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Did Lincoln personally get himself and his buddies rich by freeing the slaves?HitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm Lincoln was unpopular during the Civil War. Almost lost the election. Now he is in the top 2 presidents.
WILLIAMS5232 wrote: as far as dukasaur goes, i had no idea you were so goofy. i mean, you hate your parents so much you'd wish they'd been shot? just move out bro.
he launched “Trump TV,” billed as an “essential” one-stop shop for all things Trump. However, the channel, which is actually just a 24-hour stream on the White House YouTube channel, only airs reruns of old speeches and engagements, and people evidently aren’t interested.
It opened to highs of 8,500, but has now nosedived to a genuinely embarrassing, unwanted record. At 2 a.m. Eastern, the self-declared “king of ratings” was pulling in fewer than 100 viewers, 91 to be exact.
To put that in context, more people can fit in Trump’s older Air Force One jet. The Boeing VC-25 has room for 71 passengers and 30 crew.
Well, with a war going on, one can imagine that one side wasn't too keenHitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm Lincoln was unpopular during the Civil War. Almost lost the election. Now he is in the top 2 presidents.
"Abraham Lincoln is widely ranked by historians and scholars as the greatest U.S. president for his leadership during the Civil War and the abolition of slavery"
I imagine Lee wasn't that highly rated either.2am is a bit of a harsh comparison.jonesthecurl wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:47 pmhe launched “Trump TV,” billed as an “essential” one-stop shop for all things Trump. However, the channel, which is actually just a 24-hour stream on the White House YouTube channel, only airs reruns of old speeches and engagements, and people evidently aren’t interested.
It opened to highs of 8,500, but has now nosedived to a genuinely embarrassing, unwanted record. At 2 a.m. Eastern, the self-declared “king of ratings” was pulling in fewer than 100 viewers, 91 to be exact.
To put that in context, more people can fit in Trump’s older Air Force One jet. The Boeing VC-25 has room for 71 passengers and 30 crew.
At one point, a video showing a black screen with just the sound of a box fan on high speed had more streams than Trump TV.
On Thursday afternoon, Trump TV was streaming the president’s speech at the University of Alabama’s graduation ceremony from May 2025. Fewer than 700 people were watching the livestream compared to the thousands watching videos of squirrels eating nuts and rain hitting a tin roof.
A livestream of birds and squirrels snacking on seeds, nuts and fruit had more than 2,000 viewers Thursday afternoon. At the same time, a livestream titled “Rain Sounds for Sleeping” was generating more than 4,000 views.
That is precisely what they are - statistics.epic0002 wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:59 pm Try again fatty... "There's only me and about 300 million Americans plus another 7 billion or so who think he's an idiot".
posting polls that mostly dumbocracks take is not stats.
JFK's admin. was considered Camelot. High praise. Historians are not as nice.Apatheist wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:56 pmWell, with a war going on, one can imagine that one side wasn't too keenHitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm Lincoln was unpopular during the Civil War. Almost lost the election. Now he is in the top 2 presidents.
"Abraham Lincoln is widely ranked by historians and scholars as the greatest U.S. president for his leadership during the Civil War and the abolition of slavery"
However, official approval ratings only started in 1937, so anything before that is at best anecdotal.
Do you seriously think Trump is going to be seen better in the light of posterity, when all the files are released and all his dodgy dealings come to light?
I mean, the guy claimed (for tax purposes) to have lost money running a casino - how does anyone even manage to do that?
One person I'd really like to hear from once he's gone - Melania (the real one).
Since you are UK I thought this might be interesting context to add.Apatheist wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:01 pm2am is a bit of a harsh comparison.jonesthecurl wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:47 pmhe launched “Trump TV,” billed as an “essential” one-stop shop for all things Trump. However, the channel, which is actually just a 24-hour stream on the White House YouTube channel, only airs reruns of old speeches and engagements, and people evidently aren’t interested.
It opened to highs of 8,500, but has now nosedived to a genuinely embarrassing, unwanted record. At 2 a.m. Eastern, the self-declared “king of ratings” was pulling in fewer than 100 viewers, 91 to be exact.
To put that in context, more people can fit in Trump’s older Air Force One jet. The Boeing VC-25 has room for 71 passengers and 30 crew.
I think this is more relevant, from the Independent:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 55953.htmlAt one point, a video showing a black screen with just the sound of a box fan on high speed had more streams than Trump TV.
On Thursday afternoon, Trump TV was streaming the president’s speech at the University of Alabama’s graduation ceremony from May 2025. Fewer than 700 people were watching the livestream compared to the thousands watching videos of squirrels eating nuts and rain hitting a tin roof.
A livestream of birds and squirrels snacking on seeds, nuts and fruit had more than 2,000 viewers Thursday afternoon. At the same time, a livestream titled “Rain Sounds for Sleeping” was generating more than 4,000 views.
WILLIAMS5232 wrote: as far as dukasaur goes, i had no idea you were so goofy. i mean, you hate your parents so much you'd wish they'd been shot? just move out bro.
I don't remember morbidly obese Trump saying such a thing about opposition candidates Harris and Bidenepic0002 wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:53 pm Biden and Harris were considered sane by morbidly obese men
WILLIAMS5232 wrote: as far as dukasaur goes, i had no idea you were so goofy. i mean, you hate your parents so much you'd wish they'd been shot? just move out bro.
True enough, but that was at least a positive accomplishment.HitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm Lincoln was unpopular during the Civil War. Almost lost the election. Now he is in the top 2 presidents.
"Abraham Lincoln is widely ranked by historians and scholars as the greatest U.S. president for his leadership during the Civil War and the abolition of slavery"
Trump's Hospital Donations
Trump's contributions to hospitals highlight his philanthropic activities.
Cancer Research — Trump has donated to cancer research initiatives, supporting advancements in medical treatment.
Children's Hospitals — He has made contributions to children's hospitals, including the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Trump Hotels has partnered with St. Jude, contributing to their mission.
Personal Donations — His charitable activities include personal donations to various health-related causes.
HitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 6:43 pm There is a lawyer on every corner. If he was a con artist he would be sued into oblivion.
Trump's phony "Trump Foundation" was ordered to pay back $2 million in damages for pretending to be a charity that was actually another way to funnel money to Trump family businesses.Trump was quoted by Newsweek in 2011 saying, "I do play with the bankruptcy laws – they're very good for me" as a tool for trimming debt.[139][420] These types of bankruptcies are common in the business world for restructuring to avoid having to close a business. In the case of Trump's bankruptcies, three were tied directly to gaming industry, which as a whole had suffered during the time the bankruptcies were declared.[421]
According to a report by Forbes in 2011, the four bankruptcies were the result of over-leveraged hotel and casino businesses in Atlantic City: Trump's Taj Mahal (1991), Trump Plaza Hotel (1992), Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004), and Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009).[422] Trump said "I've used the laws of this country to pare debt.... We'll have the company. We'll throw it into a chapter. We'll negotiate with the banks. We'll make a fantastic deal. You know, it's like on The Apprentice. It's not personal. It's just business."[423] He indicated that many "great entrepreneurs" do the same.[422]
Dukasaur wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 6:30 pmI only had a couple minutes so I jotted down a couple off the top of my head… there’s hundreds more.HitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm
Can you point to anything positive that Trump has done in his entire life?
1. Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
2. Nearly doubled the standard deduction.
3. Increased the child tax credit.
4. Reduced the corporate income-tax rate from 35% to 21%.
5. Created the 20% qualified-business-income deduction for many pass-through businesses.
6. Increased the estate-tax exemption.
7. Created Opportunity Zones.
8. Allowed immediate expensing of many business investments.
9. Repealed the Affordable Care Act individual-mandate penalty.
10. Signed legislation repealing numerous regulations under the Congressional Review Act.
11. Established a two-regulations-out-for-one-in deregulatory policy.
12. Later reported eliminating substantially more regulations than the original 2-for-1 target.
13. Replaced NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
14. Negotiated increased North American automobile-content requirements under USMCA.
15. Added labor provisions to USMCA.
16. Added digital-trade provisions to USMCA.
17. Imposed tariffs on imported steel.
18. Imposed tariffs on imported aluminum.
19. Imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports.
20. Negotiated the Phase One trade agreement with China.
21. Secured commitments from China involving agricultural purchases and intellectual-property protections.
22. Renegotiated the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
23. Signed a trade agreement with Japan.
24. Signed a digital-trade agreement with Japan.
25. Withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
26. Renegotiated numerous trade arrangements using tariff leverage.
27. Established the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
28. Signed the BUILD Act.
29. Signed the First Step Act.
30. Reduced certain mandatory minimum sentences for federal drug offenses.
31. Expanded federal earned-time credits for prisoners.
32. Expanded federal prisoner reentry programs.
33. Made the Fair Sentencing Act’s crack-cocaine reforms retroactive.
34. Signed Right to Try legislation.
35. Allowed certain terminally ill patients access to investigational drugs.
36. Signed the VA MISSION Act.
37. Expanded veterans’ ability to receive community medical care.
38. Consolidated several VA community-care programs.
39. Created a VA urgent-care benefit.
40. Expanded caregiver assistance for veterans.
41. Signed the Forever GI Bill.
42. Removed the previous 15-year time limit on certain GI Bill benefits.
43. Expanded GI Bill eligibility for Reservists and Purple Heart recipients.
44. Signed legislation creating greater accountability for VA employees.
45. Signed legislation expanding mental-health services for veterans.
46. Created the PREVENTS initiative on veteran suicide.
47. Created the White House VA Hotline.
48. Signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
49. Established the United States Space Force.
50. Created the first new military branch since the Air Force was created in 1947.
51. Reestablished U.S. Space Command.
52. Increased overall defense spending.
53. Increased military pay.
54. Rebuilt munitions inventories.
55. Expanded missile-defense programs.
56. Pressured NATO countries to increase defense spending.
57. Obtained additional NATO-member commitments toward defense spending.
58. Authorized lethal military aid to Ukraine.
59. Provided Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.
60. Increased sanctions on Russia.
61. Expelled Russian diplomats following the Skripal poisoning.
62. Withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
63. Withdrew from the Open Skies Treaty.
64. Ordered the strike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
65. Withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement.
66. Reimposed major sanctions on Iran.
67. Designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
68. Recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
69. Moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
70. Recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
71. Brokered the Abraham Accords.
72. Helped normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
73. Helped normalize relations between Israel and Bahrain.
74. Helped normalize relations between Israel and Sudan.
75. Helped normalize relations between Israel and Morocco.
76. Brokered Serbia-Kosovo economic-normalization commitments.
77. Negotiated the Doha agreement with the Taliban.
78. Reduced U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan.
79. Reduced U.S. troop levels in Iraq.
80. Oversaw the destruction of ISIS’s territorial caliphate.
81. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during a U.S. raid.
82. Increased pressure on ISIS financing.
83. Expanded counterterrorism sanctions.
84. Hosted direct presidential meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
85. Became the first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea.
86. Helped obtain the return of remains of U.S. servicemembers from North Korea.
87. Obtained releases of several Americans detained by North Korea.
88. Created the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative.
89. Signed the Women, Peace and Security Act.
90. Signed legislation targeting human trafficking.
91. Signed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.
92. Created a White House task force targeting human trafficking.
93. Signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act addressing opioids.
94. Expanded access to medication-assisted opioid treatment.
95. Increased federal funding for opioid-response programs.
96. Declared the opioid epidemic a public-health emergency.
97. Signed legislation allowing pharmacists to tell patients when paying cash would be cheaper than using insurance.
98. Expanded short-term health plans.
99. Expanded association health plans.
100. Required hospitals to publish certain prices.
101. Required hospitals to make negotiated prices publicly available.
102. Required insurers to improve price transparency.
103. Created a pathway to import certain prescription drugs from Canada.
104. Signed legislation ending pharmacy gag clauses.
105. Expanded Medicare Advantage options.
106. Created a kidney-health initiative.
107. Increased efforts to encourage home dialysis.
108. Expanded organ-transplant initiatives.
109. Launched Operation Warp Speed.
110. Provided federal backing for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development.
111. Supported manufacturing vaccine doses before final authorization.
112. Helped fund development of multiple COVID vaccines.
113. Facilitated vaccine distribution logistics.
114. Signed the CARES Act.
115. Authorized the first round of COVID stimulus payments.
116. Created the Paycheck Protection Program.
117. Created expanded federal unemployment benefits.
118. Established the Employee Retention Credit.
119. Created emergency lending facilities during the COVID financial shock.
120. Signed multiple coronavirus-relief measures.
121. Suspended federal student-loan payments during the pandemic.
122. Suspended interest on qualifying federal student loans during the pandemic.
123. Issued an eviction moratorium through federal agencies during portions of the pandemic.
124. Invoked the Defense Production Act for critical medical supplies.
125. Expanded ventilator production.
126. Expanded production of personal protective equipment.
127. Created Operation Airbridge to speed medical imports.
128. Deployed military hospital ships during the initial COVID emergency.
129. Expanded federal COVID testing capacity.
130. Established community testing partnerships with pharmacies and retailers.
131. Signed the Great American Outdoors Act.
132. Permanently funded the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually.
133. Provided billions for maintenance at national parks and federal lands.
134. Signed Save Our Seas legislation.
135. Signed Save Our Seas 2.0.
136. Expanded efforts to remove plastic waste from oceans.
137. Signed legislation addressing marine debris.
138. Expanded public access to federal lands for hunting and fishing.
139. Opened additional federal acreage to outdoor recreation.
140. Signed the Dingell Conservation Act.
141. Permanently reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund before full permanent funding followed.
142. Designated hundreds of miles of wild and scenic rivers.
143. Added wilderness protections to significant federal acreage.
144. Signed major public-lands legislation.
145. Approved the Keystone XL pipeline permit.
146. Approved permits related to the Dakota Access Pipeline.
147. Opened additional federal lands and waters to energy development.
148. Expanded oil and natural-gas leasing.
149. Began leasing activity in portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
150. Rolled back the Clean Power Plan.
151. Replaced it with the Affordable Clean Energy rule.
152. Revised Waters of the United States regulations.
153. Revised National Environmental Policy Act implementing regulations.
154. Shortened federal permitting timelines for some major infrastructure projects.
155. Approved liquefied-natural-gas export projects.
156. Expanded LNG export capacity.
157. The United States became a net exporter of petroleum during portions of the first term.
158. U.S. crude-oil production reached record levels before the pandemic.
159. Natural-gas production reached record levels.
160. The United States became the world’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas during the period.
161. Withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement.
162. Repealed the Clean Power Plan’s regulatory framework.
163. Modified methane regulations for oil and gas operations.
164. Reduced federal restrictions on coal production.
165. Ended the federal coal-leasing moratorium.
166. Created a federal strategy to protect the electric grid.
167. Took actions involving critical-mineral supply chains.
168. Declared critical minerals important to national security.
169. Used the Defense Production Act for rare-earth and strategic-material projects.
170. Signed legislation supporting advanced nuclear reactors.
171. Signed the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act.
172. Created a national strategy on advanced nuclear technology.
173. Signed the FUTURE Act.
174. Made $255 million per year in funding for historically Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions permanent.
