Chips Loral wrote:
> Joel wrote:
>> Chips Loral <loralandclinton@invalid.co> wrote:
>>> Joel wrote:
>>>> Chips Loral <loralandclinton@invalid.co> wrote:
>>>>> Josh Rosenbluth wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You need a president who understands how diplomacy can be used to
>>>>>> strengthen the country.
>>>>>
>>>>> We had one, his name was Trump.
>>>>
>>>> You're so loyal.
>>>>
>>> Nah, I'm so results-driven.
>>
>>
>> Trump wasn't successful.
>
> Yes he was:
>
> https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/
>
> As of January 2021
>
> Trump Administration Accomplishments
> Share:
> Unprecedented Economic Boom
> Before the China Virus invaded our shores, we built the world’s most
> prosperous economy.
>
> America gained 7 million new jobs – more than three times government
> experts’ projections.
> Middle-Class family income increased nearly $6,000 – more than five
> times the gains during the entire previous administration.
> The unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent, the lowest in a half-century.
> Achieved 40 months in a row with more job openings than job-hirings.
> More Americans reported being employed than ever before – nearly 160
> million.
> Jobless claims hit a nearly 50-year low.
> The number of people claiming unemployment insurance as a share of the
> population hit its lowest on record.
> Incomes rose in every single metro area in the United States for the
> first time in nearly 3 decades.
> Delivered a future of greater promise and opportunity for citizens of
> all backgrounds.
>
> Unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian
> Americans, Native Americans, veterans, individuals with disabilities,
> and those without a high school diploma all reached record lows.
> Unemployment for women hit its lowest rate in nearly 70 years.
> Lifted nearly 7 million people off of food stamps.
> Poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans reached
> record lows.
> Income inequality fell for two straight years, and by the largest amount
> in over a decade.
> The bottom 50 percent of American households saw a 40 percent increase
> in net worth.
> Wages rose fastest for low-income and blue collar workers – a 16 percent
> pay increase.
> African American homeownership increased from 41.7 percent to 46.4 percent.
> Brought jobs, factories, and industries back to the USA.
>
> Created more than 1.2 million manufacturing and construction jobs.
> Put in place policies to bring back supply chains from overseas.
> Small business optimism broke a 35-year old record in 2018.
> Hit record stock market numbers and record 401ks.
>
> The DOW closed above 20,000 for the first time in 2017 and topped 30,000
> in 2020.
> The S&P 500 and NASDAQ have repeatedly notched record highs.
> Rebuilding and investing in rural America.
>
> Signed an Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for
> Agricultural Biotechnology Products, which is bringing innovative new
> technologies to market in American farming and agriculture.
> Strengthened America’s rural economy by investing over $1.3 billion
> through the Agriculture Department’s ReConnect Program to bring
> high-speed broadband infrastructure to rural America.
> Achieved a record-setting economic comeback by rejecting blanket lockdowns.
>
> An October 2020 Gallup survey found 56 percent of Americans said they
> were better off during a pandemic than four years prior.
> During the third quarter of 2020, the economy grew at a rate of 33.1
> percent – the most rapid GDP growth ever recorded.
> Since coronavirus lockdowns ended, the economy has added back over 12
> million jobs, more than half the jobs lost.
> Jobs have been recovered 23 times faster than the previous
> administration’s recovery.
> Unemployment fell to 6.7 percent in December, from a pandemic peak of
> 14.7 percent in April – beating expectations of well over 10 percent
> unemployment through the end of 2020.
> Under the previous administration, it took 49 months for the
> unemployment rate to fall from 10 percent to under 7 percent compared to
> just 3 months for the Trump Administration.
> Since April, the Hispanic unemployment rate has fallen by 9.6 percent,
> Asian-American unemployment by 8.6 percent, and Black American
> unemployment by 6.8 percent.
> 80 percent of small businesses are now open, up from just 53 percent in
> April.
> Small business confidence hit a new high.
> Homebuilder confidence reached an all-time high, and home sales hit
> their highest reading since December 2006.
> Manufacturing optimism nearly doubled.
> Household net worth rose $7.4 trillion in Q2 2020 to $112 trillion, an
> all-time high.
> Home prices hit an all-time record high.
> The United States rejected crippling lockdowns that crush the economy
> and inflict countless public health harms and instead safely reopened
> its economy.
> Business confidence is higher in America than in any other G7 or
> European Union country.
> Stabilized America’s financial markets with the establishment of a
> number of Treasury Department supported facilities at the Federal Reserve.
> Tax Relief for the Middle Class
> Passed $3.2 trillion in historic tax relief and reformed the tax code.
>
> Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – the largest tax reform package in
> history.
> More than 6 million American workers received wage increases, bonuses,
> and increased benefits thanks to the tax cuts.
> A typical family of four earning $75,000 received an income tax cut of
> more than $2,000 – slashing their tax bill in half.
> Doubled the standard deduction – making the first $24,000 earned by a
> married couple completely tax-free.
> Doubled the child tax credit.
> Virtually eliminated the unfair Estate Tax, or Death Tax.
> Cut the business tax rate from 35 percent – the highest in the developed
> world – all the way down to 21 percent.
> Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.
> Businesses can now deduct 100 percent of the cost of their capital
> investments in the year the investment is made.
> Since the passage of tax cuts, the share of total wealth held by the
> bottom half of households has increased, while the share held by the top
> 1 percent has decreased.
> Over 400 companies have announced bonuses, wage increases, new hires, or
> new investments in the United States.
> Over $1.5 trillion was repatriated into the United States from overseas.
> Lower investment cost and higher capital returns led to faster growth in
> the middle class, real wages, and international competitiveness.
> Jobs and investments are pouring into Opportunity Zones.
>
> Created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones where capital gains on long-term
> investments are taxed at zero.
> Opportunity Zone designations have increased property values within them
> by 1.1 percent, creating an estimated $11 billion in wealth for the
> nearly half of Opportunity Zone residents who own their own home.
> Opportunity Zones have attracted $75 billion in funds and driven $52
> billion of new investment in economically distressed communities,
> creating at least 500,000 new jobs.
> Approximately 1 million Americans will be lifted from poverty as a
> result of these new investments.
> Private equity investments into businesses in Opportunity Zones were
> nearly 30 percent higher than investments into businesses in similar
> areas that were not designated Opportunity Zones.
> Massive Deregulation
> Ended the regulatory assault on American Businesses and Workers.
>
> Instead of 2-for-1, we eliminated 8 old regulations for every 1 new
> regulation adopted.
> Provided the average American household an extra $3,100 every year.
> Reduced the direct cost of regulatory compliance by $50 billion, and
> will reduce costs by an additional $50 billion in FY 2020 alone.
> Removed nearly 25,000 pages from the Federal Register – more than any
> other president. The previous administration added over 16,000 pages.
> Established the Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation to reduce
> outdated regulations at the state, local, and tribal levels.
> Signed an executive order to make it easier for businesses to offer
> retirement plans.
> Signed two executive orders to increase transparency in Federal agencies
> and protect Americans and their small businesses from administrative abuse.
> Modernized the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the first
> time in over 40 years.
> Reduced approval times for major infrastructure projects from 10 or more
> years down to 2 years or less.
> Helped community banks by signing legislation that rolled back costly
> provisions of Dodd-Frank.
> Established the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers
> to Affordable Housing to bring down housing costs.
> Removed regulations that threatened the development of a strong and
> stable internet.
> Eased and simplified restrictions on rocket launches, helping to spur
> commercial investment in space projects.
> Published a whole-of-government strategy focused on ensuring American
> leadership in automated vehicle technology.
> Streamlined energy efficiency regulations for American families and
> businesses, including preserving affordable lightbulbs, enhancing the
> utility of showerheads, and enabling greater time savings with dishwashers.
> Removed unnecessary regulations that restrict the seafood industry and
> impede job creation.
> Modernized the Department of Agriculture’s biotechnology regulations to
> put America in the lead to develop new technologies.
> Took action to suspend regulations that would have slowed our response
> to COVID-19, including lifting restrictions on manufacturers to more
> quickly produce ventilators.
> Successfully rolled back burdensome regulatory overreach.
>
> Rescinded the previous administration’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair
> Housing (AFFH) rule, which would have abolished zoning for single-family
> housing to build low-income, federally subsidized apartments.
> Issued a final rule on the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard.
> Eliminated the Waters of the United States Rule and replaced it with the
> Navigable Waters Protection Rule, providing relief and certainty for
> farmers and property owners.
> Repealed the previous administration’s costly fuel economy regulations
> by finalizing the Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles rule,
> which will make cars more affordable, and lower the price of new
> vehicles by an estimated $2,200.
> Americans now have more money in their pockets.
