocated for conservative immigration reform and reductions,[179] as seen in his August 2017 endorsement of a Senate bill to reduce legal immigration and change the U.S. immigration system to a merit-based system.[180] While only a proposal, it was described as the first serious attempt in many decades to reduce immigration.[181] President Trump also advocated for other pro-American immigration policies, such as ending "chain migration."[182]
  • The DOJ called for a change to the U.S. Census to ask if participants are a citizen.[183]
Failures, 2017
  • February 2017—Despite enacting a crackdown on illegal immigration,[184] the Trump Administration took a softer stance of illegal immigration than many conservatives had hoped and as the Left had expected.[185] Although giving de facto amnesty to less illegal immigrants than Obama did in his last three months in office, the Trump Administration put nearly 55,000 additional illegal immigrants under the Temporary Protected Status program.[186]
  • It was reported in late-May and early-June 2017 that despite government and media statements to the contrary,[184][187] the Trump Administration had not made any real change from the Obama Administration's "catch-and-release" policies when apprehending illegal immigrants.[188] Catch-and-release was reinstated in Texas in November 2017 due to Border Control not having enough beds for the illegals.[189]
  • Due to confirmation delays in the Senate, many leaders of the agencies in charge of border security still had "acting" status well into Trump's presidency, something which prevented agencies from implementing stronger immigration enforcement policies.[190]
  • President Trump was criticized by border patrol agents who had supported him for nominating Kevin McAleenan, an Obama holdover who reportedly played a key role in Obama's lax illegal immigration policy, as the head of Customs and Border Protection.[191] Thomas Homan, the director of ICE, was also criticized for his role in the Obama Administration,[125] such as by helping author Obama's immigration executive orders and policies and by speaking highly of Obama Administration officials.[192] Additionally, it was reported in April 2017 that Obama Administration holdovers in the CBP were engaging in undermining President Trump's agenda of securing the southern border.[193] Obama holdovers in ICE also continued Obama-era policies on immigration enforcement.[194] In addition, the Trump Administration appointed several Bush Administration officials to DHS positions, including Kirstjen Nielsen as DHS Secretary and Elaine Duke as Deputy Secretary.[195]
  • It was reported in early-July 2017 that despite cutting the number of K-1 visas in nearly half and slightly lowered the level of chain migration,[196] the State Department wasted a good opportunity to temporarily stop family chain migration by excluding individuals with a K-1 visa from President Trump's travel ban.[197]
  • As of November 2017, the Trump Administration continued many of the Obama Administration's open borders policies regarding H-1B visas.[198]
  • December 20, 2017—President Trump's first prison commutation was to Sholom Rubashkin, who was found illegally employing 389 illegal immigrants at once.[199]
2018
Legislation signed, 2018
  • January 10, 2017—President Trump signed the Interdict Act into law, which provided $9 million for CBP so it could buy equipment to help it stop the flow of fentanyl and other opioids through the country's borders.[200]
Executive actions, 2018
  • ICE continued cracking down on illegal immigration. On January 10, 2018, ICE arrested 21 illegal immigrants after auditing 98 7-Eleven stores in 17 states, in what was then reported as the largest crackdown on an employer in the Trump era.[201]
 
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This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to education policy.

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Executive actions
2017
In her first six months in office, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos had already made a large impact on U.S. education policy, pushing it in a conservative direction as seen in her support for school choice and local control.[1]

  • April 7, 2017—A Presidential proclamation celebrated this day as "Education and Sharing Day USA" recognizing the conservative principles of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, to use values-based education to drive our Nation's children toward the American Dream.[2]
  • April 26, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order ordering Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to review Department of Education regulations, with the intention of returning power to the states and local governments.[3][4]
  • May 1, 2017—The Agriculture Department took steps to give schools more flexibility in their school meal plans.[5]
  • May 22, 2017—Although Education Secretary Betsy DeVos supported school choice and stated the Administration would create a school choice plan, she stated she would not force the states to expand school choice and would let them decide their own policies – this showed the Trump Administration's respect for state sovereignty.[6] It was a wise decision, considering the ability of liberals and Democrats to hijack such a federal program.[7]
  • June 2017—Adam Kissel, a noted critic of the 2011 Title IX "Dear colleague letter" and a strong supporter of free speech, was hired as deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs, and the staff of the Title IX enforcement office was reduced in the 2018 budget.[8]
  • September 22, 2017—Education Secretary DeVos withdrew an Obama-era guidance on how universities much take care of sexual assault accusations as the guidance did not treat students fairly.[9]
Proclamations
  • January 22–28, 2017—National School Choice Week, as proclaimed by President Trump.[10]
 
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This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to energy and environmental policy.