175. Simplified the FAFSA application process.
176. Expanded Pell Grant eligibility for year-round attendance.
177. Expanded federal apprenticeship programs.
178. Created industry-recognized apprenticeship initiatives.
179. Signed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.
180. Reauthorized the Perkins career-and-technical-education program.
181. Expanded school-choice advocacy at the federal level.
182. Increased charter-school support.
183. Created the 1776 Commission.
184. Issued an executive order promoting free speech on college campuses.
185. Required colleges receiving certain federal research funds to comply with free-speech requirements.
186. Created federal guidance concerning religious expression in schools.
187. Expanded religious-liberty protections through executive actions.
188. Reinstated the Mexico City Policy on foreign-aid funding.
189. Expanded that policy to additional categories of global-health assistance.
190. Created a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division at HHS.
191. Issued rules expanding religious and moral exemptions from contraceptive mandates.
192. Appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
193. Appointed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
194. Appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
195. Appointed more than 200 federal judges.
196. Filled numerous vacancies on federal appellate courts.
197. Appointed judges at a pace that substantially reshaped several federal circuits.
198. Signed the Music Modernization Act.
199. Signed the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund permanent-authorization legislation.
200. Signed the TRACED Act targeting illegal robocalls.
201. Signed legislation making animal cruelty a federal felony in specified circumstances.
202. Signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act.
203. Signed legislation strengthening protections for Native American women.
204. Signed Savanna’s Act.
205. Signed the Not Invisible Act.
206. Created the Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives task force.
207. Signed legislation recognizing the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
208. Signed legislation addressing water infrastructure in tribal communities.
209. Created Opportunity and Revitalization Council initiatives for distressed communities.
210. Expanded federal support for rural broadband.
211. Signed the Broadband DATA Act.
212. Required more accurate broadband-coverage maps.
213. Expanded spectrum availability for 5G deployment.
214. Created the American AI Initiative.
215. Issued the first government-wide U.S. artificial-intelligence strategy.
216. Created national AI research institutes.
217. Increased federal AI research funding.
218. Issued principles for regulating artificial intelligence.
219. Created a national strategy for quantum information science.
220. Signed the National Quantum Initiative Act.
221. Expanded federal quantum-research funding.
222. Issued cybersecurity executive orders.
223. Created the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
224. Elevated cybersecurity infrastructure protection within DHS.
225. Created the Space Policy Directive series.
226. Directed NASA toward returning astronauts to the Moon.
227. Created the Artemis program framework.
228. Signed the Artemis Accords initiative.
229. Established a goal of returning astronauts to the lunar surface.
230. Reconstituted the National Space Council.
231. Established policies facilitating commercial space launches.
232. Streamlined regulations affecting commercial space companies.
233. Created federal rules governing space traffic and space debris.
234. Signed the SUPPORT for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act.
235. Expanded occupational-license portability initiatives for military spouses.
236. Increased federal recognition of military spouses’ employment difficulties.
237. Signed paid parental leave for federal civilian workers.
238. Provided up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave to eligible federal employees.
239. Raised the federal minimum age for tobacco purchases to 21.
240. Signed legislation banning bump stocks through federal regulation, although the Supreme Court later invalidated that rule.
241. Signed the STOP School Violence Act.
242. Expanded federal grants for school-security improvements.
243. Created the Federal Commission on School Safety.
244. Signed criminal-justice grants assisting law enforcement.
245. Signed legislation increasing penalties for certain crimes against law-enforcement officers.
246. Created Operation Legend in several cities.
247. Created the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.
248. Designated human-trafficking prosecution as a Justice Department priority.
249. Expanded Project Safe Neighborhoods.
250. Signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
251. Signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
252. Imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over human-rights abuses in Xinjiang.
253. Restricted U.S. dealings with Huawei.
254. Expanded export controls affecting Chinese technology companies.
255. Took steps against TikTok and WeChat on national-security grounds.
256. Created the China Initiative at the Justice Department, later discontinued by the Biden administration.
257. Increased scrutiny of Chinese investment in U.S. companies.
258. Signed FIRRMA expanding CFIUS national-security review.
259. Strengthened export-control law through the Export Control Reform Act.
260. Increased freedom-of-navigation operations in the South China Sea.
261. Declared another national emergency at the southern border.
262. Ordered additional military and National Guard personnel to the border.
263. Ordered renewed border-wall construction.
264. Suspended specified categories of entry at the southern border under a presidential proclamation.
265. Expanded immigration-enforcement operations.
266. Created Project Homecoming to encourage voluntary departure by people unlawfully present.
267. Offered travel assistance and incentives through that program.
268. Designated specified cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
269. Designated Tren de Aragua under terrorism authorities.
270. Designated MS-13 under terrorism authorities.
271. Increased federal immigration detention and removal efforts.
272. Restarted several previously curtailed border-enforcement policies.
273. Issued a 10-for-1 deregulation executive order.
274. Required agencies to identify ten existing regulatory actions for removal for each new one adopted.
275. Ordered FY2025 aggregate incremental regulatory costs to be below zero.
276. Created DOGE-linked regulatory-review teams.
277. Directed agencies to identify regulations for rescission or modification.
278. Ordered agencies to deprioritize enforcement actions that administration officials consider beyond statutory authority.
279. Restricted federal hiring.
280. Required agencies, after the initial freeze, generally to limit hiring to one employee for every four departures, subject to exceptions.
281. Directed agencies to work with DOGE on workforce reductions.
282. Ordered changes to federal employee performance standards.
283. Extended White House regulatory review to certain independent agencies.
284. Required those agencies to coordinate regulatory priorities with the White House, except for Federal Reserve monetary-policy functions.
285. Eliminated federal DEI programs across much of the executive branch.
286. Ended DEI requirements in federal contracting under the administration’s executive order.
287. Ordered federal employment decisions to emphasize individual merit rather than DEI criteria.
288. Ordered agencies to reduce the use of disparate-impact liability.
289. Directed the Attorney General to review or revise Title VI regulations involving disparate-impact liability.
290. Changed Defense Department policies concerning transgender military service.
291. Ordered revisions to military medical standards.
292. Ended official DOD use of certain identity-based pronoun policies.
293. Reversed Biden-era military gender-identity policies.
294. Declared a national energy emergency.
295. Ordered expanded domestic fossil-fuel development.
296. Expanded access to federal acreage for oil, gas and coal development.
297. Directed agencies to accelerate energy permitting.
298. Ordered review and rollback of numerous energy regulations.
299. Established automatic expiration provisions for many energy regulations unless affirmatively renewed.
300. Applied five-year sunset provisions to many future energy regulations.
301. Reduced federal support for certain wind and solar projects.
302. Directed Treasury implementation of statutory changes affecting wind and solar tax credits.
303. Ordered Interior to eliminate what the administration characterized as preferential treatment for wind and solar projects.
