In signing a $738 billion defense spending bill just a few days before Christmas, Trump officially established the sixth branch of the US Armed Forces the Space Force. 45. . Trumps U.S.D.A. telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental. Here are Trump's biggest accomplishments and failures as president, measured by their overall impact and taking into account the general response from Congress, the public, and the world. However, he could have a hard time getting that through Congress, with Democrats holding a one-vote majority in the Senate and a diminished number of House seats. Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic also left the US embarrassed on the world stage, and created a void in global leadership that China has rushed to fill. But I decided to post the full list as written, including the original emojis, to give readers a chance to examine it for themselves and see what Mr. Trumps supporters are touting as his biggest achievements. In the eight years prior to President Trumps inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Trump fell far short on his promise to negotiate bilateral trade deals to make up for his decision to pull out of the TPP, although he did negotiate a number of partial trade deals with the EU, Japan and Brazil and borrowed heavily from the TPP in his NAFTA update. 38. True. 10. Looking back on President Donald Trump's first year in office, he has compiled a shockingly strong record and long list of accomplishments. The administration said it wanted to cut back on waste and save money within the program. Trumps biggest legislative achievement was arguably the $1.5 trillion tax cut package Republicans pushed through Congress, which he said would super-charge the economy. . Advertisment: Claim: The White House updated its list of "Trump Administration Accomplishments" on its website for January 2021. Former President Donald Trump entered 2020 as just the third commander-in-chief in US history to be impeached, and left office in 2021 as the only president to be impeached twice. Joe Raedle/Getty Images. prioritized confirming Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Cristiano Lima, Trump reduced environmental approvals for infrastructure projects, Construction work is seen at the 826 and 836 State Road Interchange in Miami, Fla. 55. Trump's most lasting impact on the country will be the reshaping of the federal judiciary. The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million. But Congress deserves most of the credit for the unanimous 2018 passage of this transparency law, which prohibits gag orders that prevent pharmacists from sharing prescription drug prices with customers. And heres our email: letters@nytimes.com. Leah Nylen, Leo Wang, whose H-1B visa was denied in 2019, packs a suitcase at his home in San Jose, Calif. Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors. You can read my piece about what I learned from the experience of fact-checking this list here. | If the Biden EPA leaves the laxer evaluations intact, its subsequent regulations will not be able to limit certain ways people are exposed meaning Americans may not get comprehensive protection. The upshot: While theres bipartisan support for revamping the law, those GOP-led efforts focused on the bias charges are likely to be blocked by Democrats in Congress. But the labor force participation rate for young Americans is not as high as it was in 1989. Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% the largest raise in more than 10 years. Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers. Mr. Trump fulfilled this campaign promise by creating a West Virginia-based call center. Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all-time low. Additional sanctions imposed by the Trump administration have increased economic pressure on the government of Nicols Maduro, who remains in power. "As a pediatrician, but also as a mother and a former head of state, I am deeply shocked that children are forced to sleep on the floor in overcrowded facilities, without access to adequate healthcare or food, and with poor sanitation conditions," Bachelet, the former president of Chile, stated. 36. As was also the case with . It was championed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and passed unanimously in 2018. 41. He threatened to deploy combat troops to American cities, over the objections of their elected leaders, and ordered illegal actions like demanding poll workers stop counting ballots. 