I saved this from the White House web page before the Biden administration comes in and wipes it clear. President Trump will be remembered as one of the best Presidents in history, regardless of what lies and spins the leftist media and democRATS try to push.
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As
of January 2021
Trump
Administration Accomplishments
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.