304. U.S. LNG exports exceeded 100 million metric tons in 2025, according to administration and industry data.
305. U.S. oil and gas production reached new records during the second term.
306. Imposed a new baseline tariff on imports from many countries.
307. Announced higher reciprocal tariff rates for countries with large U.S. trade deficits.
308. Modified those tariff schedules repeatedly through subsequent negotiations.
309. Invoked IEEPA authorities for the reciprocal tariff program.
310. Increased customs-enforcement requirements for importers of record.
311. Increased bonding and domestic-asset requirements for certain importers.
312. Increased vetting of foreign importers.
313. Ordered new disclosures aimed at combating tariff evasion.
314. Restricted use of informal customs entry by foreign importers.
315. Launched new skilled-trades workforce initiatives.
316. Ordered Labor, Education and Commerce to review federal workforce-development programs.
317. Directed those departments to develop an integrated workforce strategy focused on critical industries and reshoring.
318. Created an executive initiative to expand AI education in schools.
319. Directed development of AI-related education and workforce programs.
320. Expanded AI training opportunities for teachers.
321. Promoted student AI literacy and competitions.
322. Issued federal AI procurement rules emphasizing ideological neutrality and factual accuracy.
323. Required agencies buying large language models to apply those principles.
324. Ordered changes to college accreditation policy.
325. Directed the Education Department to review accreditor recognition.
326. Ordered scrutiny of accreditation standards the administration views as discriminatory.
327. Directed Justice and Education officials to investigate alleged unlawful discrimination in higher education.
328. Required increased disclosure of foreign funding received by universities.
329. Ordered improved public accessibility of foreign-funding information.
330. Directed federal enforcement against institutions failing those disclosure obligations.
331. Ordered expanded disclosure of college admissions data.
332. Ordered improvements to the federal IPEDS higher-education database.
333. Required additional accuracy checks on institution-submitted admissions data.
334. Established the Fostering the Future initiative.
335. Created an online resource platform for youth aging out of foster care.
336. Expanded use of educational and career-training vouchers for foster youth.
337. Encouraged public-private mentorship and employment programs for foster youth.
338. Directed modernization of child-welfare information systems.
339. Encouraged use of AI for foster-parent recruitment and child-placement processes.
340. Expanded access to federal lands for hunting.
341. Ordered agencies to review barriers to hunting and fishing access.
342. Encouraged expanded access for disabled hunters.
343. Directed review of restrictions involving traditional ammunition and fishing tackle.
344. Increased H-1B program enforcement coordination.
345. Ordered greater sharing of wage, labor-market and employment-specialization data among agencies reviewing H-1B petitions.
346. Ordered additional scrutiny where visa usage could coincide with displacement of U.S. workers.
347. Launched America.gov as a single federal-service portal.
348. Directed agencies to integrate online services through the portal.
349. Added natural-language access to federal information.
350. Began consolidating some federal transactions behind a common digital interface.
351. Launched America by Design.
352. Established the National Design Studio for federal digital and physical services.
353. Launched TrumpRx.gov for discounted prescription-drug access.
354. The White House reported more than $700 million in consumer drug savings through TrumpRx by September 2026.
355. Announced Working Families Obamacare Refunds.
356. The administration reported refunding $500 each to nearly one million people under that initiative.
357. The White House reported a 74% decline in the veterans-benefits backlog during the second administration.
358. The administration created a federal fraud task force.
359. The White House reported that the task force had identified more than $260 billion in fraud or improper activity by September 2026.
360. The administration reported more than three million deportations by September 2026.
361. The administration reported more than 800,000 immigration arrests.
362. Border encounters were reported down approximately 96% compared with the preceding period.
363. The White House reported negative net international migration in 2025.
364. The administration reported a substantial fall in homicides in 2025.
365. U.S. prime-age labor-force participation reached roughly 83.4%.
366. The White House reported a 57-year low in weekly unemployment claims during the second term.
367. The administration reported strong private-sector job growth through 2025–26.
368. The White House reported real wage growth exceeding inflation during portions of the second term.
369. The administration implemented Trump Accounts for children under its 2025 tax legislation.
370. Tax changes included provisions advertised as eliminating federal income tax on qualifying tips.
371. Tax changes included deductions related to qualifying overtime income.
372. Tax changes included additional deductions affecting many Social Security recipients.
373. The administration extended or made permanent significant portions of the 2017 tax structure.
374. Increased certain family tax provisions.
375. Added incentives for domestic manufacturing and investment.
376. Added or expanded business-expensing provisions.
377. Added tax incentives tied to U.S.-based production.
378. Expanded several border-enforcement appropriations.
379. Expanded defense appropriations.
380. Increased spending related to immigration detention and removal.
381. Expanded investment in missile-defense programs.
382. Advanced development of the Golden Dome missile-defense initiative.
383. Increased federal emphasis on the domestic defense-industrial base.
384. Pursued increased NATO defense-spending commitments.
385. NATO members agreed to a new long-term spending framework targeting substantially higher defense expenditures.
386. Expanded U.S. efforts to obtain release of Americans held abroad.
387. The White House says more than 100 detained Americans or hostages were returned during the second administration.
388. Negotiated additional Middle East cease-fire and hostage arrangements.
389. Expanded sanctions and military pressure on Iran.
390. Conducted military operations against Iranian nuclear-related infrastructure.
391. Expanded counterterrorism operations targeting drug cartels.
392. Increased U.S.-China cooperation on fentanyl-precursor enforcement.
393. China scheduled additional drug-related substances following U.S. pressure.
394. Chinese authorities arrested 21 people in August 2026 in a precursor-chemical investigation based in part on U.S.-supplied information.
395. Expanded federal customs efforts against fentanyl-related supply chains.
396. Increased inspection and certification requirements affecting foreign shippers.
397. Expanded sanctions and enforcement against entities linked to illicit synthetic-drug production.
398. Continued expansion of domestic critical-mineral production.
399. Accelerated federal permitting for critical-mineral projects.
400. Expanded federal support for nuclear-energy projects.
401. Emphasized nuclear power as part of electricity supply for data centers and AI.
402. Increased federal attention to grid capacity needed for AI infrastructure.
403. Secured large announced private-sector AI infrastructure commitments early in the second term.
404. A consortium involving OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank announced a planned $500 billion U.S. AI-infrastructure investment known as Stargate shortly after inauguration.