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Legislation signed
  • President Trump blocked and removed some energy and environmental regulations through the Congressional Review Act:
    • February 14, 2017—Trump signed H.J.Res.41 into law, which blocked an Obama Administration regulation that would have required oil, natural gas, and mining companies to disclose any payments made to foreign governments.[1]
    • February 16, 2017—President Trump signed H.J.Res.38 into law which blocked the "Stream Protection Rule," an environmental regulation.[2]
  • December 22, 2017—In the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that President Trump signed, which also cut tax rates and repealed the ObamaCare individual mandate, part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was opened for oil drilling, ending a nearly four-decade struggle by conservatives to open up the area.[3]
Executive actions
2017
By his first year in office, President Trump and his administration made numerous achievements in energy and environmental policy.[4] Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt sharply reoriented the EPA in a strongly conservative direction,[5][6] having it focus on "protecting the nation's air, water, and public health" rather than advance left-wing environmentalist goals.[5] While continuing to consult with environmental organizations, Pruitt also met with business organizations,[7] and the EPA re-established a program to formally work with industries when making regulations.[8]

By early June 2017, the Trump Administration had taken numerous steps to undo the Obama Administration's environmental policies and regulations.[9] The shift in the Trump Administration regarding energy and the environment was illustrated with the replacement of a page about climate change on the official White House website with one about the "America First Energy Plan,"[10] the changes made to the website of the Environmental Protection Agency a few months after President Trump took office,[11] the organization's dismissal of global warmist scientific advisers from the EPA and Interior Department with the intention to replace them with individuals who better understand the effects of regulations,[12] as well as other EPA officials choosing to leave.[13] Despite President Trump's achievements, he was strongly opposed by the deep state.[14][15]

The Trump Administration established a friendly stance toward Fossil fuels.[16]