>
> Deregulation had an especially beneficial impact on low-income Americans
> who pay a much higher share of their incomes for overregulation.
> Cut red tape in the healthcare industry, providing Americans with more
> affordable healthcare and saving Americans nearly 10 percent on
> prescription drugs.
> Deregulatory efforts yielded savings to the medical community an
> estimated $6.6 billion – with a reduction of 42 million hours of
> regulatory compliance work through 2021.
> Removed government barriers to personal freedom and consumer choice in
> healthcare.
> Once fully in effect, 20 major deregulatory actions undertaken by the
> Trump Administration are expected to save American consumers and
> businesses over $220 billion per year.
> Signed 16 pieces of deregulatory legislation that will result in a $40
> billion increase in annual real incomes.
> Fair and Reciprocal Trade
> Secured historic trade deals to defend American workers.
>
> Immediately withdrew from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
> Ended the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and replaced it
> with the brand new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
> The USMCA contains powerful new protections for American manufacturers,
> auto-makers, farmers, dairy producers, and workers.
> The USMCA is expected to generate over $68 billion in economic activity
> and potentially create over 550,000 new jobs over ten years.
> Signed an executive order making it government policy to Buy American
> and Hire American, and took action to stop the outsourcing of jobs
> overseas.
> Negotiated with Japan to slash tariffs and open its market to $7 billion
> in American agricultural products and ended its ban on potatoes and lamb.
> Over 90 percent of American agricultural exports to Japan now receive
> preferential treatment, and most are duty-free.
> Negotiated another deal with Japan to boost $40 billion worth of digital
> trade.
> Renegotiated the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, doubling the
> cap on imports of American vehicles and extending the American light
> truck tariff.
> Reached a written, fully-enforceable Phase One trade agreement with
> China on confronting pirated and counterfeit goods, and the protection
> of American ideas, trade secrets, patents, and trademarks.
> China agreed to purchase an additional $200 billion worth of United
> States exports and opened market access for over 4,000 American
> facilities to exports while all tariffs remained in effect.
> Achieved a mutual agreement with the European Union (EU) that addresses
> unfair trade practices and increases duty-free exports by 180 percent to
> $420 million.
> Secured a pledge from the EU to eliminate tariffs on American lobster –
> the first United States-European Union negotiated tariff reduction in
> over 20 years.
> Scored a historic victory by overhauling the Universal Postal Union,
> whose outdated policies were undermining American workers and interests.
> Engaged extensively with trade partners like the EU and Japan to advance
> reforms to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
> Issued a first-ever comprehensive report on the WTO Appellate Body’s
> failures to comply with WTO rules and interpret WTO agreements as written.
> Blocked nominees to the WTO’s Appellate Body until WTO Members recognize
> and address longstanding issues with Appellate Body activism.
> Submitted 5 papers to the WTO Committee on Agriculture to improve
> Members’ understanding of how trade policies are implemented, highlight
> areas for improved transparency, and encourage members to maintain
> up-to-date notifications on market access and domestic support.
> Took strong actions to confront unfair trade practices and put America
> First.
>
> Imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods to
> protect American jobs and stop China’s abuses under Section 232 of the
> Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
> Directed an all-of-government effort to halt and punish efforts by the
> Communist Party of China to steal and profit from American innovations
> and intellectual property.
> Imposed tariffs on foreign aluminum and foreign steel to protect our
> vital industries and support our national security.
> Approved tariffs on $1.8 billion in imports of washing machines and $8.5
> billion in imports of solar panels.
> Blocked illegal timber imports from Peru.
> Took action against France for its digital services tax that unfairly
> targets American technology companies.
> Launched investigations into digital services taxes that have been
> proposed or adopted by 10 other countries.
> Historic support for American farmers.
>
> Successfully negotiated more than 50 agreements with countries around
> the world to increase foreign market access and boost exports of
> American agriculture products, supporting more than 1 million American
> jobs.
> Authorized $28 billion in aid for farmers who have been subjected to
> unfair trade practices – fully funded by the tariffs paid by China.
> China lifted its ban on poultry, opened its market to beef, and agreed
> to purchase at least $80 billion of American agricultural products in
> the next two years.
> The European Union agreed to increase beef imports by 180 percent and
> opened up its market to more imports of soybeans.
> South Korea lifted its ban on American poultry and eggs, and agreed to
> provide market access for record exports of American rice.
> Argentina lifted its ban on American pork.
> Brazil agreed to increase wheat imports by $180 million a year and
> raised its quotas for purchases of United States ethanol.
> Guatemala and Tunisia opened up their markets to American eggs.
> Won tariff exemptions in Ecuador for wheat and soybeans.
> Suspended $817 million in trade preferences for Thailand under the
> Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program due to its failure to
> adequately provide reasonable market access for American pork products.
> The amount of food stamps redeemed at farmers markets increased from
> $1.4 million in May 2020 to $1.75 million in September 2020 – a 50
> percent increase over last year.
> Rapidly deployed the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which provided
> $30 billion in support to farmers and ranchers facing decreased prices
> and market disruption when COVID-19 impacted the food supply chain.
> Authorized more than $6 billion for the Farmers to Families Food Box
> program, which delivered over 128 million boxes of locally sourced,
> produce, meat, and dairy products to charity and faith-based
> organizations nationwide.
> Delegated authorities via the Defense Production Act to protect breaks
> in the American food supply chain as a result of COVID-19.
> American Energy Independence
> Unleashed America’s oil and natural gas potential.
>
> For the first time in nearly 70 years, the United States has become a
> net energy exporter.
> The United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas
> in the world.
> Natural gas production reached a record-high of 34.9 quads in 2019,
> following record high production in 2018 and in 2017.
> The United States has been a net natural gas exporter for three
> consecutive years and has an export capacity of nearly 10 billion cubic
> feet per day.
> Withdrew from the unfair, one-sided Paris Climate Agreement.
> Canceled the previous administration’s Clean Power Plan, and replaced it
> with the new Affordable Clean Energy rule.
> Approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.
> Opened up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to oil
> and gas leasing.
> Repealed the last administration’s Federal Coal Leasing Moratorium,
> which prohibited coal leasing on Federal lands.
> Reformed permitting rules to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and speed
> approval for mines.
> Fixed the New Source Review permitting program, which punished companies
> for upgrading or repairing coal power plants.
> Fixed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) steam electric and
> coal ash rules.
> The average American family saved $2,500 a year in lower electric bills
> and lower prices at the gas pump.
> Signed legislation repealing the harmful Stream Protection Rule.
> Reduced the time to approve drilling permits on public lands by half,
> increasing permit applications to drill on public lands by 300 percent.
> Expedited approval of the NuStar’s New Burgos pipeline to export
> American gasoline to Mexico.
> Streamlined Liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal permitting and allowed
> long-term LNG export authorizations to be extended through 2050.
> The United States is now among the top three LNG exporters in the world.
> Increased LNG exports five-fold since January 2017, reaching an all-time
> high in January 2020.
> LNG exports are expected to reduce the American trade deficit by over
> $10 billion.
> Granted more than 20 new long-term approvals for LNG exports to non-free
> trade agreement countries.
> The development of natural gas and LNG infrastructure in the United
> States is providing tens of thousands of jobs, and has led to the
> investment of tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure.
> There are now 6 LNG export facilities operating in the United States,
> with 2 additional export projects under construction.
> The amount of nuclear energy production in 2019 was the highest on
> record, through a combination of increased capacity from power plant
> upgrades and shorter refueling and maintenance cycles.
> Prevented Russian energy coercion across Europe through various lines of
> effort, including the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation,
> civil nuclear deals with Romania and Poland, and opposition to Nord
> Stream 2 pipeline.
> Issued the Presidential Permit for the A2A railroad between Canada and
> Alaska, providing energy resources to emerging markets.
> Increased access to our country’s abundant natural resources in order to
> achieve energy independence.
>
> Renewable energy production and consumption both reached record highs in
> 2019.
> Enacted policies that helped double the amount of electricity generated
> by solar and helped increase the amount of wind generation by 32 percent
> from 2016 through 2019.
> Accelerated construction of energy infrastructure to ensure American
> energy producers can deliver their products to the market.
> Cut red tape holding back the construction of new energy infrastructure.
> Authorized ethanol producers to sell E15 year-round and allowed
> higher-ethanol gasoline to be distributed from existing pumps at filling
> stations.
> Ensured greater transparency and certainty in the Renewable Fuel
> Standard (RFS) program.
> Negotiated leasing capacity in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to
> Australia, providing American taxpayers a return on this infrastructure
> investment.
> Signed an executive order directing Federal agencies to work together to
> diminish the capability of foreign adversaries to target our critical
> electric infrastructure.