405. Expanded federal support for new data-center electricity generation.
406. Pressed large technology companies to finance electricity infrastructure associated with their new data centers.
407. Expanded efforts to reshore strategic manufacturing.
408. Negotiated investment commitments with multiple foreign governments and corporations.
409. Used tariffs as leverage in bilateral trade negotiations.
410. Revised reciprocal tariff rates following those negotiations.
411. Tightened customs rules to deter transshipment and tariff avoidance.
412. Increased scrutiny of foreign-controlled supply chains.
413. Expanded Buy American and reciprocal-procurement requirements.
414. Revised federal procurement treatment of countries judged not to provide reciprocal market access.
415. Expanded domestic shipbuilding initiatives.
416. Increased policy emphasis on rebuilding the U.S. maritime industrial base.
417. Expanded commercial and military shipyard investment.
418. Continued federal modernization of permitting for energy and infrastructure.
419. Reduced or rescinded numerous Biden-era environmental regulations.
420. Rescinded or rewrote multiple appliance-efficiency requirements.
421. Revised automobile-emissions policies.
422. Reconsidered electric-vehicle mandate-related rules.
423. Reduced federal subsidies favoring some EV purchases and infrastructure.
424. Expanded leasing opportunities for coal.
425. Expanded permitting for natural-gas pipelines.
426. Expanded LNG export approvals.
427. Increased offshore-energy leasing activity.
428. Expanded oil and gas access on federal land.
429. Ordered agencies to expedite mining permits.
430. Expanded development policy involving Alaska’s energy and mineral resources.
431. Increased federal use of emergency permitting provisions for energy infrastructure.
432. Ordered recurring review of existing energy rules rather than allowing many to remain indefinitely.
433. Expanded recreational access to federal waterways.
434. Expanded saltwater-angling initiatives.
435. Expanded invasive-species management efforts.
436. Directed additional federal collaboration on water-quality projects.
437. Expanded federal investment in government-service digitization.
438. Consolidated some government websites and application portals.
439. Increased use of AI for federal customer service.
440. Modernized federal retirement-service web systems.
441. Increased emphasis on fraud detection using data analytics.
442. Expanded Medicare fraud investigations.
443. Expanded interagency financial-fraud data sharing.
444. Implemented stricter federal grant-review procedures.
445. Reduced or eliminated a number of federal advisory boards and institutes.
446. Eliminated the Federal Executive Institute.
447. Paused portions of foreign aid pending review.
448. Reduced the federal workforce in numerous agencies.
449. Restricted replacement hiring across much of the executive branch.
450. Expanded presidential control over executive-branch regulatory policy.
451. Elevated U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command during the first term.
452. Modernized parts of the U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery-system programs.
453. Funded new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarines.
454. Funded development of the B-21 Raider bomber.
455. Funded modernization of the Minuteman III replacement program.
456. Increased military compensation through multiple annual pay raises.
457. Signed defense authorization legislation establishing the Space Force.
458. Expanded military cybersecurity authorities.
459. Increased defense spending to more than $700 billion annually before leaving office.
460. Signed the National Quantum Initiative Act.
461. Established the National Quantum Coordination Office.
462. Created federally backed quantum-information-science research centers.
463. Committed additional federal funding to quantum computing research.
464. Launched the American AI Initiative.
465. Established the National AI Initiative Office.
466. Issued federal principles governing agency use of artificial intelligence.
467. Directed agencies to increase AI research and development.
468. Helped establish approximately $1 billion in AI and quantum research institutes.
469. Signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act.
470. Made additional mid-band spectrum available for commercial 5G.
471. Established large military 5G test sites.
472. Negotiated international principles concerning secure 5G networks.
473. Signed an AI cooperation agreement with the United Kingdom.
474. Pressed allied countries to restrict Huawei equipment in sensitive communications infrastructure.
475. Launched the American Broadband Initiative.
476. Expanded federal efforts to deploy broadband in rural areas.
477. Signed the Broadband DATA Act.
478. Required the FCC to improve broadband-availability maps.
479. Created requirements for more granular broadband-coverage reporting.
480. Expanded USDA rural broadband programs.
481. Authorized year-round sales of E15 gasoline.
482. Allowed E15 to use existing fuel-pump infrastructure under revised rules.
483. Repealed the federal coal-leasing moratorium.
484. Reduced average federal drilling-permit processing times, according to Interior Department reporting.
485. Issued more than 20 long-term LNG export approvals to non-free-trade-agreement countries.
486. Expanded U.S. LNG export capacity.
487. U.S. LNG exports increased roughly fivefold between January 2017 and early 2020.
488. Six LNG export facilities were operating by the end of the first administration.
489. Two additional LNG export projects were under construction.
490. Issued a presidential permit for the proposed Alaska-to-Alberta rail project.
491. Developed civil-nuclear cooperation initiatives with Poland and Romania.
492. Opposed Nord Stream 2 and sanctioned entities involved in the project.
493. Used the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during the 2020 oil-market disruption.
494. Helped broker the 2020 OPEC+ production-cut agreement during the COVID collapse in oil prices.
495. Signed legislation repealing the Stream Protection Rule.
496. Revised Clean Water Act Section 401 regulations affecting interstate infrastructure permits.
497. Revised federal coal-ash regulations.
498. Revised steam-electric power-plant regulations.
499. Revised New Source Review implementation for power plants.
500. Accelerated federal mine-permitting procedures.
501. Expanded offshore oil-and-gas leasing efforts.
502. Conducted the first oil-and-gas lease sale for part of ANWR after Congress authorized leasing there.
503. Expanded energy infrastructure permitting.
504. Authorized additional cross-border energy infrastructure.
505. Signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the farm bill.
506. That law included provisions intended to accelerate forest-management projects.
507. Issued Executive Order 13855 on reducing wildfire risks through active forest management.
508. Expanded hazardous-fuel reduction on Interior-managed lands.
509. The Interior Department reported wildfire-risk-reduction work across about 5.4 million acres during the first administration.
510. USDA reported forest-condition and wildfire-risk work on more than 2.65 million acres in 2020 alone.
511. Expanded federal conservation work involving monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
512. Revised Endangered Species Act implementing regulations.
513. Removed several recovered species from the endangered-species list during the first term.
514. Expanded public-land access for hunting and fishing.
515. Created additional wildlife conservation and habitat-management initiatives.
516. Doubled the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $2,000 under the 2017 tax law.
517. Expanded income eligibility for the Child Tax Credit.
518. Increased the refundable portion of the credit.
519. Signed what the administration described as the largest-ever increase in Child Care and Development Block Grant funding at that time.
520. Added $3.5 billion for child-care assistance in the CARES Act.
521. Created a federal tax credit for certain employers offering paid family leave.
522. Signed 12 weeks of paid parental leave for eligible federal civilian employees.
523. Allowed qualifying new parents to withdraw up to $5,000 from retirement accounts without the normal early-withdrawal penalty.