  • January 24, 2017—Trump signed two orders reviving consideration for the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects, which Obama halted due to supposed environmental concerns.[17] On March 24, 2017, the Trump Administration approved the Keystone XL Pipeline.[18] The Dakota Access Pipeline went into service by June 1, 2017.[19]
  • January 24, 2017—In addition to the above, Trump signed three other orders, one requiring the United States Secretary of Commerce make a plan within six months mandating all new or improved pipelines be made with American steel, another order requiring every federal agency to streamline manufacturing regulations, and the third allowing fast-track approval for important infrastructure projects.[20]
  • On March 18, 2017, the Trump Administration forced the G-20 to remove any mention of climate change from its joint statement.[21] Later, in April 2017, the Trump Administration refused to sign the G7 joint statement because the other nations could not agree to include support for nuclear and fossil fuels without support for the Paris climate agreement. The G7, thus, went without a joint statement.[22][23]
  • March 28, 2017—President Trump signed a major executive order repealing several Obama-era environmental regulations unfavorable to coal, including a January 2016 moratorium on new coal leases on federal lands (the Trump Administration immediately went to work promoting coal mining on federal lands[24]). In addition to this, the order started an immediate review of Obama's Clean Power Plan, help create American energy jobs, bring American energy independence by stimulating domestic energy production, and giving authority back to the states.[25][26]
  • April 28, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order repealing a ban on offshore drilling signed by President Obama and directing the Interior Secretary to review U.S. drilling policy and regulations.[27][28] Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke began the process of expanding offshore drilling on May 1.[29]
  • May 2017—The Trump Administration signed agreements as a member of the Arctic Council,[30] and it was later revealed that it successfully weakened the language regarding climate change and environmental policy.[31]
  • May 31, 2017—Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order to open up more land in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska to energy production.[32]
  • June 1, 2017—To the dismay of world leaders,[33] the media,[34] and other liberals,[35] and in a major blow to Obama's legacy,[36] President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement and immediately stop its implementation,[37][38][39] including by ending payments to the U.N. Green Climate Fund.[40] In his announcement speech, Trump made clear that "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris," and that "our withdrawal from the agreement represents a reassertion of America’s sovereignty."[38][41][42] (even with U.S. withdrawal, it was still well on its way to deeply reducing admissions[43]) The Trump Administration formally notified the UN of its intention to withdraw from the agreement on August 4, 2017.[44]
  • June 12, 2017—The Trump Administration formally rejected a G7 pledge to adhere to the Paris climate agreement.[45]
  • June 12, 2017—The Trump Administration rejected, on the grounds of being unnecessary and with costs greater than any benefits, a proposed regulation to put a limit on the number of certain endangered marine aminals allowed to be killed on injured in fishing nets.[46][47]
  • June 15, 2017—The Department of Energy closed its Office of International Climate and Technology in order to improve its organizational structure.[48]
  • June 30, 2017—Despite a court ruling tha the EPA did not need to take the loss of coal jobs into account when implementing regulations, it chose to follow that policy regardless.[49]
  • July 6, 2017—Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order for his department to hold more lease sales and speed up permitting for oil and gas exploration. he signed the order because of delays in the approval process for federal lands.[50]
  • July 8, 2017—In the final G-20 common statement, the Trump Administration, which was ideologically opposed by the other G-20 nations, successfully received concessions from them in regards to climate policy, with the statement acknowledging the U.S.'s intention to withdraw from the Paris agreement and including language on the nation's intention to promote clean fossil fuels internationally.[51]
  • July 31, 2017—The United States and Ukraine agreed to have the U.S. export coal to Uraine, so the latter could gain energy independence from Russia.[52]
  • August 7, 2017—The EPA ended its backlog of reviews of 600 new chemicals that existed when EPA Administration Pruitt assumed office in February of that year – an important goal for him.[53]
  • August 15, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order to speed up environmental reviews for infrastructure project approvals.[54]
  • August 16, 2017—The National Park Service ended a policy begun during the Obama Administration that encouraged national parks to ban the sale of water in disposable bottles, stating that it would let visitors decide what container they want their water in while still promoting reusable containers.[55]
  • August 20, 2017—The Trump Administration did not renew the charter for the federal advisory panel for climate change, disbanding the group.[56]
  • September 15, 2017—Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order expanding the access that hunters and fishers have to lands maintained by the Interior Department.[57]
  • October 16, 2017—EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive ending a practice called "sue and settle" used during the Obama Administration of making settlements with environmental groups that lead to additional regulations. The EPA was the first Trump Administration agency to end this practice.[58]
  • October 31, 2017—EPA Director Pritt signed a directive banning scientists who receive EPA grants from serving on the agency's independent advisory boards, something Pruitt did to avoid having board members with any conflicts of interest.[59] On November 3, 2017, Pruitt appointed dozens of conservatives and industry experts to those advisory boards, giving them a more diverse set of members compared to before.[60]
  • December 18, 2017—Among the many other aspects of President Trump's national security strategy, the Trump Administration reversed the Obama Administration's decision to list climate change as a national security threat[61] and even suggested that the climate change lobby is a national security threat.[62]
  • December 20, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to increase the production of important minerals that the U.S. is dependent on Chinese and Russian imports for, in order to reduce U.S. dependence on the countries.[63]
Appointments
Overall, President Trump appointed numerous skeptics of human-caused climate change to environmental-related positions.[64]

  • On December 8, 2016, President-elect Trump nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt,[65] a conservative and a critic of the Environmental Protection Agency, as its head.[66] The U.S. Senate confirmed Pruitt on February 17, 2017.[67]
  • August 2017—The Trump Administration named Cathy Stepp, a conservative skeptic on human-caused climate change, to lead the EPA Midwest regional office.[68]
  • The EPA appointed a former Trump campaign aide to make the decisions regarding grant funding.[69]
Other achievements
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:

  • The coal industry experienced a rebound at the beginning of Trump's presidency, after "the historic lows reached during the Obama era."[70] Although the rebound could also be seen in India and China, it was more dramatic in the United States.[71] U.S. coal exports rose about 60% in the first part of 2017 compared to the previous year, mainly due to demand from Europe and Asia .[72] Coal production and profits also increased.[73] It was not just the coal industry that experienced a rebound, but rather all fossil fuels.[74] The American Petroleum Institute reported a 62% increase in the number of drilled and completed oil and natural gas wells in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016.[75]
  • June 8, 2017—President Trump showed his support for coal by sending a surprise video message for the opening of a new coal mine, saying that "I want you to know each and every day, I'm fighting for you and all the forgotten men and women of America."[76]
  • It was reported shortly before Independence Day 2017 that gas prices that weekend were at their lowest level since 2005 – 12 years.[77]
  • It was reported in late November 2017 that the number of National Science Foundation grant applications mentioning the term "climate change" decreased by 40% in 2017, something the scientists apparently chose to do voluntarily.[78]
  • December 28, 2017—President Trump trolled climate change alarmists when he tweeted that "perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against" when noting record cold weather in the U.S.[79]
 
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2017
Legislation signed, 2017
  • March 27, 2017—One of the four Congressional Review bills which Trump signed into law that day repealed Obama's Blacklisting Rule, which would have required firms contracted by federal agencies to disclose every claim of unfair labor practices concerning them – something which would have given unionized contractors an upper-hand. On the same day, President Trump signed an executive order repealing the contracting rule.[1]
  • November 1, 2017—President Trump signed a Congressional Review bill into law repealing a regulation enacted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau banning mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts regarding financial services which would allow consumers to join class-action lawsuits against banks and credit card companies.[2]
  • December 22, 2017—President Trump signed a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill into law.[3] Despite keeping the number of individual income tax brackets at seven, the bill lowered their rates.[4] It also reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, changed how multinational U.S. companies are taxed, and repealed the ObamaCare individual mandate, among other changes.[4] Because of the tax bill, many corporations announced major bonuses for their employees.[5]
Executive actions, 2017
  • February 3, 2017—President Trump signed an order directing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, upon his confirmation, to plan changes to the Dodd-Frank bank regulatory law in order to cut much of it.[6][7]
  • March 27, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order repealing Obama-era labor law compliance requirements[1] for federal contractors, along with signing a resolution of disapproval that day on the same topic.[8]
  • April 21, 2017—President Trump signed one executive order and two memorandums. The order directed the Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to look at the U.S. tax code and recommend the removal of unnecessary regulations and the two memorandums directing the Treasury Secretary to conduct a review of portions of the Dodd-Frank law.[9]
  • June 15, 2017—President Trump signed executive orders to loosen federal regulations on job-training programs and to encourage apprenticeships and vocational learning.[10]
  • June 16, 2017—The Justice Department under Jeff Sessions officially changed its position on the Supreme Court case NLRB v. Murphy Oil – it is not common for the Justice Department to change its position in court cases.[11]
  • July 28, 2017—The Treasury Department announced it would end an Obama Administration program started in 2015, which was intended to help Americans without 401k plans save for retirement, because it was not cost-effective.[12]
  • September 29, 2017—President Trump disbanded the federal labor-management council, which was created by President Obama, due to it being a waste of time and taxpayer dollars.[13]
  • In addition to creating initiatives to reduce food stamp usage,[14] the Trump Administration cracked down on food stamp fraud.[15]
Other achievements, 2017
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:

  • The national debt decreased after President Trump assumed office, unlike Obama.[16] In Trump's first 100 days in office, the U.S. national debt decreased by $100 billion, as opposed to Obama, where the debt grew by $560 billion by the same point in his presidency.[17] While the national debt increased by over $600 billion and passed the $20 trillion mark during fiscal year 2017, the rate of growth was less than half the average during the Obama Administration, and the Trump Administration made moves to reduce the need to borrow money.[18]
Improving economy, growing optimism
The U.S. economy rebounded during president Trump's first year in office.[19]