> Reformed Section 401 of the Clean Water Act regulation to allow for the
> curation of interstate infrastructure.
> Resolved the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
> oil crisis during COVID-19 by getting OPEC, Russia, and others to cut
> nearly 10 million barrels of production a day, stabilizing world oil
> prices.
> Directed the Department of Energy to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
> to mitigate market volatility caused by COVID-19.
> Investing in America’s Workers and Families
> Affordable and high-quality Child Care for American workers and their
> families.
>
> Doubled the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child and
> expanded the eligibility for receiving the credit.
> Nearly 40 million families benefitted from the child tax credit (CTC),
> receiving an average benefit of $2,200 – totaling credits of
> approximately $88 billion.
> Signed the largest-ever increase in Child Care and Development Block
> Grants – expanding access to quality, affordable child care for more
> than 800,000 low-income families.
> Secured an additional $3.5 billion in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
> Economic Security (CARES) Act to help families and first responders with
> child care needs.
> Created the first-ever paid family leave tax credit for employees
> earning $72,000 or less.
> Signed into law 12-weeks of paid parental leave for Federal workers.
> Signed into law a provision that enables new parents to withdraw up to
> $5,000 from their retirement accounts without penalty when they give
> birth to or adopt a child.
> Advanced apprenticeship career pathways to good-paying jobs.
>
> Expanded apprenticeships to more than 850,000 and established the new
> Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship programs in new and emerging fields.
> Established the National Council for the American Worker and the
> American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
> Over 460 companies have signed the Pledge to America’s Workers,
> committing to provide more than 16 million job and training opportunities.
> Signed an executive order that directs the Federal government to replace
> outdated degree-based hiring with skills-based hiring.
> Advanced women’s economic empowerment.
>
> Included women’s empowerment for the first time in the President’s 2017
> National Security Strategy.
> Signed into law key pieces of legislation, including the Women, Peace,
> and Security Act and the Women Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment
> Act.
> Launched the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP)
> Initiative – the first-ever whole-of-government approach to women’s
> economic empowerment that has reached 24 million women worldwide.
> Established an innovative new W-GDP Fund at USAID.
> Launched the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) with 13
> other nations.
> Announced a $50 million donation on behalf of the United States to We-Fi
> providing more capital to women-owned businesses around the world.
> Released the first-ever Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security, which
> focused on increasing women’s participation to prevent and resolve
> conflicts.
> Launched the W-GDP 2x Global Women’s Initiative with the Development
> Finance Corporation, which has mobilized more than $3 billion in private
> sector investments over three years.
> Ensured American leadership in technology and innovation.
>
> First administration to name artificial intelligence, quantum
> information science, and 5G communications as national research and
> development priorities.
> Launched the American Broadband Initiative to promote the rapid
> deployment of broadband internet across rural America.
> Made 100 megahertz of crucial mid-band spectrum available for commercial
> operations, a key factor to driving widespread 5G access across rural
> America.
> Launched the American AI Initiative to ensure American leadership in
> artificial intelligence (AI), and established the National AI Initiative
> Office at the White House.
> Established the first-ever principles for Federal agency adoption of AI
> to improve services for the American people.
> Signed the National Quantum Initiative Act establishing the National
> Quantum Coordination Office at the White House to drive breakthroughs in
> quantum information science.
> Signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act to ensure America leads the world in
> 5G.
> Launched a groundbreaking program to test safe and innovative commercial
> drone operations nationwide.
> Issued new rulemaking to accelerate the return of American civil
> supersonic aviation.
> Committed to doubling investments in AI and quantum information science
> (QIS) research and development.
> Announced the establishment of $1 billion AI and quantum research
> institutes across America.
> Established the largest dual-use 5G test sites in the world to advance
> 5G commercial and military innovation.
> Signed landmark Prague Principles with America’s allies to advance the
> deployment of secure 5G telecommunications networks.
> Signed first-ever bilateral AI cooperation agreement with the United
> Kingdom.
> Built collation among allies to ban Chinese Telecom Company Huawei from
> their 5G infrastructure.
> Preserved American jobs for American workers and rejected the
> importation of cheap foreign labor.
>
> Pressured the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to reverse their decision
> to lay off over 200 American workers and replace them with cheaper
> foreign workers.
> Removed the TVA Chairman of the Board and a TVA Board Member.
> Life-Saving Response to the China Virus
> Restricted travel to the United States from infected regions of the world.
>
> Suspended all travel from China, saving thousands of lives.
> Required all American citizens returning home from designated outbreak
> countries to return through designated airports with enhanced screening
> measures, and to undergo a self-quarantine.
> Announced further travel restrictions on Iran, the Schengen Area of
> Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil.
> Issued travel advisory warnings recommending that American citizens
> avoid all international travel.
> Reached bilateral agreements with Mexico and Canada to suspend
> non-essential travel and expeditiously return illegal aliens.
> Repatriated over 100,000 American citizens stranded abroad on more than
> 1,140 flights from 136 countries and territories.
> Safely transported, evacuated, treated, and returned home trapped
> passengers on cruise ships.
> Took action to authorize visa sanctions on foreign governments who
> impede our efforts to protect American citizens by refusing or
> unreasonably delaying the return of their own citizens, subjects, or
> residents from the United States.
> Acted early to combat the China Virus in the United States.
>
> Established the White House Coronavirus Task Force, with leading experts
> on infectious diseases, to manage the Administration’s efforts to
> mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to keep workplaces safe.
> Pledged in the State of the Union address to “take all necessary steps
> to safeguard our citizens from the Virus,” while the Democrats’ response
> made not a single mention of COVID-19 or even the threat of China.
> Declared COVID-19 a National Emergency under the Stafford Act.
> Established the 24/7 FEMA National Response Coordination Center.
> Released guidance recommending containment measures critical to slowing
> the spread of the Virus, decompressing peak burden on hospitals and
> infrastructure, and diminishing health impacts.
> Implemented strong community mitigation strategies to sharply reduce the
> number of lives lost in the United States down from experts’ projection
> of up to 2.2 million deaths in the United States without mitigation.
> Halted American funding to the World Health Organization to counter its
> egregious bias towards China that jeopardized the safety of Americans.
> Announced plans for withdrawal from the World Health Organization and
> redirected contribution funds to help meet global public health needs.
> Called on the United Nations to hold China accountable for their
> handling of the virus, including refusing to be transparent and failing
> to contain the virus before it spread.
> Re-purposed domestic manufacturing facilities to ensure frontline
> workers had critical supplies.
>
> Distributed billions of pieces of Personal Protective Equipment,
> including gloves, masks, gowns, and face shields.
> Invoked the Defense Production Act over 100 times to accelerate the
> development and manufacturing of essential material in the USA.
> Made historic investments of more than $3 billion into the industrial base.
> Contracted with companies such as Ford, General Motors, Philips, and
> General Electric to produce ventilators.
> Contracted with Honeywell, 3M, O&M Halyard, Moldex, and Lydall to
> increase our Nation’s production of N-95 masks.
> The Army Corps of Engineers built 11,000 beds, distributed 10,000
> ventilators, and surged personnel to hospitals.
> Converted the Javits Center in New York into a 3,000-bed hospital, and
> opened medical facilities in Seattle and New Orleans.
> Dispatched the USNS Comfort to New York City, and the USNS Mercy to Los
> Angeles.
> Deployed thousands of FEMA employees, National Guard members, and
> military forces to help in the response.
> Provided support to states facing new emergences of the virus, including
> surging testing sites, deploying medical personnel, and advising on
> mitigation strategies.
> Announced Federal support to governors for use of the National Guard
> with 100 percent cost-share.
> Established the Supply Chain Task Force as a “control tower” to
> strategically allocate high-demand medical supplies and PPE to areas of
> greatest need.
> Requested critical data elements from states about the status of
> hospital capacity, ventilators, and PPE.
> Executed nearly 250 flights through Project Air Bridge to transport
> hundreds of millions of surgical masks, N95 respirators, gloves, and
> gowns from around the world to hospitals and facilities throughout the
> United States.
> Signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure
> that Americans have a reliable supply of products like beef, pork, and
> poultry.
> Stabilized the food supply chain restoring the Nation’s protein
> processing capacity through a collaborative approach with Federal,
> state, and local officials and industry partners.
> The continued movement of food and other critical items of daily life
> distributed to stores and to American homes went unaffected.
> Replenished the depleted Strategic National Stockpile.
>
> Increased the number of ventilators nearly ten-fold to more than 153,000.
> Despite the grim projections from the media and governors, no American
> who has needed a ventilator has been denied a ventilator.
> Increased the number of N95 masks fourteen-fold to more than 176 million.
> Issued an executive order ensuring critical medical supplies are
> produced in the United States.