524. Created the National Council for the American Worker.
525. Created the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
526. Obtained commitments from hundreds of companies to provide millions of training and apprenticeship opportunities.
527. Expanded registered and industry-recognized apprenticeship efforts.
528. Issued an order shifting parts of federal hiring from degree requirements toward skills-based qualifications.
529. Signed the Women, Peace, and Security Act.
530. Signed the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act.
531. Created the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative.
532. Established a W-GDP fund through USAID.
533. Participated in the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative with other countries.
534. Provided $50 million in U.S. funding to that initiative.
535. Issued the first U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security.
536. Created a development-finance initiative aimed at mobilizing private investment for women-owned businesses.
537. Pressured the Tennessee Valley Authority in 2020 to reverse plans to outsource certain technology jobs.
538. Removed the TVA chairman and another TVA board member during that dispute.
539. Signed the 2017 Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
540. Overhauled the VA disability-appeals system.
541. Created multiple lanes for veterans to appeal benefit decisions.
542. Expanded electronic claims processing.
543. Signed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act.
544. Made it easier under federal law to discipline or remove certain VA employees for misconduct or poor performance.
545. Expanded whistleblower protections at the VA.
546. Created the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection.
547. Expanded telehealth services for veterans.
548. Expanded same-day mental-health services at VA facilities.
549. Expanded private/community care through the VA MISSION Act.
550. Consolidated multiple community-care programs into a broader Veterans Community Care Program.
551. Signed legislation permanently funding historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions at $255 million annually.
552. Signed the FUTURE Act.
553. Simplified portions of the FAFSA financial-aid application process.
554. Authorized the IRS to transfer tax information directly for student-aid applications.
555. Expanded year-round Pell Grants.
556. Increased maximum Pell Grant awards during the administration.
557. Increased federal support for school-choice programs.
558. Expanded charter-school grant funding.
559. Signed legislation reauthorizing the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
560. Gave states additional flexibility over career-and-technical-education programs.
561. Signed the Every Student Succeeds Act implementation regulations rollback.
562. Reduced some federal education regulations adopted under the previous administration.
563. Created an executive-order process requiring review of federal education regulations.
564. Issued protections concerning religious expression in public schools.
565. Issued an executive order involving free inquiry on college campuses.
566. Conditioned certain federal research grants on colleges complying with applicable free-speech requirements.
567. Signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act.
568. Made certain extreme acts of animal cruelty a federal crime.
569. Signed the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act.
570. Signed legislation strengthening prosecution of animal-fighting offenses.
571. Signed Savanna’s Act.
572. Required improvements in law-enforcement protocols involving missing and murdered Native American women.
573. Signed the Not Invisible Act.
574. Created mechanisms for federal consultation on violence against Native Americans.
575. Created Operation Lady Justice.
576. Established a federal task force focused on missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives.
577. Signed legislation formally recognizing the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana.
578. Signed the Ashanti Alert Act.
579. Created a nationwide missing-adult alert framework.
580. Signed the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act supporting DNA testing of rape kits and crime-scene evidence.
581. Signed legislation extending grants for DNA backlog reduction.
582. Signed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act.
583. Signed FOSTA-SESTA.
584. Expanded prosecutors’ ability to pursue websites knowingly facilitating sex trafficking.
585. Increased federal anti-human-trafficking grants.
586. Created a White House task force on human trafficking.
587. Increased resources for law-enforcement investigations of trafficking.
588. Expanded services for trafficking survivors.
589. Signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act.
590. Expanded Medicare coverage for opioid-treatment programs.
591. Increased access to medication-assisted treatment.
592. Increased federal grants for opioid prevention and treatment.
593. Expanded prescription-drug monitoring efforts.
594. Required Medicare Part D plans to implement additional opioid-safety controls.
595. Expanded federal efforts targeting illicit fentanyl distribution.
596. Declared the opioid crisis a national public-health emergency.
597. Increased federal prosecution of opioid manufacturers and distributors in selected cases.
598. Expanded Drug Enforcement Administration efforts against pill mills.
599. Increased distribution of naloxone through federal programs.
600. Launched opioid public-awareness campaigns.
601. Signed legislation banning pharmacy gag clauses in Medicare and commercial insurance.
602. Allowed pharmacists to tell customers when a medication would cost less if purchased without insurance.
603. Required hospitals to publish standard charges.
604. Later required hospitals to publish negotiated rates with insurers.
605. Required machine-readable hospital pricing files.
606. Issued insurer price-transparency regulations.
607. Required health plans to provide more consumer access to negotiated prices.
608. Expanded Health Reimbursement Arrangements.
609. Allowed more employers to fund employees’ individual-market coverage through HRAs.
610. Expanded Association Health Plans, although portions were later challenged or limited by courts.
611. Expanded short-term limited-duration health plans.
612. Created a pathway for states to seek importation of certain prescription drugs from Canada.
613. Issued executive actions attempting to tie certain Medicare drug payments to overseas prices.
614. Implemented insulin and epinephrine discount requirements at certain federally qualified health centers, although implementation changed afterward.
615. Expanded Medicare Advantage plan options.
616. Signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act-related funding expansions.
617. Expanded telemedicine during COVID-19.
618. Temporarily allowed Medicare beneficiaries much broader access to telehealth.
619. Temporarily relaxed certain interstate and site-of-service restrictions during the public-health emergency.
620. Expanded rural telehealth support.
621. Launched the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.
622. Created incentives to move dialysis toward home treatment.
623. Changed payment incentives for kidney care.
624. Expanded efforts to increase organ transplantation.
625. Revised organ-procurement-organization performance standards.
626. Signed the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.
627. Expanded federal childhood-cancer research and survivor monitoring.
628. Signed the Right to Try Act.
629. Allowed certain terminally ill patients to seek investigational treatments outside the normal FDA approval pathway.
630. Signed the VA MISSION Act.
631. Expanded veterans’ access to urgent care outside VA facilities.
632. Expanded caregiver-support eligibility.
633. Created new standards determining when veterans can use community providers.
634. Expanded VA telehealth across state lines.
635. Signed the Forever GI Bill.
636. Eliminated the 15-year expiration period for GI Bill benefits for many newer veterans.
637. Expanded benefits for Purple Heart recipients.
638. Expanded benefits for Reservists and National Guard members.
639. Expanded STEM education benefits for qualifying veterans.
640. Created PREVENTS, the President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide.
641. Expanded veteran-suicide-prevention coordination across federal agencies.
642. Signed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act.
643. Expanded suicide-prevention grants and mental-health programs for veterans.
644. Signed the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act.
645. Expanded presumptive Agent Orange benefits for qualifying veterans who served offshore Vietnam.
646. Expanded VA home-loan benefits under that law.
647. Signed the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act.
648. Expanded resources for justice-involved veterans.
649. Signed legislation expanding veterans’ access to apprenticeship and vocational programs.
650. Expanded credentialing and occupational-training opportunities for transitioning servicemembers.
651. Signed the HAVEN Act, protecting certain veterans’ disability benefits in bankruptcy proceedings.
652. Expanded the VA’s Anywhere to Anywhere telehealth program, allowing more veterans to receive remote care across state lines.
653. VA telehealth usage increased dramatically during the first administration, especially during COVID-19.
654. Expanded same-day emergency mental-health access across VA medical facilities.
655. Increased federal funding for veterans’ mental-health services.
656. Expanded employment assistance for transitioning servicemembers.
657. Expanded employment programs for military spouses.
658. Placed tens of thousands of homeless veterans into employment through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.
