Great Accomplishments of President Trump
Trump built the world’s most prosperous economy
during his administration:
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.
Unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic
Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and
veterans 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.
Created more than 1.2 million manufacturing and
construction jobs.
Passed $3.2 trillion in historic tax relief for the middle
class 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.
Over 400 companies announced bonuses, wage
increases, new hires, or new investments in the
United States during Trump’s 4 years.
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.
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.
Proposed regulations to end the practice of giving free
work permits to illegal aliens lodging meritless asylum
claims.
Issued “internal relocation” guidance.
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.
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.
Instituted national security travel bans to keep out
terrorists, jihadists, and violent extremists.
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.