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Republican Promises Made,

Promises Kept

Economy and Jobs

  • The Tax Cut and Jobs Act

  • 6 Million New Jobs

  • Median household income hit the highest level ever recorded

  • Record Low Unemployment for all Americans

  • Lowest Unemployment for Blacks and Hispanics in decades

  • Almost $3.9 million people were lifted off food stamps in the first two years of the Trump administration

  • More than 500,000 Manufacturing Jobs Created

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 LIST OF ISSUES

Immigration

  • Building the Wall - $1.6 billion in Funding

  • Created Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE)

  • Cracking down on Sanctuary Cities.

Foreign Policy

  • Enforcing Fair and Reciprocal Trade

  • Building Confidence and Respect for America.

  • Reached agreement with Mexico and Canada for new agreements to replace NAFTA

  • Reached breakthrough agreement with the European Union to increase U.S. exports

  • Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord

National Security and Defense

  • Expanding and Modernizing Our Military

  • Established the Space Force as the Sixth Branch of the Armed Forces

  • Defeating ISIS and Terrorism

Regulation

  • Eliminated 22 regulations for every new regulatory action

  • Saved $8.1 billion in net regulatory costs.

Health Care

  • Eliminated Obamacare Individual Mandate

  • Extended CHIP to FUND Health Care for 9 million children

  • Expanded Choices and Increasing Competition

Veterans

  • Passed legislation that now holds VA caregivers accountable

  • Fully funded the VA Choice Program

Other resources:

Marc A. Thiessen, "The 10 best things Trump did in 2019," Washington Post, December 26, 2019.

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Marc A. Thiessen, "The 10 best things Trump did in 2018," Washington Post, December 31, 2018.

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Trump Administration Accomplishments As of September 2018, The White House.

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