  • By the summer of 2017, the economy was clearly improving and growing.[20] The economy rose faster than expected in June 2017, with 222,000 jobs being added,[21] and jobless claims applications and benefits fell.[22] The economy grew faster than expected in July 2017,[23] and it was reported that month that economic growth had increased to 2.6%.[24] The number of job openings greatly increased.[25] The rate of economic growth for the second quarter of 2017 was 3.1%, above the 3% level that Trump pledged to achieve for a sustained period.[26] The U.S. economy again reached 3% economic growth for Q3.[27]
  • The unemployment rate decreased, falling to its lowest point in 16 years by the summer of 2017.[28] Also in mid-2017, the black American unemployment rate fell to its lowest point in 17 years,[29][30] and the gap between black and white unemployment fell to the lowest recorded level ever.[31] In December 2017, the black unemployment rate fell to 6.8%, the lowest level ever recorded.[32] The Latino unemployment rate reached its lowest recorded level ever.[30][33] In October 2017, the number of jobless claims fell to the lowest level since 1973 – 44 years,[34] and the number of Americans on unemployment benefits also saw a 44-year low in December 2017.[35]
  • One million new jobs were created in President Trump's first six months in office.[36] Also, 2017 saw the lowest number of job cuts since 1990.[37]
  • The average credit scores of Americans reached an all-time high by July 2017.[38]
  • Food stamp levels fell after Trump took office.[39][14] By August 2017, the number of people on food stamps had fallen by 1.1 million people since the beginning of Trump's presidency,[40] and it was reported in September 2017 that the number of people using food stamps had declined each month of Trump's presidency to that point.[41] By the end of 2017, the number of people on food stamps had dropped by over 2 million.[42] In FY 2017, the federal government spent the lowest amount of money on the food stamp program in seven years.[43] According to the USDA, in 2017, participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food stamp and welfare program reached its lowest level in 17 years.[44]
  • It was reported in early July that U.S. factory activity rose to its highest level since August 2014.[45] It was reported in September 2017 that U.S. manufacturing reached its highest pace of expansion in six years.[46] According to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) in October 2017, U.S. factory activity reached its highest level since 2004.[47] Also according to the ISM, in the last three months of 2017, U.S. manufacturing expanded at the fastest rate since 2004.[48]
  • In addition to the improving economy, Americans' confidence and optimism increased.[49] By June 2017, Americans' confidence in the economy had risen,[50] and by August it had reached a 16-year high[51] and had doubled since Trump took office.[52] According to the Consumer Confidence Index in October 2017, consumer confidence surged to a 17-year-high.[53] According to CNBC’s All-American Economic Survey in December 2017, more than half of all people rated the economy as "good" or "excellent," the first time in the survey's 11-year history.[54] It was reported in August 2017 that the optimism of small business owners was at a ten-year high,[55] and overall, 2017 was a very strong year for small business owner optimism.[56] It was reported in late September 2017 that the optimism of manufacturers was the highest it had been in 20 years.[57] In December 2017, homebuilder confidence reached its highest level since July 1999, according to the National Association of Home Builders.[58] Consumer spending rose in September 2017.[59] According to Pew Research Center, public confidence in job growth in October 2017 reached the highest point ever since Pew started keeping track in 2001.[60]
  • It was reported in August 2017 that because of the weakening dollar, American corporations had their best earning season in 13 years, with three-quarters of S&P 500 corporations reporting actual earnings above prior estimates and with every sector having at least half its companies meeting or exceeding earnings forecasts.[61]
  • According to the Federal Reserve, U.S. household wealth rose by $1.7 trillion to a record high in the second quarter of 2017.[62]
  • Home sales unexpectedly surged, reaching their highest level in 10 years by November 2017.[63]
Trump and the stock market, 2016–2017
Despite expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge,[64] the Dow Jones Industrial Average actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.[65] It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.[65] The stock market had its best week in five years due to the optimism of a Trump presidency.[66]

Trump was very busy in his first week and showed he was serious about his campaign promises. This caused the stock market to increase, and the Dow Jones passed 20,000 points for the first time in its history.[67][68] It had been only 42 days since the Dow Jones passed 19,000 points, making it the second-fastest 1,000 point move of the Dow in its history.[69] On March 1, 2017, the day after Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, the stock market rose dramatically again, with the Dow Jones passing the 21,000 mark for the first time in history.[70][71][72] The stock market had one of the best performances in the first 100 days of Trump's presidency compared to the first 100 days of previous presidents in U.S. history.[73] The stock market continued to perform well after President Trump's first 100 days.[74] President Trump played a large role in causing this rise.[75]

On June 1, 2017, the same day President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, and the day after,[76] the stock market rose strongly, mainly due to news of increased economic growth.[77] On August 2, 2017, the Dow Jones closed above 22,000 for the first time in its history, after six days of consecutive record highs.[78] By early October 2017, the Dow Jones industrial average closed 62 times at record-highs and had risen nearly 25% since the 2016 presidential election.[79] The Dow Jones passed the 23,000 mark for the first time on October 17, 2017 and closed for the first time above 23,000 the next day, the fifth 1,000-point milestone since Trump's election in November 2016.[80]

