President Trump: Results of the First Six Months

Donald Trump. Photo: Facebook / Donald J. Trump

July 20 marked 6 months since Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 45th President of the United States. At this point, his approval rating, according to recent polls, is 38,3%. Trump himself called this figure “not bad.” What Donald Trump did in the first 182 days of his presidency—in the words of the White House itself.

“Together we work every day for the benefit of the citizens of this country: we defend their safety, return them jobs and in all respects put America on the first place”, President Donald Trump

GOVERNMENT AGAIN TAKES RESPONSIBILITY AGAIN

For six months in office, President Trump has fulfilled his promise to the American people that the government will regain responsibility.

• President Trump fulfilled the promise he made to the American people when he nominated and, after being confirmed by the Senate, appointed Neal Gorsach as a judge of the United States Supreme Court.
• President Trump imposed higher ethical standards to ensure that his administration works for the American people.
  • President Trump has signed an order that applies tougher new lobbying standards for political nominees, including a five-year ban on lobbying and a lifelong ban on lobbying for other countries.
  • President Trump sacrificed his salary by fulfilling his promise to the American people.
• To ensure that the government serves all Americans, President Trump called for a comprehensive reorganization plan for the executive and used his budget to begin implementing the plan.
  • President Trump created the Office of American Innovation (Office of American Innovation) to streamline and improve government for future generations.

CREATING WORK PLACES

The influence of President Trump on the economy was felt immediately - across the country began to create jobs.

• President Trump signs an order to buy American and hire Americans (Buy American and Hire American), in which he prioritized the interests of American companies and workers.
  • “Buy American” is aimed at supporting American industry, protecting it from unfair competition by paying attention to the abuse of exceptions and bookkeeping failures.
  • “Hiring Americans” calls for the reform of America’s visa programs so that they no longer crowd out American workers, but the laws governing the entry of foreign labor into the country work.
• President Trump has signed an order simplifying the implementation and expansion of trainee programs in industry.
• The Dow Jones index has grown by 17% since the day of the presidential election, and this year it has already set 25 records.
• Since January, 863 000 jobs have been added to the economy, including 821 000 jobs in private business.
  • Since January, 79 000 jobs have been added in construction.
  • Since January, 42 000 jobs have been added to mining and logging.
  • Since January, 41 000 jobs have been added in manufacturing.

CLEARING STATE REGULATION, KILLING WORKPLACES

In total, 6 months after taking office, President Donald Trump took a historic step - to remove the costly and wasteful norms that stood in the way of hardworking Americans.

• Estimated American Action ForumPresident Trump’s efforts to abolish norms have helped reduce costs in the amount of $ 70 billions.
• President Trump signed 14 Congress resolutions, which put an end to the burdensome rules of the Obama administration, more than all other presidents put together.
• Coming out of the Paris climate agreement, President Trump defended America against an unsuccessful treaty that would harm the country's economy.
  • According to the study NERA Consulting, fulfilling the Obama administration’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate would cost the US economy nearly $ 3 trillion.
  • The authors of the same study estimated that 6,5 million jobs in the industrial sector could be lost, including 3,1 million jobs in the manufacturing industry.
• In order to control the cost of compliance with regulatory requirements, President Trump signed an order stating that for each new regulatory act, two old regulatory documents must be removed.
• By reforming the infrastructure and investing in it, the Trump administration intends to drastically reduce project permits from 10 to 2 years, and this will spur investment and job creation.

OPEN AMERICAN POWER ENGINEERING

Over the 6 months, President Trump has deployed a US policy on power generation after many years of opposition.

• President Trump acted aggressively to increase US energy exports to the world market.
  • Updated US Department of the Treasury instructions that allow the United States to export coal.
  • Processes for obtaining permits and approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and exports are accelerated, including the permit for the LNG terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
• President Trump gave vent to oil and gas production in the United States by expanding access to the resources and infrastructure necessary to market them.
  • Gave bode for oil pipeline projects Keystone XL and Dakota Accessthan created more 42 000 jobs and $ 2 billion in revenue.
• He signed an order ordering American workers and American steel to be involved in future work on the oil pipelines.
  • Accelerated approval and production of new pipelines, for example, oil pipelines New burgos to mexico.
  • He signed an order to expand the drilling of oil and gas on the shelf and revised the leasing program for the development of offshore resources.
  • Gave impetus to the extraction of oil and gas on land owned by the federal government.
• The Environmental Protection Agency is currently reviewing Obama’s rule on greenhouse gas emissions, which is estimated to cost oil and gas business operators $ 530 million annually.
• President Trump kept his promise to miners during the election campaign and repealed the law of the previous administration called Stream Protection Rulewhich targeted this besieged industry and cost it approximately $ 81 million per year.

FREE AND HONEST TRADE

President Trump puts America in first place in trade negotiations and seeks conditions from our trading partners to make them profitable for everyone.

