TRUMP 2020
· • Nov 25, 2019 Trump signed a law to make cruelty
to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences
· • Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water
infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan
· • Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S.
surpassed Russia & Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of
crude oil
· • In 2018 Trump signed the “Allow States and
Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop
Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and
victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.
· • Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on
Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money saving information
· • Trump signed a bill to require airports to
provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms
· • Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds
$10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean
· •Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection
& conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected
land
· •Trump signed an executive order this year that
forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that
Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance
companies
· •Trump signed the Right To Try bill May 30, 2018
that allows all terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments that are
not yet approved by the FDA so that they have a fighting chance to live
· • President Trump is ending surprise billing
· • Hospitals will now be required to post their
standard charges for services, which include gross charges, the negotiated
rates with insurers and the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept
from a patient
· • Created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans
and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans
· • VA employees are being held accountable for poor
performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended
so far
· • He signed bills in 2019 and 2020 allowing some
drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down
· •Trump administration will provide HIV prevention
drug for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years
· • All time record sales during 2019 holidays
· •Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid
parental leave for millions of federal workers, the single most expansive
parental leave policy of ever in the US
· •Trump signed an EO allowing small businesses to
group together to buy insurance so they get it at a better price
· • Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act,
written by a Republican lawmaker, providing funding for states to develop
maternal mortality review committees to better understand maternal complications
& identify solutions to reduce higher mortality rates for Black Americans
· • In 2018, President Trump signed the
groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms
making our justice system fairer + helping former inmates successfully return
to society
· • The act expanded judicial discretion in
sentencing of non-violent crimes
· • The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities
in sentencing that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed
mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes
· • Over 90% benefitting from retroactive sentencing
reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans
· • The First Step Act provides rehabilitative
programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to
crime
· • Trump increased funding for Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%
· • Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane
Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs
· • Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of
executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs
· • Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a
historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments
· • More than 7 million jobs created since election
· • Trump’s USDA committed more than $124 Million to
help rebuild rural water infrastructure
· Before the virus:
· • The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8%
under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment
· • Poverty rates for African-Americans and
Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began
collecting such data
· Before COVID:
· • Consumer confidence & small business
confidence at an all time high
· • More Americans are now employed than ever
recorded before in our history
· • More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created
since his election
· • Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors
· • Trump ordered his openly gay ambassador to
Germany
· • Promoted Ric Grenell in Feb 2020 to Director of
National Intelligence, making Ric the first EVER gay cabinet member for a
President
· • President Trump and Ric Grenell led a global
initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe
· • Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in
Venezuela who killed their citizens
· • Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea
· • President Trump has ordered a halt to all U.S.
taxpayer money going to international organizations that fund or perform
abortions
· • Made a deal with the European Union to increase
U.S. energy exports to Europe
· • Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal
· • Issued an executive order requiring the
Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a
joint plan to provide veterans access to mental health treatment as they
transition to civilian life
· • President Trump signed a bill that creates five
national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of
wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund
· • Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination
Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions
of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in
ACTeam districts
· • In 2018, Trump’s DOJ dismantled an organization
that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements
resulting in sex trafficking
· • The OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance
for government officials to effectively combat human trafficking
· • Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking
· • United States law enforcement are working with
Mexican officials to dismantle human trafficking networks operating across the
U.S.-Mexico border
· • Trump’s HHS provided funding to support the
National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators + give victims the
help they need
· • That hotline identified 16,862 potential human
trafficking cases and provided 14,419 referrals to services between Oct 2017
& March 2019
· • Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that
support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1,
2017, to June 30, 2018
· • Trump’s DHS has hired more victim assistance
specialists, helping ensure that victims have the proper resources and support
· • In 2019 President Trump signed into law The Elie
Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act which aims to improve US response
to emerging or potential genocides and is named in honor of Holocaust survivor
Elie Wiesel
· • Negotiated peace in Afghanistan + bringing back
troops
· • President Trump signed a law giving Veterans a
smoother path to STEM careers by creating a national outreach program to help
Veterans enter STEM fields
· • In Jan. 2020 President Trump created a new
position at the White House focused 100% on combating human & child
trafficking
· • President Trump & AG Barr launched Operation
LeGend in July 2020 to fight rising crime & murder in Democrat run cities.