> Created the largest, most advanced, and most innovative testing system
> in the world.
>
> Built the world’s leading testing system from scratch, conducting over
> 200 million tests – more than all of the European Union combined.
> Engaged more than 400 test developers to increase testing capacity from
> less than 100 tests per day to more than 2 million tests per day.
> Slashed red tape and approved Emergency Use Authorizations for more than
> 300 different tests, including 235 molecular tests, 63 antibody tests,
> and 11 antigen tests.
> Delivered state-of-the-art testing devices and millions of tests to
> every certified nursing home in the country.
> Announced more flexibility to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans to
> waive cost-sharing for tests.
> Over 2,000 retail pharmacy stores, including CVS, Walmart, and
> Walgreens, are providing testing using new regulatory and reimbursement
> options.
> Deployed tens of millions of tests to nursing homes, assisted living
> facilities, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs),
> tribes, disaster relief operations, Home Health/Hospice organizations,
> and the Veterans Health Administration.
> Began shipping 150 million BinaxNOW rapid tests to states, long-term
> care facilities, the IHS, HBCUs, and other key partners.
> Pioneered groundbreaking treatments and therapies that reduced the
> mortality rate by 85 percent, saving over 2 million lives.
>
> The United States has among the lowest case fatality rates in the entire
> world.
> The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Coronavirus
> Treatment Acceleration Program to expedite the regulatory review process
> for therapeutics in clinical trials, accelerate the development and
> publication of industry guidance on developing treatments, and utilize
> regulatory flexibility to help facilitate the scaling-up of
> manufacturing capacity.
> More than 370 therapies are in clinical trials and another 560 are in
> the planning stages.
> Announced $450 million in available funds to support the manufacturing
> of Regeneron’s antibody cocktail.
> Shipped tens of thousands of doses of the Regeneron drug.
> Authorized an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma.
> Treated around 100,000 patients with convalescent plasma, which may
> reduce mortality by 50 percent.
> Provided $48 million to fund the Mayo Clinic study that tested the
> efficacy of convalescent plasma for patients with COVID-19.
> Made an agreement to support the large-scale manufacturing of
> AstraZeneca’s cocktail of two monoclonal antibodies.
> Approved Remdesivir as the first COVID-19 treatment, which could reduce
> hospitalization time by nearly a third.
> Secured more than 90 percent of the world’s supply of Remdesivir, enough
> to treat over 850,000 high-risk patients.
> Granted an EUA to Eli Lilly for its anti-body treatments.
> Finalized an agreement with Eli Lilly to purchase the first doses of the
> company’s investigational antibody therapeutic.
> Provided up to $270 million to the American Red Cross and America’s
> Blood Centers to support the collection of up to 360,000 units of plasma.
> Launched a nationwide campaign to ask patients who have recovered from
> COVID-19 to donate plasma.
> Announced Phase 3 clinical trials for varying types of blood thinners to
> treat adults diagnosed with COVID-19.
> Issued an EUA for the monoclonal antibody therapy bamlanivimab.
> FDA issued an EUA for casirivimab and imdevimab to be administered
> together.
> Launched the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium with private
> sector and academic leaders unleashing America’s supercomputers to
> accelerate coronavirus research.
> Brought the full power of American medicine and government to produce a
> safe and effective vaccine in record time.
>
> Launched Operation Warp Speed to initiate an unprecedented drive to
> develop and make available an effective vaccine by January 2021.
> Pfizer and Moderna developed two vaccines in just nine months, five
> times faster than the fastest prior vaccine development in American
> history.
> Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines are approximately 95 effective – far
> exceeding all expectations.
> AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson also both have promising candidates in
> the final stage of clinical trials.
> The vaccines will be administered within 24 hours of FDA-approval.
> Made millions of vaccine doses available before the end of 2020, with
> hundreds of millions more to quickly follow.
> FedEx and UPS will ship doses from warehouses directly to local
> pharmacies, hospitals, and healthcare providers.
> Finalized a partnership with CVS and Walgreens to deliver vaccines
> directly to residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities as
> soon as a state requests it, at no cost to America’s seniors.
> Signed an executive order to ensure that the United States government
> prioritizes getting the vaccine to American citizens before sending it
> to other nations.
> Provided approximately $13 billion to accelerate vaccine development and
> to manufacture all of the top candidates in advance.
> Provided critical investments of $4.1 billion to Moderna to support the
> development, manufacturing, and distribution of their vaccines.
> Moderna announced its vaccine is 95 percent effective and is pending FDA
> approval.
> Provided Pfizer up to $1.95 billion to support the mass-manufacturing
> and nationwide distribution of their vaccine candidate.
> Pfizer announced its vaccine is 95 percent effective and is pending FDA
> approval.
> Provided approximately $1 billion to support the manufacturing and
> distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate.
> Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate reached the final stage of
> clinical trials.
> Made up to $1.2 billion available to support AstraZeneca’s vaccine
> candidate.
> AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate reached the final stage of clinical trials.
> Made an agreement to support the large-scale manufacturing of Novavax’s
> vaccine candidate with 100 million doses expected.
> Partnered with Sanofi and GSK to support large-scale manufacturing of a
> COVID-19 investigational vaccine.
> Awarded $200 million in funding to support vaccine preparedness and
> plans for the immediate distribution and administration of vaccines.
> Provided $31 million to Cytvia for vaccine-related consumable products.
> Under the PREP Act, issued guidance authorizing qualified pharmacy
> technicians to administer vaccines.
> Announced that McKesson Corporation will produce store, and distribute
> vaccine ancillary supply kits on behalf of the Strategic National
> Stockpile to help healthcare workers who will administer vaccines.
> Announced partnership with large-chain, independent, and regional
> pharmacies to deliver vaccines.
> Prioritized resources for the most vulnerable Americans, including
> nursing home residents.
>
> Quickly established guidelines for nursing homes and expanded telehealth
> opportunities to protect vulnerable seniors.
> Increased surveillance, oversight, and transparency of all 15,417
> Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes by requiring them to report cases of
> COVID-19 to all residents, their families, and the Centers for Disease
> Control and Prevention (CDC).
> Required that all nursing homes test staff regularly.
> Launched an unprecedented national nursing home training curriculum to
> equip nursing home staff with the knowledge they need to stop the spread
> of COVID-19.
> Delivered $81 million for increased inspections and funded 35,000
> members of the Nation Guard to deliver critical supplies to every
> Medicare-certified nursing homes.
> Deployed Federal Task Force Strike Teams to provide onsite technical
> assistance and education to nursing homes experiencing outbreaks.
> Distributed tens of billions of dollars in Provider Relief Funds to
> protect nursing homes, long-term care facilities, safety-net hospitals,
> rural hospitals, and communities hardest hit by the virus.
> Released 1.5 million N95 respirators from the Strategic National
> Stockpile for distribution to over 3,000 nursing home facilities.
> Directed the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council to
> refocus on underserved communities impacted by the coronavirus.
> Required that testing results reported include data on race, gender,
> ethnicity, and ZIP code, to ensure that resources were directed to
> communities disproportionately harmed by the virus.
> Ensured testing was offered at 95 percent of Federally Qualified Health
> Centers (FQHC), which serve over 29 million patients in 12,000
> communities across the Nation.
> Invested an unprecedented $8 billion in tribal communities.
> Maintained safe access for Veterans to VA healthcare throughout the
> COVID-19 Pandemic and supported non-VA hospital systems and private and
> state-run nursing homes with VA clinical teams.
> Signed legislation ensuring no reduction of VA education benefits under
> the GI Bill for online distance learning.
> Supported Americans as they safely return to school and work.
>
> Issued the Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a detailed blueprint
> to help governors as they began reopening the country. Focused on
> protecting the most vulnerable and mitigating the risk of any
> resurgence, while restarting the economy and allowing Americans to
> safely return to their jobs.
> Helped Americans return to work by providing extensive guidance on
> workplace-safety measures to protect against COVID-19, and investigating
> over 10,000 coronavirus-related complaints and referrals.
> Provided over $31 billion to support elementary and secondary schools.
> Distributed 125 million face masks to school districts.
> Provided comprehensive guidelines to schools on how to protect and
> identify high-risk individuals, prevent the spread of COVID-19, and
> conduct safe in-person teaching.
> Brought back the safe return of college athletics, including Big Ten and
> Pac-12 football.
> Rescued the American economy with nearly $3.4 trillion in relief, the
> largest financial aid package in history.
>
> Secured an initial $8.3 billion Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
> Act, supporting the development of treatments and vaccines, and to
> procure critical medical supplies and equipment.
> Signed the $100 billion Families First Coronavirus Relief Act,
> guaranteeing free coronavirus testing, emergency paid sick leave and
> family leave, Medicaid funding, and food assistance.