659. Helped hundreds of thousands of veterans find work through American Job Centers.
660. Expanded Department of Labor employment workshops for transitioning servicemembers.
661. Issued an executive order helping veterans transition into the U.S. Merchant Marine.
662. Signed the First Step Act into law.
663. Expanded federal prisoner participation in recidivism-reduction programs.
664. Created earned-time credits for qualifying federal prisoners.
665. Expanded prerelease custody opportunities for eligible prisoners.
666. Made the Fair Sentencing Act’s crack-cocaine reforms retroactive.
667. Reduced the three-strikes mandatory life sentence for certain federal drug offenses.
668. Reduced some enhanced mandatory-minimum drug sentences.
669. Expanded compassionate-release procedures.
670. Required placement of federal prisoners closer to their families when practicable.
671. Expanded identification-document assistance for people leaving federal prison.
672. Expanded federal reentry programming.
673. Recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president in 2019.
674. Organized a multinational diplomatic coalition supporting Guaidó at the time.
675. Blocked Venezuelan government property subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
676. Sanctioned Venezuela’s oil sector.
677. Sanctioned senior Maduro-government officials.
678. Restricted transactions involving Venezuelan sovereign debt.
679. The Justice Department brought federal narcoterrorism charges against Nicolás Maduro during Trump’s first term.
680. Imposed sanctions on the Ortega government in Nicaragua.
681. Sanctioned Nicaraguan officials tied to repression and corruption.
682. Increased U.S. diplomatic pressure on Cuba.
683. Reversed portions of the Obama administration’s Cuba normalization policies.
684. Restricted transactions with businesses associated with the Cuban military.
685. Tightened travel restrictions involving Cuba.
686. Re-designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism shortly before leaving office.
687. Supported the successful North American bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
688. Supported Los Angeles’s successful bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.
689. Signed legislation imposing sanctions connected to human-rights abuses in Hong Kong.
690. Signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
691. Ended Hong Kong’s special trade treatment after Beijing imposed its national-security law.
692. Sanctioned officials connected to suppression of Hong Kong autonomy.
693. Signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
694. Sanctioned Chinese officials associated with abuses in Xinjiang.
695. Expanded sanctions against North Korea.
696. Pressured China to enforce additional North Korea sanctions.
697. Secured the return of several U.S. detainees from North Korea.
698. Secured the return of remains believed to belong to U.S. servicemembers killed in the Korean War.
699. Held the first-ever summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader.
700. Held a second summit with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi.
701. Met Kim again at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
702. Brokered normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
703. Brokered normalization between Israel and Bahrain.
704. Brokered normalization between Israel and Morocco.
705. Brokered normalization between Israel and Sudan.
706. The resulting agreements became known collectively as the Abraham Accords.
707. Helped establish direct commercial flights between Israel and several Arab states.
708. Expanded commercial and diplomatic ties among participating countries.
709. Helped normalize telecommunications, banking, tourism and investment relations between several signatories.
710. Recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
711. Moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
712. Recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
713. Closed the PLO diplomatic office in Washington.
714. Changed U.S. policy concerning certain Israeli settlements.
715. Released a U.S. Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal in 2020.
716. Brokered economic-normalization commitments between Serbia and Kosovo.
717. Serbia agreed to open a commercial office in Jerusalem.
718. Kosovo and Israel established diplomatic relations.
719. Negotiated the Doha Agreement between the United States and the Taliban.
720. Established a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan under that agreement.
721. Reduced the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan before the end of the first administration.
722. Reduced U.S. forces in Iraq.
723. Reduced U.S. forces in Syria while retaining counterterrorism forces.
724. ISIS lost the remainder of its territorial caliphate during Trump’s first term.
725. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. special-operations raid in 2019.
726. Senior ISIS leaders were killed or captured in subsequent operations.
727. Increased pressure on ISIS financing networks.
728. Expanded sanctions on terrorist organizations and their financial facilitators.
729. Ordered the operation that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
730. Imposed additional sanctions on Iran following that operation.
731. Withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement.
732. Reimposed nuclear-related sanctions previously suspended under that agreement.
733. Imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil, banking and metals sectors.
734. Designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
735. Increased sanctions against Hezbollah.
736. Increased sanctions against Iranian-backed militias.
737. Withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty after alleging Russian violations.
738. Withdrew from the Open Skies Treaty.
739. Authorized provision of Javelin anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.
740. Increased U.S. military aid to Ukraine compared with some earlier periods.
741. Sanctioned Russian individuals and entities over election interference, cyber activity and aggression abroad.
742. Expelled dozens of Russian diplomats after the Skripal poisoning.
743. Pressed NATO countries to increase military spending.
744. NATO allies increased aggregate defense expenditures substantially during the first Trump administration.
745. More NATO members moved toward the alliance’s 2%-of-GDP defense target.
746. Expanded U.S. rotational troop deployments in Eastern Europe.
747. Increased defense cooperation with Poland.
748. Negotiated an agreement to increase U.S. troop presence in Poland.
749. Expanded U.S. arms sales to NATO allies.
750. Increased NATO burden-sharing pressure as a central U.S. foreign-policy priority.
751. Created the United States Space Force as a separate armed service.
752. Reestablished U.S. Space Command.
753. Reestablished the National Space Council.
754. Directed NASA to return astronauts to the Moon.
755. Established the Artemis program as the framework for returning humans to the lunar surface.
756. Began development of the Gateway lunar-orbit platform.
757. Advanced the Space Launch System and Orion programs toward crewed lunar missions.
758. Issued Space Policy Directive-1 on human exploration.
759. Issued Space Policy Directive-2 to streamline commercial-space regulations.
760. Issued Space Policy Directive-3 on space-traffic management.
761. Issued Space Policy Directive-4 directing establishment of the Space Force.
762. Issued Space Policy Directive-5 on cybersecurity principles for space systems.
763. Established the Artemis Accords.
764. Recruited multiple nations to join the Artemis Accords.
765. Expanded commercial-launch licensing reforms.
766. Encouraged private-sector lunar payload deliveries.
767. Expanded NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
768. Supported commercial crew flights to the International Space Station.
769. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon carried NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in 2020, the first such orbital launch since the Space Shuttle program ended.