• One of the first decisions of President Trump was to exit the Trans-Pacific Partnership, after the Obama administration failed to protect American workers.
• President Trump announced that he would review the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) so that they better reflect current economic conditions and are beneficial to all parties involved.
  • In July, the United States Trade Representative published targets for future negotiations on NAFTA.
• Also in July, the president began the process of renegotiating the terms of a free trade agreement between the United States and Korea.
• Negotiations initiated by President Trump with China regarding economic cooperation have already yielded results for American business.
  • For the first time in 14 for years, beef imports to the United States returned to China.
  • We invite China to negotiate the import of US liquefied natural gas.
• President Trump fulfilled his campaign promise to cancel the Obama administration’s bad deal with Cuba, which benefited the Cuban regime at the expense of the Cuban people.

RENEWAL OF THE LAW AND ORDER IN THE SPHERE OF IMMIGRATION

President Trump made it a priority to pass immigration laws for the first six months in office to protect all Americans and ensure that the US immigration system applies to everyone in justice.

• President Trump established a strict immigration policy, which reduced the number of illegal border crossings by 53% compared to the same period last year.
  • The president ordered 10 000 new staff to be hired at the US Bureau of Immigration and Enforcement Policy (ICE), including 5 000 additional border guards.
• In the first 100 days after President Trump signed orders to tighten immigration rules, ICE conducted more 40% more expulsion operations than in the same period last year.
  • The arrests of foreigners convicted of crimes increased by 20% over this period compared to the same period last year.
• During the fiscal year 2017, ICE eliminated more than 2 700 criminal gang members, while for the entire 2016 year this number was 2 057 people.
  • ICE paid particular attention to members of the MS-13 gang for violating immigration rules.
• In order to quickly launch the construction of the wall at the border, the president ordered the US Department of National Security to use $ 100 millions of unspent funds allocated in the Ministry’s accounts to enhance border security, build fences and infrastructure.
• President Trump has ordered executive agencies to use all legal means to enforce United States immigration law, including the suppression of refuge cities for illegal immigrants.
  • Attorney General Jeff Sessions introduced new enforcement rules to end the “catch and release” policy.
• President Trump ordered the creation of an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement / VOICE), under the Ministry of National Security, thus guaranteeing that the government will no longer ignore the victims of crimes committed by “illegals”.

CARE OF THE VETERANS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

President Trump ensures that veterans are taken care of as they deserve for sacrificing themselves for the sake of the country.

• Under President Trump, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs fired more 500 employees, ceased 200 authority, and demoted 33, all within the framework of President Trump’s policy of restoring integrity and accountability from this Ministry, which supports national heroes.
  • 22 supervisor were punished.
• President Trump signed the “Law on Veterans Liability and Protection of Persons Committing Service Exposures”, authorizing top executives of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs to dismiss employees who cannot cope with their duties and establishing important measures to protect those who perform office exposes.
• The administration of the Ministry transfers the veterans' electronic medical records to the system used by the Ministry of Defense, thereby ending ten-year disagreements over the provision of information between these two bodies.
• President Trump has signed a law allowing American veterans to receive help outside the medical system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• The Ministry of Veterans Affairs acts to increase its transparency and accountability. For this, an online tool “Quality and Access” was launched, which allows veterans to assess the waiting time and the quality of data regarding their care.

INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY - AMERICA ON THE FIRST PLACE

During the first 6 months in office, Trump put America first in international relations and national security issues.

• In his historic speech in Poland, President Trump emphasized that America would defend its interests and its allies after the previous administration had not paid attention to them for many years.
• President Trump mediated a truce deal in southwestern Syria as part of his promise to end this conflict, reduce human suffering and defeat ISIS.
• During his first visit to foreign countries, President Trump supported the opening of a new “Global Center for Overcoming Extremist Ideology” in Saudi Arabia, created to help countries where the Muslim population is in the majority, to combat radicalization more radically.
• President Trump stepped up pressure on Iran to halt this country's destructive and destabilizing actions in the Middle East, including its continued research on ballistic missiles.
  • The Treasury Department has sanctioned 25 companies and individuals involved in the Iranian ballistic missile development program, which ensured the United States’s ability to track potential rogue countries and prevent future attacks.
  • In July, the United States adopted sanctions against 16 companies and individuals who supported the Iranian military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps involved in the development of UAVs, high-speed combat boats and other military equipment.
• President Trump has allowed the military to deal with what threatens American interests and allies.
  • For the first 6 months, President Trump worked with US partners and allies in the Middle East to destroy ISIS, which helped Iraqi forces regain control of Mosul.
  • After the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against civilians, President Trump ordered to strike at the airbase from which the attacks were made, which demonstrated the US intention to prevent more atrocities.
  • President Trump removed the restrictions that did not allow the US Secretary of Defense and American commanders in positions to be fully guided by their judgments and experience.

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