> Signed the $2.3 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
> (CARES) Act, providing unprecedented and immediate relief to American
> families, workers, and businesses.
> Signed additional legislation providing nearly $900 billion in support
> for coronavirus emergency response and relief, including critically
> needed funds to continue the Paycheck Protection Program.
> Signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act,
> adding an additional $310 billion to replenish the program.
> Delivered approximately 160 million relief payments to hardworking
> Americans.
> Through the Paycheck Protection Program, approved over $525 billion in
> forgivable loans to more than 5.2 million small businesses, supporting
> more than 51 million American jobs.
> The Treasury Department approved the establishment of the Money Market
> Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to provide liquidity to the financial
> system.
> The Treasury Department, working with the Federal Reserve, was able to
> leverage approximately $4 trillion in emergency lending facilities.
> Signed an executive order extending expanded unemployment benefits.
> Signed an executive order to temporarily suspend student loan payments,
> evictions, and collection of payroll taxes.
> Small Business Administration expanded access to emergency economic
> assistance for small businesses, faith-based, and religious entities.
> Protected jobs for American workers impacted by COVID-19 by temporarily
> suspending several job-related nonimmigrant visas, including H-1B’s,
> H-2B’s without a nexus to the food-supply chain, certain H-4’s, as well
> as L’s and certain J’s.
> Great Healthcare for Americans
> Empowered American patients by greatly expanding healthcare choice,
> transparency, and affordability.
>
> Eliminated the Obamacare individual mandate – a financial relief to low
> and middle-income households that made up nearly 80 percent of the
> families who paid the penalty for not wanting to purchase health insurance.
> Increased choice for consumers by promoting competition in the
> individual health insurance market leading to lower premiums for three
> years in a row.
> Under the Trump Administration, more than 90 percent of the counties
> have multiple options on the individual insurance market to choose from.
> Offered Association Health Plans, which allow employers to pool together
> and offer more affordable, quality health coverage to their employees at
> up to 30 percent lower cost.
> Increased availability of short-term, limited-duration health plans,
> which can cost up to 60 percent less than traditional plans, giving
> Americans more flexibility to choose plans that suit their needs.
> Expanded Health Reimbursement Arrangements, allowing millions of
> Americans to be able to shop for a plan of their choice on the
> individual market, and then have their employer cover the cost.
> Added 2,100 new Medicare Advantage plan options since 2017, a 76 percent
> increase.
> Lowered Medicare Advantage premiums by 34 percent nationwide to the
> lowest level in 14 years. Medicare health plan premium savings for
> beneficiaries have totaled $nearly 1.5 billion since 2017.
> Improved access to tax-free health savings accounts for individuals with
> chronic conditions.
> Eliminated costly Obamacare taxes, including the health insurance tax,
> the medical device tax, and the “Cadillac tax.”
> Worked with states to create more flexibility and relief from oppressive
> Obamacare regulations, including reinsurance waivers to help lower
> premiums.
> Released legislative principles to end surprise medical billing.
> Finalized requirements for unprecedented price transparency from
> hospitals and insurance companies so patients know what the cost is
> before they receive care.
> Took action to require that hospitals make the prices they negotiate
> with insurers publicly available and easily accessible online.
> Improved patients access to their health data by penalizing hospitals
> and causing clinicians to lose their incentive payments if they do not
> comply.
> Expanded access to telehealth, especially in rural and underserved
> communities.
> Increased Medicare payments to rural hospitals to stem a decade of
> rising closures and deliver enhanced access to care in rural areas.
> Issued unprecedented reforms that dramatically lowered the price of
> prescription drugs.
>
> Lowered drug prices for the first time in 51 years.
> Launched an initiative to stop global freeloading in the drug market.
> Finalized a rule to allow the importation of prescription drugs from
> Canada.
> Finalized the Most Favored Nation Rule to ensure that pharmaceutical
> companies offer the same discounts to the United States as they do to
> other nations, resulting in an estimated $85 billion in savings over
> seven years and $30 billion in out-of-pocket costs alone.
> Proposed a rule requiring federally funded health centers to pass drug
> company discounts on insulin and Epi-Pens directly to patients.
> Ended the gag clauses that prevented pharmacists from informing patients
> about the best prices for the medications they need.
> Ended the costly kickbacks to middlemen and ensured that patients
> directly benefit from available discounts at the pharmacy counter,
> saving Americans up to 30 percent on brand name pharmaceuticals.
> Enhanced Part D plans to provide many seniors with Medicare access to a
> broad set of insulins at a maximum $35 copay for a month’s supply of
> each type of insulin.
> Reduced Medicare Part D prescription drug premiums, saving beneficiaries
> nearly $2 billion in premium costs since 2017.
> Ended the Unapproved Drugs Initiative, which provided market exclusivity
> to generic drugs.
> Promoted research and innovation in healthcare to ensure that American
> patients have access to the best treatment in the world.
>
> Signed first-ever executive order to affirm that it is the official
> policy of the United States Government to protect patients with
> pre-existing conditions.
> Passed Right To Try to give terminally ill patients access to lifesaving
> cures.
> Signed an executive order to fight kidney disease with more transplants
> and better treatment.
> Signed into law a $1 billion increase in funding for critical
> Alzheimer’s research.
> Accelerated medical breakthroughs in genetic treatments for Sickle Cell
> disease.
> Finalized the interoperability rules that will give American patients
> access to their electronic health records on their phones.
> Initiated an effort to provide $500 million over the next decade to
> improve pediatric cancer research.
> Launched a campaign to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America in the next
> decade.
> Started a program to provide the HIV prevention drug PrEP to uninsured
> patients for free.
> Signed an executive order and awarded new development contracts to
> modernize the influenza vaccine.
> Protected our Nation’s seniors by safeguarding and strengthening Medicare.
>
> Updated the way Medicare pays for innovative medical products to ensure
> beneficiaries have access to the latest innovation and treatment.
> Reduced improper payments for Medicare an estimated $15 billion since
> 2016 protecting taxpayer dollars and leading to less fraud, waste, and
> abuse.
> Took rapid action to combat antimicrobial resistance and secure access
> to life-saving new antibiotic drugs for American seniors, by removing
> several financial disincentives and setting policies to reduce
> inappropriate use.
> Launched new online tools, including eMedicare, Blue Button 2.0, and
> Care Compare, to help seniors see what is covered, compare costs,
> streamline data, and compare tools available on Medicare.gov.
> Provided new Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, including
> modifications to help keep seniors safe in their homes, respite care for
> caregivers, non-opioid pain management alternatives like therapeutic
> massages, transportation, and more in-home support services and assistance.
> Protected Medicare beneficiaries by removing Social Security numbers
> from all Medicare cards, a project completed ahead of schedule.
> Unleashed unprecedented transparency in Medicare and Medicaid data to
> spur research and innovation.
> Remaking the Federal Judiciary
> Appointed a historic number of Federal judges who will interpret the
> Constitution as written.
>
> Nominated and confirmed over 230 Federal judges.
> Confirmed 54 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, making up
> nearly a third of the entire appellate bench.
> Filled all Court of Appeals vacancies for the first time in four decades.
> Flipped the Second, Third, and Eleventh Circuits from Democrat-appointed
> majorities to Republican-appointed majorities. And dramatically reshaped
> the long-liberal Ninth Circuit.
> Appointed three Supreme Court justices, expanding its
> conservative-appointed majority to 6-3.
>
> Appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
> Appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
> Appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
> Achieving a Secure Border
> Secured the Southern Border of the United States.
>
> Built over 400 miles of the world’s most robust and advanced border wall.
> Illegal crossings have plummeted over 87 percent where the wall has been
> constructed.
> Deployed nearly 5,000 troops to the Southern border. In addition, Mexico
> deployed tens of thousands of their own soldiers and national guardsmen
> to secure their side of the US-Mexico border.
> Ended the dangerous practice of Catch-and-Release, which means that
> instead of aliens getting released into the United States pending future
> hearings never to be seen again, they are detained pending removal, and
> then ultimately returned to their home countries.
> Entered into three historic asylum cooperation agreements with Honduras,
> El Salvador, and Guatemala to stop asylum fraud and resettle illegal
> migrants in third-party nations pending their asylum applications.
> Entered into a historic partnership with Mexico, referred to as the
> “Migrant Protection Protocols,” to safely return asylum-seekers to
> Mexico while awaiting hearings in the United States.
> Fully enforced the immigration laws of the United States.
>
> Signed an executive order to strip discretionary Federal grant funding
> from deadly sanctuary cities.
> Fully enforced and implemented statutorily authorized “expedited
> removal” of illegal aliens.