40. The impact: Perdues contentious decision to relocate hundreds of scientists to Kansas City was among the reasons morale has been so low among department employees, prompting many of them to jump ship, leaving research agencies with a fraction of their former staff. Cannabis legalization advocates were alarmed when Trump picked Jeff Sessions as his first attorney general. He wanted to remove all US troops from Afghanistan by the November election, but that didn't happen. Getty Images. The measure was championed by the bipartisan Congressional Lupus Caucus. But his . Every president prior to Trump allowed for a peaceful transition of power after they'd served two terms or lost an election. Mr. Trump continued to push the envelope on what could be done to release hostages, earning praise from those who view his efforts as a major foreign policy success and criticism from others who accuse Mr. Trump of authorizing the payment of de facto ransoms, incentivizing terrorists to take more American hostages. The GOP-controlled Senate instead prioritized confirming Trump's Supreme Court nominee, essentially placing the economy and the livelihoods of Americans on the back-burner. . To put this in perspective, former President Barack Obama appointed 55 circuit judges in his two terms in the White House. The upshot: Although many expect Biden to take a more multilateral approach, Trumps concerns won bipartisan backing within the U.S. and are likely to keep dominating global and domestic talks. True. Median household income has hit the highest level ever recorded. Business Insider's Michelle Mark summarized the key aspects of the legislation after it passed in the Senate: ISIS shocked the world in 2014 when it took over a large swath of territory across Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate. The president routinely flouted public health recommendations before getting infected. But tensions over Mr. Trumps 25 percent tariffs on some European goods remain. But heres the thing between all the news coverage of the president himself, a global pandemic and various other upheavals, theres a good chance you missed a lot of them. 32. Even as polling repeatedly showed that most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, his overall approval rating barely changed. The impact: Even as Trump disengaged from other areas of international rulemaking, his actions helped give the U.S. a global presence in the international debate over how to regulate AI. 89. But it's always a good idea to compare the rhetoric of politicians with what they have actually done. Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country. The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment. False. But amid growing conservative anger at the tech giants, Trumps regulators eventually joined the fight and dusted off an antitrust legal playbook that hadnt been used since the breakup of AT&T in the 1980s. 123. As America turns to President-elect Joe Biden's plan for his first 100 days, the Trump White House has finalized and released its list of over 600 "accomplishments . True. From imposing a ban on Chinese-made drones to rolling back rules on sexual harassment, from cracking down on robocalls to letting states legalize marijuana, Trump changed some key areas of federal policy in ways that may have lasting impact well after hes gone. Mike Pence was the first VP to speak in person at the March for Life. | Trump often took credit for the robust US economy before the pandemic, ignoring that much of the growth began during the Obama administration. Businesses seeking these non-immigrant worker visas also saw an increase in requests to provide more evidence in their applications and a higher rate of visa denials. Attempts to expand and modernize apprenticeships, a goal shared by Democrats, are widely seen as a bipartisan bright spot in the Trump administration. According to the Alliance for American Manufacturing, the rate of growth of manufacturing jobs in 2018 was impressive, but similar rates were achieved in 1994, 1997, 2011 and 2014. The bill was crafted and pushed through Congress by Representative Ann Wagner, a conservative Republican from Missouri, who thanked Ivanka Trump for advocating its passage. He repeatedly attacked the media, leading UN experts to warn that Trump's rhetoric raised the risk of violence against journalists. 59. Asian-American unemployment is at an all-time low. True. This appears to have been true, according to census data, although economists disagree on the reason for the drop. . 95. The agreement aims to resolve a longstanding dispute about a European Union ban on hormone-fed U.S. beef. The move: Despite its anti-weed rhetoric, the Trump administration stood to the side as 18 states liberalized their marijuana laws from 2016 to 2020, including staunchly conservative states like Mississippi and South Dakota. Among the 11 million new voters rallying to Trump's candidacy were millions of Latinos, as the president split the Hispanic vote in Florida and gained 10 percentage points over 2016 to earn. He's the only American president to be impeached twice. Public health experts have cited Trump's nonchalant approach to the virus and tendency to reject science as one of the primary factors in why the US emerged as the epicenter. By the final six months of the Trump administration, Interior officials completely stopped attending House hearings meant to flag issues with the department. President Trump leaves office reluctantly Wednesday after compiling one of the most consequential and turbulent records of any one-term leader. Trump took notable steps in that direction, even if some in the industry think he didnt go far enough. Though OSHA has cited some companies for coronavirus-related transgressions, many large corporations received meager fines even in cases where workers died from Covid-19. 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