So far they’ve arrested 1,500 violent criminals through this targeted operation
inspired by the killing of a young 4 year old Black American named LeGend
· • Trump ordered the killing of Iranian general and
head of terror group QUDS, Qassem Soleimani — Soleimani was responsible for the
deaths of over 1,000 Americans including an American contractor the same week
he was killed
· • Trump ordered the killing of ISIS leader
Al-Baghdadi
· • In January 2019 President Trump signed into law
the Ashanti Alert Act which requires the Department of Justice to establish a
national communications network, the Ashanti Alert communications network, to
assist regional and local search efforts for certain missing adults
· • President Trump has called on Congress to pass
school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school
because of his or her zip code
· • The President signed funding legislation in
September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million
· • Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization
since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund
vocational and career education programs
· • Executive order expanding apprenticeship
opportunities for students and workers
· • Signed an executive order that allows the
government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic
and who fail to combat anti-Semitism
· • Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the
biggest change to copyright law in decades
· • Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment
deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam
· • OK’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers
affected by unfair trade retaliation
· • Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including
many President Obama could not get freed
· • Trump secured Billions that will fund the
building of a wall at our southern border
· • The Trump Administration is promoting second
chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives
and find meaningful employment
· • Trump’s DOE is expanding an initiative allowing
individuals in prison to receive Pell Grants to prepare themselves for the
workforce
· •The Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons
launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers with former
prisoners
· • President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation
included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income
communities across the country
· • 8,764 communities across the country have been
designated as Opportunity Zones
· • White House Counsel of Economic Advisors found
that Trump’s opportunity zones have attracted over $75 Billion in investments
to underserved, predominantly minority inhabited communities and estimate it
will create 500,000 jobs
· • President Trump’s issued an Executive Order
prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or
punishing expressions of faith
· • Trump directed the Education Secretary to end
Common Core
· • Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund
into law
· • Trump signed measure funding prevention programs
for Veteran suicide
· • Companies have brought back over a TRILLION
dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed
· • Stock Market reached record highs
· • Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the
opioid epidemic
· • Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act,
expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary
and mental health care
· • Has his circuit court judges being confirmed
faster than any other new administration
· • Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and
Brett Kavanaugh confirmed
· • Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
· • NATO allies increased their defense spending
because of his pressure campaign
· • Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico &
Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in
· • Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to
increase U.S. exports
· • Signed legislation to improve the National
Suicide Hotline
· • Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer
legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and
improve treatments
· • Signed the TRACED Act to extend the period of
time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break
telemarketing restrictions. The bill requires voice service providers to
develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone
· • The TRACED Act requires carriers to share tools
& the ability to block spam callers with customers for free. It also
changes the fine imposed on spam telemarketers from $1,500 to $10,000 PER CALL.
Earlier this year Trump’s FCC fined one robocall guy $120 million
· • In 2019 President Trump signed into law two
funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific
research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding
for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER
· • Trump’s new Supreme Court picks were the deciding
votes on Janus case (June 27, 2018) which gives the right to public employees
to refuse to pay union fees for collective bargaining so they’re no longer
allowed to be forced into paying a union
· • In 2018 Trump had the last living Nazi death camp
guard living in the US arrested and deported by ICE, this was something Obama
failed to do — he was sent to Germany to be tried for his crimes
· • First President to ever speak at the March for
Life
· •President Trump on January 21, 2020 announced the
United States will join the One Trillion Trees Initiative launched at the World
Economic Forum as world leaders seek to combat climate change. This initiative
aims to plant 1.2 trillion trees that can neutralize carbon emissions
· • For Trillion trees initiative, Trump said
"We're committed to conserving he majesty of God's creation and the
natural beauty of our world,” and adding that the U.S. "will continue to
show strong leadership in restoring, growing and better managing our trees and
our forests.”
· • In 2018 the Supreme Court conservative justices
including Trump’s new judge voted to legalize Sports betting, the only
dissenting votes were judges picked by Democrat Presidents
· I know guys, this should’ve been done a long time
ago!
· • U.S. oil production recently reached all-time
high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East
· • The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the
first time since 1957
· • Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt
small businesses
· • Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable
generic drugs than ever before in history
· • Reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals
from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs— saving seniors hundreds of
millions of dollars this year alone
· • The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by
Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents
and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it. It also created a
new tax credit for other dependents
· • In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4
billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a
total of $8.1 billion to States to fund child care for low-income families
· • The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC)
signed into law by Trump provides tax credits equal to 20-35% of child care expenses,
$3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care
· • In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism
Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into
law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help
people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families
· • It was announced in February 2020 that after
years of setbacks, President Donald Trump is on track to build more than 500
miles of a wall along the southern border by the end of the year and has
secured billions in funding for it
· • In January 2020 President Trump signed into law
the USMCA trade deal between the US, Mexico & Canada that the Trump
administration negotiated, It brings over 500,000 jobs and is expected to raise
our GDP by 1.2%
· • January 2020 President Trump took steps to give
religious orga easier access to federal programs and reaffirmed students’
rights to pray in public school + adding in mandatory reporting options against
districts who violate the order to allow kids to pray
· • In July 2019 President Trump signed an executive
order hailed by the National Kidney Foundation as “A bold new vision” directing
HHS to develop policies addressing three goals: 1. Reducing the number of
patients developing kidney failure (continued in next tweet)
· 2. Reducing how many Americans get dialysis
treatment at dialysis centers and 3. Making more kidneys available for
transplant — The overall plan increases funding, seeks new care options, more
home dialysis care and more financial aid for patients with kidney issues
· • Trump has directed HHS to lower costs in Medicare
Advantage, allowing those beneficiaries to create savings accounts + accelerating
access to the latest medical technologies after being approved
· • Signed Right-To-Try allowing terminally ill
patients to try any drug
· • Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s
forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically
abusive trade practices, has agreed to a part 1 trade deal with China (Still
negotiating part 2)
· • Withdrew the United States from the job-killing
Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by
having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions
· Sorry Greta!