> The Department of Justice prosecuted a record-breaking number of
> immigration-related crimes.
> Used Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to
> reduce the number of aliens coming from countries whose governments
> refuse to accept their nationals who were ordered removed from the
> United States.
> Ended asylum fraud, shut down human smuggling traffickers, and solved
> the humanitarian crisis across the Western Hemisphere.
>
> Suspended, via regulation, asylum for aliens who had skipped previous
> countries where they were eligible for asylum but opted to “forum shop”
> and continue to the United States.
> Safeguarded migrant families, and protected migrant safety, by
> promulgating new regulations under the Flores Settlement Agreement.
> Proposed regulations to end the practice of giving free work permits to
> illegal aliens lodging meritless asylum claims.
> Issued “internal relocation” guidance.
> Cross-trained United States Border Patrol agents to conduct credible
> fear screenings alongside USCIS (United States Citizenship and
> Immigration Services) adjudication personnel to reduce massive backlogs.
> Streamlined and expedited the asylum hearing process through both the
> Prompt Asylum Claim Review (PACR) and the Humanitarian Asylum Review
> Process (HARP).
> Launched the Family Fraud Initiative to identify hundreds of individuals
> who were fraudulently presenting themselves as family units at the
> border, oftentimes with trafficking children, in order to ensure child
> welfare.
> Improved screening in countries with high overstay rates and reduced
> visa overstay rates in many of these countries.
> Removed bureaucratic constraints on United States consular officers that
> reduced their ability to appropriately vet visa applicants.
> Worked with Mexico and other regional partners to dismantle the human
> smuggling networks in our hemisphere that profit from human misery and
> fuel the border crisis by exploiting vulnerable populations.
> Secured our Nation’s immigration system against criminals and terrorists.
>
> Instituted national security travel bans to keep out terrorists,
> jihadists, and violent extremists, and implemented a uniform security
> and information-sharing baseline all nations must meet in order for
> their nationals to be able to travel to, and emigrate to, the United
> States.
> Suspended refugee resettlement from the world’s most dangerous and
> terror-afflicted regions.
> Rebalanced refugee assistance to focus on overseas resettlement and
> burden-sharing.
> 85 percent reduction in refugee resettlement.
> Overhauled badly-broken refugee security screening process.
> Required the Department of State to consult with states and localities
> as part of the Federal government’s refugee resettlement process.
> Issued strict sanctions on countries that have failed to take back their
> own nationals.
> Established the National Vetting Center, which is the most advanced and
> comprehensive visa screening system anywhere in the world.
> Protected American workers and taxpayers.
>
> Issued a comprehensive “public charge” regulation to ensure newcomers to
> the United States are financially self-sufficient and not reliant on
> welfare.
> Created an enforcement mechanism for sponsor repayment and deeming, to
> ensure that people who are presenting themselves as sponsors are
> actually responsible for sponsor obligations.
> Issued regulations to combat the horrendous practice of “birth tourism.”
> Issued a rule with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
> to make illegal aliens ineligible for public housing.
> Issued directives requiring Federal agencies to hire United States
> workers first and prioritizing the hiring of United States workers
> wherever possible.
> Suspended the entry of low-wage workers that threaten American jobs.
> Finalized new H-1B regulations to permanently end the displacement of
> United States workers and modify the administrative tools that are
> required for H-1B visa issuance.
> Defended United States sovereignty by withdrawing from the United
> Nations’ Global Compact on Migration.
> Suspended Employment Authorization Documents for aliens who arrive
> illegally between ports of entry and are ordered removed from the United
> States.
> Restored integrity to the use of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by
> strictly adhering to the statutory conditions required for TPS.
> Restoring American Leadership Abroad
> Restored America’s leadership in the world and successfully negotiated
> to ensure our allies pay their fair share for our military protection.
>
> Secured a $400 billion increase in defense spending from NATO (North
> Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies by 2024, and the number of members
> meeting their minimum obligations more than doubled.
> Credited by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for strengthening NATO.
> Worked to reform and streamline the United Nations (UN) and reduced
> spending by $1.3 billion.
> Allies, including Japan and the Republic of Korea, committed to increase
> burden-sharing.
> Protected our Second Amendment rights by announcing the United States
> will never ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty.
> Returned 56 hostages and detainees from more than 24 countries.
> Worked to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region, promoting new
> investments and expanding American partnerships.
> Advanced peace through strength.
>
> Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Nuclear Deal and imposed
> crippling sanctions on the Iranian Regime.
> Conducted vigorous enforcement on all sanctions to bring Iran’s oil
> exports to zero and deny the regime its principal source of revenue.
> First president to meet with a leader of North Korea and the first
> sitting president to cross the demilitarized zone into North Korea.
> Maintained a maximum pressure campaign and enforced tough sanctions on
> North Korea while negotiating de-nuclearization, the release of American
> hostages, and the return of the remains of American heroes.
> Brokered economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo, bolstering
> peace in the Balkans.
> Signed the Honk Kong Autonomy Act and ended the United States’
> preferential treatment with Hong Kong to hold China accountable for its
> infringement on the autonomy of Hong Kong.
> Led allied efforts to defeat the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to
> control the international telecommunications system.
> Renewed our cherished friendship and alliance with Israel and took
> historic action to promote peace in the Middle East.
>
> Recognized Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel and quickly moved the
> American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
> Acknowledged Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights and declared
> that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not inconsistent with
> international law.
> Removed the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council
> due to the group’s blatant anti-Israel bias.
> Brokered historic peace agreements between Israel and Arab-Muslim
> countries, including the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain,
> and Sudan.
> In addition, the United States negotiated a normalization agreement
> between Israel and Morocco, and recognized Moroccan Sovereignty over the
> entire Western Sahara, a position with long standing bipartisan support.
> Brokered a deal for Kosovo to normalize ties and establish diplomatic
> relations with Israel.
> Announced that Serbia would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
> First American president to address an assembly of leaders from more
> than 50 Muslim nations, and reach an agreement to fight terrorism in all
> its forms.
> Established the Etidal Center to combat terrorism in the Middle East in
> conjunction with the Saudi Arabian Government.
> Announced the Vision for Peace Political Plan – a two-state solution
> that resolves the risks of Palestinian statehood to Israel’s security,
> and the first time Israel has agreed to a map and a Palestinian state.
> Released an economic plan to empower the Palestinian people and enhance
> Palestinian governance through historic private investment.
> Stood up against Communism and Socialism in the Western Hemisphere.
>
> Reversed the previous Administration’s disastrous Cuba policy, canceling
> the sellout deal with the Communist Castro dictatorship.
> Pledged not to lift sanctions until all political prisoners are freed;
> freedoms of assembly and expression are respected; all political parties
> are legalized; and free elections are scheduled.
> Enacted a new policy aimed at preventing American dollars from funding
> the Cuban regime, including stricter travel restrictions and
> restrictions on the importation of Cuban alcohol and tobacco.
> Implemented a cap on remittances to Cuba.
> Enabled Americans to file lawsuits against persons and entities that
> traffic in property confiscated by the Cuban regime.
> First world leader to recognize Juan Guaido as the Interim President of
> Venezuela and led a diplomatic coalition against the Socialist Dictator
> of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.
> Blocked all property of the Venezuelan Government in the jurisdiction of
> the United States.
> Cut off the financial resources of the Maduro regime and sanctioned key
> sectors of the Venezuelan economy exploited by the regime.
> Brought criminal charges against Nicolas Maduro for his narco-terrorism.
> Imposed stiff sanctions on the Ortega regime in Nicaragua.
> Joined together with Mexico and Canada in a successful bid to host the
> 2026 FIFA World Cup, with 60 matches to be held in the United States.
> Won bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
> Colossal Rebuilding of the Military
> Rebuilt the military and created the Sixth Branch, the United States
> Space Force.
>
> Completely rebuilt the United States military with over $2.2 trillion in
> defense spending, including $738 billion for 2020.
> Secured three pay raises for our service members and their families,
> including the largest raise in a decade.
> Established the Space Force, the first new branch of the United States
> Armed Forces since 1947.
> Modernized and recapitalized our nuclear forces and missile defenses to
> ensure they continue to serve as a strong deterrent.
> Upgraded our cyber defenses by elevating the Cyber Command into a major
> warfighting command and by reducing burdensome procedural restrictions
> on cyber operations.
> Vetoed the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act, which failed to
> protect our national security, disrespected the history of our veterans
> and military, and contradicted our efforts to put America first.
> Defeated terrorists, held leaders accountable for malign actions, and
> bolstered peace around the world.
>
> Defeated 100 percent of ISIS’ territorial caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
> Freed nearly 8 million civilians from ISIS’ bloodthirsty control, and
> liberated Mosul, Raqqa, and the final ISIS foothold of Baghuz.
> Killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and eliminated the
> world’s top terrorist, Qasem Soleimani.
> Created the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) in partnership
> between the United States and its Gulf partners to combat extremist
> ideology and threats, and target terrorist financial networks, including
> over 60 terrorist individuals and entities spanning the globe.
> Twice took decisive military action against the Assad regime in Syria
> for the barbaric use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians,
> including a successful 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles strike.
> Authorized sanctions against bad actors tied to Syria’s chemical weapons
> program.
> Negotiated an extended ceasefire with Turkey in northeast Syria.
> Addressed gaps in American’s defense-industrial base, providing
> much-needed updates to improve the safety of our country.
>
> Protected America’s defense-industrial base, directing the first
> whole-of-government assessment of our manufacturing and defense supply
> chains since the 1950s.
> Took decisive steps to secure our information and communications
> technology and services supply chain, including unsafe mobile applications.
> Completed several multi-year nuclear material removal campaigns,
> securing over 1,000 kilograms of highly enriched uranium and
> significantly reducing global nuclear threats.
> Signed an executive order directing Federal agencies to work together to
> diminish the capability of foreign adversaries to target our critical
> electric infrastructure.
> Established a whole-of-government strategy addressing the threat posed
> by China’s malign efforts targeting the United States taxpayer-funded
> research and development ecosystem.
> Advanced missile defense capabilities and regional alliances.
> Bolstered the ability of our allies and partners to defend themselves
> through the sale of aid and military equipment.
> Signed the largest arms deal ever, worth nearly $110 billion, with Saudi
> Arabia.
> Serving and Protecting Our Veterans
> Reformed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve care,
> choice, and employee accountability.
>
> Signed and implemented the VA Mission Act, which made permanent Veterans
> CHOICE, revolutionized the VA community care system, and delivered
> quality care closer to home for Veterans.
> The number of Veterans who say they trust VA services has increased 19
> percent to a record 91 percent, an all-time high.
> Offered same-day emergency mental health care at every VA medical
> facility, and secured $9.5 billion for mental health services in 2020.
> Signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, which ensured
> that veterans could continue to see the doctor of their choice and
> wouldn’t have to wait for care.
> During the Trump Administration, millions of veterans have been able to
> choose a private doctor in their communities.
> Expanded Veterans’ ability to access telehealth services, including
> through the “Anywhere to Anywhere” VA healthcare initiative leading to a
> 1000 percent increase in usage during COVID-19.
> Signed the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection
> Act and removed thousands of VA workers who failed to give our Vets the
> care they have so richly deserve.
> Signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017
> and improved the efficiency of the VA, setting record numbers of appeals
> decisions.
> Modernized medical records to begin a seamless transition from the
> Department of Defense to the VA.
> Launched a new tool that provides Veterans with online access to average
> wait times and quality-of-care data.
> The promised White House VA Hotline has fielded hundreds of thousands of
> calls.
> Formed the PREVENTS Task Force to fight the tragedy of Veteran suicide.
> Decreased veteran homelessness, improved education benefits, and
> achieved record-low veteran unemployment.
>
> Signed and implemented the Forever GI Bill, allowing Veterans to use
> their benefits to get an education at any point in their lives.
> Eliminated every penny of Federal student loan debt owed by American
> veterans who are completely and permanently disabled.
> Compared to 2009, 49 percent fewer veterans experienced homelessness
> nationwide during 2019.
> Signed and implemented the HAVEN Act to ensure that Veterans who’ve
> declared bankruptcy don’t lose their disability payments.
> Helped hundreds of thousands of military service members make the
> transition from the military to the civilian workforce, and developed
> programs to support the employment of military spouses.
> Placed nearly 40,000 homeless veterans into employment through the
> Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.
> Placed over 600,000 veterans into employment through American Job Center
> services.
> Enrolled over 500,000 transitioning service members in over 20,000
> Department of Labor employment workshops.
> Signed an executive order to help Veterans transition seamlessly into
> the United States Merchant Marine.
> Making Communities Safer
> Signed into law landmark criminal justice reform.
>
> Signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law, the first landmark
> criminal justice reform legislation ever passed to reduce recidivism and
> help former inmates successfully rejoin society.
> Promoted second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to
> live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.
> Launched a new “Ready to Work” initiative to help connect employers
> directly with former prisoners.
> Awarded $2.2 million to states to expand the use of fidelity bonds,
> which underwrite companies that hire former prisoners.
> Reversed decades-old ban on Second Chance Pell programs to provide
> postsecondary education to individuals who are incarcerated expand their
> skills and better succeed in the workforce upon re-entry.
> Awarded over $333 million in Department of Labor grants to nonprofits
> and local and state governments for reentry projects focused on career
> development services for justice-involved youth and adults who were
> formerly incarcerated.
> Unprecedented support for law-enforcement.
>
> In 2019, violent crime fell for the third consecutive year.
> Since 2016, the violent crime rate has declined over 5 percent and the
> murder rate has decreased by over 7 percent.
> Launched Operation Legend to combat a surge of violent crime in cities,
> resulting in more than 5,500 arrests.
> Deployed the National Guard and Federal law enforcement to Kenosha to
> stop violence and restore public safety.
> Provided $1 million to Kenosha law enforcement, nearly $4 million to
> support small businesses in Kenosha, and provided over $41 million to
> support law enforcement to the state of Wisconsin.
> Deployed Federal agents to save the courthouse in Portland from rioters.
> Signed an executive order outlining ten-year prison sentences for
> destroying Federal property and monuments.
> Directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and prosecute
> Federal offenses related to ongoing violence.
> DOJ provided nearly $400 million for new law enforcement hiring.
> Endorsed by the 355,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police.
> Revitalized Project Safe Neighborhoods, which brings together Federal,
> state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials to develop solutions
> to violent crime.
> Improved first-responder communications by deploying the FirstNet
> National Public Safety Broadband Network, which serves more than 12,000
> public safety agencies across the Nation.
> Established a new commission to evaluate best practices for recruiting,
> training, and supporting law enforcement officers.
> Signed the Safe Policing for Safe Communities executive order to
> incentive local police department reforms in line with law and order.
> Made hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of surplus military
> equipment available to local law enforcement.
> Signed an executive order to help prevent violence against law
> enforcement officers.
> Secured permanent funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund for
> first responders.
> Implemented strong measures to stem hate crimes, gun violence, and human
> trafficking.
>
> Signed an executive order making clear that Title VI of the Civil Rights
> Act of 1964 applies to discrimination rooted in anti-Semitism.
> Launched a centralized website to educate the public about hate crimes
> and encourage reporting.
> Signed the Fix NICS Act to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous
> criminals.
> Signed the STOP School Violence Act and created a Commission on School
> Safety to examine ways to make our schools safer.
> Launched the Foster Youth to Independence initiative to prevent and end
> homelessness among young adults under the age of 25 who are in, or have
> recently left, the foster care system.
> Signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, which
> tightened criteria for whether countries are meeting standards for
> eliminating trafficking.
> Established a task force to help combat the tragedy of missing or
> murdered Native American women and girls.
> Prioritized fighting for the voiceless and ending the scourge of human
> trafficking across the Nation, through a whole of government back by
> legislation, executive action, and engagement with key industries.
> Created the first-ever White House position focused solely on combating
> human trafficking.
> Cherishing Life and Religious Liberty
> Steadfastly supported the sanctity of every human life and worked
> tirelessly to prevent government funding of abortion.
>
> Reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, ensuring that taxpayer
> money is not used to fund abortion globally.
> Issued a rule preventing Title X taxpayer funding from subsiding the
> abortion industry.
> Supported legislation to end late-term abortions.
> Cut all funding to the United Nations population fund due to the fund’s
> support for coercive abortion and forced sterilization.
> Signed legislation overturning the previous administration’s regulation
> that prohibited states from defunding abortion facilities as part of
> their family planning programs.
> Fully enforced the requirement that taxpayer dollars do not support
> abortion coverage in Obamacare exchange plans.
> Stopped the Federal funding of fetal tissue research.
> Worked to protect healthcare entities and individuals’ conscience rights
> – ensuring that no medical professional is forced to participate in an
> abortion in violation of their beliefs.
> Issued an executive order reinforcing requirement that all hospitals in
> the United States provide medical treatment or an emergency transfer for
> infants who are in need of emergency medical care—regardless of
> prematurity or disability.
> Led a coalition of countries to sign the Geneva Consensus Declaration,
> declaring that there is no international right to abortion and
> committing to protecting women’s health.
> First president in history to attend the March for Life.
> Stood up for religious liberty in the United States and around the world.