Of course, the stock market did not see only growth during the Trump Administration in 2017; on May 17, 2017, for example, the Dow Jones fell 372 points (1.78%) due to the fallout from the James Comey controversy.[81] The stock market also fell after President Trump spoke harshly against North Korea.[82]

2018
Other achievements, 2018
  • The stock market continued its record-breaking rise.[83] On January 4, 2018, the DOW Jones passed 25,000 points for the first time, after what was the fastest 1,000-point gain in the DOW's history.[84]
  • In addition to the stock market, the economy continued going well,[85] and economists credited President Trump for it.[86]
 
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Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to trade policy.

Executive actions
  • January 23, 2017—Trump signed an order that withdrew the United States from the globalist Trans-Pacific Partnership.[1]
  • March 18, 2017—The Trump Administration forced the G-20 to remove its opposition to protectionism and its support for free trade from its joint statement.[2]
  • March 31, 2017—President Trump signed two orders. The first order instituted a crackdown on violations of anti-dumping laws and help to officials to collect penalties already owed to the U.S. The second order ordered a report by the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative on the causes of the U.S. trade deficit due within 90 days.[3][4]
  • April 20, 2017—President Trump signed a memorandum directing the Department of Commerce to investigate whether steel imports pose a threat to U.S. national security.[5][6]
  • April 25, 2017—After Canada changed its milk pricing policy, putting U.S. farmers at a severe disadvantage,[7] the Trump Administration imposed tariffs at rates up to 24% on Canadian lumber imports.[8] The Trump Administration increased the tariffs in June 2017[9] and made them final in November 2017.[10]
  • April 27, 2017—President Trump signed a memorandum opening a Department of Commerce investigation into whether the high level of aluminum imports constitutes a threat to U.S. national security.[11]
  • April 29, 2017—President Trump signed two executive orders, one ordering the U.S. to review all of its free trade agreements including NAFTA, and the other establishing a White House trade policy office.[12][13]
  • May 11, 2017—President Trump approved a trade deal with China which would increase American exports.[14]
  • May 18, 2017—President Trump began the process of renegotiating NAFTA.[15]
  • June 12, 2017—The U.S. and China made an agreement that would allow American beef products to be exported to China.[16] U.S. beef imports began entering China soon afterward.[17]
  • July 8, 2017—In the final G-20 common statement, the Trump Administration, which was ideologically opposed by the other G-20 nations, successfully received concessions from them on the statement on trade.[18]
  • July 2017—A month after allowing the U.S. to export beef, China allowed the U.S. to export rice to the nation.[19]
  • July 31, 2017—The United States and Ukraine agreed to have the U.S. export coal to Uraine, so the latter could gain energy independence from Russia.[20]
  • August 8, 2017—The Trump Administration placed a punitive import tax on Chinese aluminum foil imports after to a preliminary determination that the country was illegally dumping the product into the U.S.[21]
  • August 14, 2017—President Trump signed an order directing U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to conduct an investigation into whether China is stealing U.S. intellectual property.[22]
  • September 26, 2017—The Commerce Department instituted a 219.63% preliminary tariff on Bombardier's CSeries jets due to a complaint from Boeing that the Canadian government was unfairly subsidizing the aircraft.[23] On October 6, 2017, the Department of Commerce added an additional 79.82% duty on the CSeries jets, making the total tariff be at about 300%.[24]
  • November 28, 2017—The Commerce Department self-initiated anti-dumping investigations on Chinese aluminum imports – the U.S. rarely self-initiates such investigations, with the previous self-initiated investigations taking place in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[25] That same day, the administration enacted duties on Chinese tool chests and cabinets.[26]
  • November 30, 2017—The Trump Administration formally opposed giving China market economy status in the World Trade Organization.[27]
Other achievements
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:

  • U.S. coal exports to Europe and Asia rose 60% in early 2017 compared to the previous year.[28]
  • President Trump took a very strong stance on trade policy as president,[29] and he recognized that America's previous leaders were to blame for the U.S. past trade failures, rather than other countries such as China.[30]
 
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