· • In Nov. 2019 President Trump signed tough
legislation that authorizes sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials
responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong, showing support for
pro-democracy activists
· • President Trump signed a bill Jan 24, 2020 that
spends $375 million over five years to help houses of worship and other
nonprofits protect themselves against terror attacks
· • The Trump administration reinstated and expanded
the “Mexico City Policy” which is a ban on U.S. aid to foreign groups that
promote or provide abortions and those who support others who do
· • Feb. 2020 President Trump signed an executive
order in California to re-engineer the state’s water plans, completing a
campaign promise to funnel water to a thirsty agriculture industry &
growing population in the south — this protects critical farming infrastructure
for USA
· • In August 2020 President Trump negotiated a
historic peace deal, the first of it’s kind in over 25 years, between the
United Arab Emirates and Israel. August, 13, 2020. He also teased they’re close
to finalizing more peace deals.
· • On Aug 14, 2020 President Trump signed 3 bills:
1. Establish commission to study issues Black males face and make
recommendations to address improving conditions 2. Extend death + disability
benefits to public safety officers. 3. Extending protections for service
members
· • On August 8th 2020 President Trump signed an
Executive Order putting a stop to all evictions, extending the freeze on
student loans, extending enhanced unemployment benefits and a payroll tax
holiday until 2021 which he promises to make permanent if re-elected
· • In August 2020 President Trump banned TikTok and
WeChat because they pose grave national security risks to the US because the
apps are controlled by China. Don’t worry teens, it’s probably going to be
bought by a US company and stay online WITHOUT China spying on you
· • Aug. 2020 President Trump signed an EO to Improve
rural health and telehealth access. The order notes that since Obamacare passed
129 rural hospitals have closed because of it. The order makes critical investments
in rural health and eliminates expensive regulatory burdens
· • July 2020 President Trump established the
Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
· • July 2020 Trump signed an Executive Order to
combat censorship from social media companies who violate section 230
· • Aug 2020 announced his admin will advance clean,
reliable & affordable Hydropower
· • In May 2020 President Trump signed an Executive
Order easing regulatory burdens that may inhibit our economic recovery. This
order has helped us to turn the economy around faster than we would have
without it
· BEFORE COVID:
· • Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in
more than 30 years
· • Median household income has hit highest level
ever recorded
· • African-American unemployment is at an all time
low
· • Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all time
low
· BEFORE COVID:
· • Asian-American unemployment is at an all time low
· • Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65 year low
· • Youth unemployment is at a 52 year low
· • The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in
employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans
· BEFORE COVID:
· • 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic
about the future— the highest ever.
· • As a result of the Republican tax bill, small
businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years
· • Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied
adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare
· • Tax cuts signed into law by Trump promote school
choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and
secondary education
· • Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump,
In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of
3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years!
· Right before the virus came..
· • The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5%
income boost in November 2019, that outpaced a 2.9% gain in earnings for the
country's highest-paid workers
· • 2019 Trump signed 3 bills for Native people. 1
gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their land in the 1900s, 1
reauthorizes funding for Native language programs & 1 gives federal
recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
· • Dec. 20, 2019 Trump finalized the creation of
Space Force as our 6th Military branch
· • Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in
office
· • Dec. 2018 Trump signed bill making CBD and Hemp
legal
· Trump made this economy great once and he’ll do it again.
· • On January 31, 2020 President Trump signed an EO
meant to combat human trafficking and online child exploitation, including
adding a new position at the White House to focus on the issue and coordinate
all government agencies to fight human trafficking + child trafficking. 1/2
· The EO also expands prevention education programs,
promotes housing opportunities for survivors and prioritizes the removal of
child sexual abuse material from the internet. State Dept. is creating a
website with resources + info on government efforts to fight trafficking
· • On July 24th, 2020 President Trump signed 4
Executive Orders,
· 1. Directs federal qualified health centers to pass
along discounts on insulin and epi-pens received from drug companies (makes
insulin and epi-pens WAY cheaper
· 2. Allows states to import drugs from other
countries
· 3. Lowers prices for patients by eliminating
kickbacks to middlemen between drug manufacturers & pharmacy benefit
managers. The order mandates patients receive those discounts instead
· 4. Ensures US pays the lowest price drug co’s
charge other nations, a HUGE savings to Americans!
· That’s the list. Next time a Democrat tells you
they don’t know one good thing Trump has done, you’ll know they’re either
uninformed or lying. He’s been a great President on policy. Some may dislike
his personality but on policy he’s been an incredible POTUS. 4 more years!
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