>
> Protected the conscience rights of doctors, nurses, teachers, and groups
> like the Little Sisters of the Poor.
> First president to convene a meeting at the United Nations to end
> religious persecution.
> Established the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative.
> Stopped the Johnson Amendment from interfering with pastors’ right to
> speak their minds.
> Reversed the previous administration’s policy that prevented the
> government from providing disaster relief to religious organizations.
> Protected faith-based adoption and foster care providers, ensuring they
> can continue to serve their communities while following the teachings of
> their faith.
> Reduced burdensome barriers to ensure Native Americans are free to keep
> spiritually and culturally significant eagle feathers found on their
> tribal lands.
> Took action to ensure Federal employees can take paid time off work to
> observe religious holy days.
> Signed legislation to assist religious and ethnic groups targeted by
> ISIS for mass murder and genocide in Syria and Iraq.
> Directed American assistance toward persecuted communities, including
> through faith-based programs.
> Launched the International Religious Freedom Alliance – the first-ever
> alliance devoted to confronting religious persecution around the world.
> Appointed a Special Envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.
> Imposed restrictions on certain Chinese officials, internal security
> units, and companies for their complicity in the persecution of Uighur
> Muslims in Xinjiang.
> Issued an executive order to protect and promote religious freedom
> around the world.
> Safeguarding the Environment
> Took strong action to protect the environment and ensure clean air and
> clean water.
>
> Took action to protect vulnerable Americans from being exposed to lead
> and copper in drinking water and finalized a rule protecting children
> from lead-based paint hazards.
> Invested over $38 billion in clean water infrastructure.
> In 2019, America achieved the largest decline in carbon emissions of any
> country on earth. Since withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, the
> United States has reduced carbon emissions more than any nation.
> American levels of particulate matter – one of the main measures of air
> pollution – are approximately five times lower than the global average.
> Between 2017 and 2019, the air became 7 percent cleaner – indicated by a
> steep drop in the combined emissions of criteria pollutants.
> Led the world in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, having cut
> energy-related CO2 emissions by 12 percent from 2005 to 2018 while the
> rest of the world increased emissions by 24 percent.
> In FY 2019 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleaned up more
> major pollution sites than any year in nearly two decades.
> The EPA delivered $300 million in Brownfields grants directly to
> communities most in need including investment in 118 Opportunity Zones.
> Placed a moratorium on offshore drilling off the coasts of Georgia,
> North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
> Restored public access to Federal land at Bears Ears National Monument
> and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
> Recovered more endangered or threatened species than any other
> administration in its first term.
> Secured agreements and signed legislation to protect the environment and
> preserve our Nation’s abundant national resources.
>
> The USMCA guarantees the strongest environmental protections of any
> trade agreement in history.
> Signed the Save Our Seas Act to protect our environment from foreign
> nations that litter our oceans with debris and developed the first-ever
> Federal strategic plan to address marine litter.
> Signed the Great American Outdoors Act, securing the single largest
> investment in America’s National Parks and public lands in history.
> Signed the largest public lands legislation in a decade, designating 1.3
> million new acres of wilderness.
> Signed a historic executive order promoting much more active forest
> management to prevent catastrophic wildfires.
> Opened and expanded access to over 4 million acres of public lands for
> hunting and fishing.
> Joined the One Trillion Trees Initiative to plant, conserve, and restore
> trees in America and around the world.
> Delivered infrastructure upgrades and investments for numerous projects,
> including over half a billion dollars to fix the Herbert Hoover Dike and
> expanding funding for Everglades restoration by 55 percent.
> Expanding Educational Opportunity
> Fought tirelessly to give every American access to the best possible
> education.
>
> The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expanded School Choice, allowing parents to
> use up to $10,000 from a 529 education savings account to cover K-12
> tuition costs at the public, private, or religious school of their choice.
> Launched a new pro-American lesson plan for students called the 1776
> Commission to promote patriotic education.
> Prohibited the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the Federal government.
> Established the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park
> that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live.
> Called on Congress to pass the Education Freedom Scholarships and
> Opportunity Act to expand education options for 1 million students of
> all economic backgrounds.
> Signed legislation reauthorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program.
> Issued updated guidance making clear that the First Amendment right to
> Free Exercise of Religion does not end at the door to a public school.
> Took action to promote technical education.
>
> Signed into law the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the
> 21st Century Act, which provides over 13 million students with
> high-quality vocational education and extends more than $1.3 billion
> each year to states for critical workforce development programs.
> Signed the INSPIRE Act which encouraged NASA to have more women and
> girls participate in STEM and seek careers in aerospace.
> Allocated no less than $200 million each year in grants to prioritize
> women and minorities in STEM and computer science education.
> Drastically reformed and modernized our educational system to restore
> local control and promote fairness.
>
> Restored state and local control of education by faithfully implementing
> the Every Student Succeeds Act.
> Signed an executive order that ensures public universities protect First
> Amendment rights or they will risk losing funding, addresses student
> debt by requiring colleges to share a portion of the financial risk, and
> increases transparency by requiring universities to disclose information
> about the value of potential educational programs.
> Issued a rule strengthening Title IX protections for survivors of sexual
> misconduct in schools, and that – for the first time in history –
> codifies that sexual harassment is prohibited under Title IX.
> Negotiated historic bipartisan agreement on new higher education rules
> to increase innovation and lower costs by reforming accreditation, state
> authorization, distance education, competency-based education, credit
> hour, religious liberty, and TEACH Grants.
> Prioritized support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
>
> Moved the Federal Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
> Initiative back to the White House.
> Signed into law the FUTURE Act, making permanent $255 million in annual
> funding for HBCUs and increasing funding for the Federal Pell Grant
> program.
> Signed legislation that included more than $100 million for
> scholarships, research, and centers of excellence at HBCU land-grant
> institutions.
> Fully forgave $322 million in disaster loans to four HBCUs in 2018, so
> they could fully focus on educating their students.
> Enabled faith-based HBCUs to enjoy equal access to Federal support.
> Combatting the Opioid Crisis
> Brought unprecedented attention and support to combat the opioid crisis.
>
> Declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency.
> Secured a record $6 billion in new funding to combat the opioid epidemic.
> Signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the largest-ever
> legislative effort to address a drug crisis in our Nation’s history.
> Launched the Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and
> Demand in order to confront the many causes fueling the drug crisis.
> The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a record $9
> billion in grants to expand access to prevention, treatment, and
> recovery services to States and local communities.
> Passed the CRIB Act, allowing Medicaid to help mothers and their babies
> who are born physically dependent on opioids by covering their care in
> residential pediatric recovery facilities.
> Distributed $1 billion in grants for addiction prevention and treatment.
> Announced a Safer Prescriber Plan that seeks to decrease the amount of
> opioids prescriptions filled in America by one third within three years.
> Reduced the total amount of opioids prescriptions filled in America.
> Expanded access to medication-assisted treatment and life-saving Naloxone.
> Launched FindTreatment.gov, a tool to find help for substance abuse.
> Drug overdose deaths fell nationwide in 2018 for the first time in
> nearly three decades.
> Launched the Drug-Impaired Driving Initiative to work with local law
> enforcement and the driving public at large to increase awareness.
> Launched a nationwide public ad campaign on youth opioid abuse that
> reached 58 percent of young adults in America.
> Since 2016, there has been a nearly 40 percent increase in the number of
> Americans receiving medication-assisted treatment.
> Approved 29 state Medicaid demonstrations to improve access to opioid
> use disorder treatment, including new flexibility to cover inpatient and
> residential treatment.
> Approved nearly $200 million in grants to address the opioid crisis in
> severely affected communities and to reintegrate workers in recovery
> back into the workforce.
> Took action to seize illegal drugs and punish those preying on innocent
> Americans.
>
> In FY 2019, ICE HSI seized 12,466 pounds of opioids including 3,688
> pounds of fentanyl, an increase of 35 percent from FY 2018.
> Seized tens of thousands of kilograms of heroin and thousands of
> kilograms of fentanyl since 2017.
> The Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecuted more fentanyl traffickers
> than ever before, dismantled 3,000 drug trafficking organizations, and
> seized enough fentanyl to kill 105,000 Americans.
> DOJ charged more than 65 defendants collectively responsible for
> distributing over 45 million opioid pills.
> Brought kingpin designations against traffickers operating in China,
> India, Mexico, and more who have played a role in the epidemic in America.
> Indicted major Chinese drug traffickers for distributing fentanyl in the
> U.S for the first time ever, and convinced China to enact strict
> regulations to control the production and sale of fentanyl.
>
>> He divided people.
>
> Patriots/traitors.
>
> Winners/Losers.
>
> Same as God at birth divided us.
>
> Ye shall know them by their works, or in the case of libtards, their
> failures.

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