770. Signed the National Quantum Initiative Act.
771. Established a federal coordinating framework for quantum-information science.
772. Expanded quantum research centers at national laboratories and universities.
773. Increased federal quantum-computing research funding.
774. Launched the American AI Initiative.
775. Created federal AI research priorities.
776. Directed agencies to increase access to federal data and computing resources for AI research.
777. Established federal principles for regulating artificial intelligence.
778. Created the National AI Initiative Office.
779. Established national AI research institutes.
780. Expanded federal investment in AI and quantum sciences.
781. Signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act.
782. Developed a national strategy for secure next-generation wireless networks.
783. Expanded federal spectrum availability for 5G.
784. Pressured allies to limit use of Huawei equipment in critical telecom networks.
785. Restricted Huawei’s access to U.S. technology through export-control measures.
786. Added numerous Chinese technology firms to federal restriction lists.
787. Expanded CFIUS review of foreign acquisitions through FIRRMA.
788. Strengthened export-control law through the Export Control Reform Act.
789. Created the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA.
790. Elevated federal cybersecurity coordination inside DHS.
791. Issued executive orders strengthening federal-network cybersecurity.
792. Expanded federal election-infrastructure cybersecurity support.
793. Increased public-private cyber threat-information sharing.
794. Established policies to improve vulnerability disclosure across federal agencies.
795. Signed the TRACED Act targeting illegal robocalls.
796. Expanded FCC authority to penalize illegal robocallers.
797. Required phone carriers to implement caller-ID authentication technologies.
798. Extended the statute of limitations for certain robocall violations.
799. Signed the Music Modernization Act.
800. Modernized music-licensing law for digital streaming.
801. Created a mechanical-licensing collective for digital music services.
802. Signed the Great American Outdoors Act.
803. Permanently funded the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually.
804. Authorized billions of dollars to address deferred maintenance on federal lands.
805. Directed major funding toward National Park Service maintenance.
806. Provided maintenance funding to the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Education.
807. Signed the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act.
808. Permanently reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund before its later full-funding law.
809. Protected additional wilderness areas.
810. Designated new national monuments and conservation areas.
811. Designated hundreds of miles of wild and scenic rivers.
812. Expanded public access for hunting, fishing and recreation.
813. Signed Save Our Seas 2.0.
814. Expanded U.S. efforts to address marine debris and plastic pollution.
815. Established new federal authorities for marine-debris cleanup and prevention.
816. Expanded international cooperation on ocean plastics.
817. Signed major wildfire-management reforms.
818. Ordered expanded active forest management to reduce wildfire fuels.
819. Increased mechanical thinning and prescribed-burning activity on federal lands.
820. Expanded hazardous-fuels treatment programs.
821. Increased federal coordination with states on wildfire risk reduction.
822. Signed the 2018 Farm Bill.
823. Legalized commercial hemp federally by removing hemp from the Controlled Substances Act definition of marijuana.
824. Created a federal-state regulatory framework for hemp production.
825. Expanded several agricultural conservation, crop-insurance, nutrition and rural-development programs.
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Not gonna bother with all the fluff, just a few things that stand out.
Yeah, so healthy people who don't think they need health insurance get to opt out, and for everybody else rates have almost doubled. Don't worry, later in life when these people who think they'll never need care start to need it, they'll be slithering back and asking for help. That's what happens when you think you're being libertarian and letting people opt out of social programs they don't think they need. You're letting the others sink, and the ones laughing all the way to the bank now are the ones who will be demanding their share later.9. Repealed the Affordable Care Act individual-mandate penalty.
Yeah, got his way on that one. Then decided he could tear it up and get even more unfair concessions from Canada this year. Has really opened the world's eyes. Trust is like crystal, once you break it, you can't put it back together. People's belief in the trustworthiness of the U.S. has been shattered, and it will take generations after Trump to get it back, if you ever do.13. Replaced NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
How is destroying world trade networks a good thing?17. Imposed tariffs on imported steel.
18. Imposed tariffs on imported aluminum.
19. Imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports.
Yeah, he did sign it. When something passes with 80% of the House and 90% of the Senate, it would be retarded to veto it. But it's certainly not the kind of thing he would have advocated for.29. Signed the First Step Act.
You've got people sleeping on sidewalks, and you think your highest priority should be making more bombs and going around the world picking fights?52. Increased overall defense spending.
Okay, I've gotta be honest and give credit where credit is due. Europe's neglect of defense while living under the American umbrella has been disgusting, and I've got to agree with Trump.56. Pressured NATO countries to increase defense spending.
How is it a good thing to bring the world closer to WW III?62. Withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
While I do agree that Israel needs to hold the Golan, I think the responisble thing to do would have been to extract some kind of concessions from Israel to bring them closer to peace with their neighbours.70. Recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Pretty funny, that one. A bunch of rich oil sheikhs who want to trade with Israel make a deal to do so. Notice that no democratically-elected Arab country was included.71. Brokered the Abraham Accords.
Yup, agreed to pull out of Afghanistan, and then acted all outraged when his successor honoured the agreement and pulled out. Incredible hypocrisy.77. Negotiated the Doha agreement with the Taliban.
Yeah, quite the little bromance with Kim. And with Xi, and with Putin, and with MBS. Funny how only bloodthirsty dictators are on Trump's friend list.84. Hosted direct presidential meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
... while allowing the people who caused it to escape punishment.96. Declared the opioid epidemic a public-health emergency.
.. and then once the vaccine was ready, helped sabotage efforts to actually use it, giving all kinds of airspace to anti-vax nutters.109. Launched Operation Warp Speed.
110. Provided federal backing for rapid COVID-19 vaccine development.
111. Supported manufacturing vaccine doses before final authorization.
112. Helped fund development of multiple COVID vaccines.
113. Facilitated vaccine distribution logistics.
Some of the most fraud-prone programs in the entire history of government aid. https://legacy.sba.gov/document/report- ... -landscape The Inspector General's audits revealed that probably one-sixth of those programs went to fraudulent actors. Other estimates are even higher.114. Signed the CARES Act.
115. Authorized the first round of COVID stimulus payments.
116. Created the Paycheck Protection Program.
117. Created expanded federal unemployment benefits.
118. Established the Employee Retention Credit.
While overall cutting about $19 billion from environmental and conservation efforts. Smoke and mirrors!132. Permanently funded the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million annually.
----------------THANK GOD FOR JOHN WILKES BOOTH........AT LEAST HE HAD BETTER AIM, WITH AN OUT DATED WEAPON,COMPARED TO TODAY'S GUNS IN AMERICA...mookiemcgee wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:46 pmDid Lincoln personally get himself and his buddies rich by freeing the slaves?HitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm Lincoln was unpopular during the Civil War. Almost lost the election. Now he is in the top 2 presidents.
Was he a convicted felon? A philanderer? Did he make fun of disabled people as part of his campaign?
I think the comparison ends at 'they were both deeply unpopular'
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...EVEN TRUMP GOT IN ON THE ACTION.....BYE,BYE LINCOLN PENNY 
... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... 
... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... Lincoln promoted programs to help freed slaves resettle in places like the Caribbean, Central America, and Africa, believing that deep-seated racial prejudices in the U.S. would prevent peaceful integration.ConfederateSS wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2026 12:10 am----------------THANK GOD FOR JOHN WILKES BOOTH........AT LEAST HE HAD BETTER AIM, WITH AN OUT DATED WEAPON,COMPARED TO TODAY'S GUNS IN AMERICA...mookiemcgee wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:46 pmDid Lincoln personally get himself and his buddies rich by freeing the slaves?HitRed wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 2:38 pm Lincoln was unpopular during the Civil War. Almost lost the election. Now he is in the top 2 presidents.
Was he a convicted felon? A philanderer? Did he make fun of disabled people as part of his campaign?
I think the comparison ends at 'they were both deeply unpopular'
-----------------------Lincoln wanted to deport ALL FREED SLAVES...He wanted The War Between The States......TO GET RID OF THEM....HE DIDN'T WANT THEM COMING NORTH...
--------------------JOHN WILKES BOOTH...GREATEST AFRICAN AMERICAN HERO
-------------------Biden's Open Borders brought Slavery back to AMERICA.......SLAVE LABOR....SEX SLAVES....So Lincoln didn't do anything...Killed for Sleepy Joe to ruin even his assassination ...
WILLIAMS5232 wrote: as far as dukasaur goes, i had no idea you were so goofy. i mean, you hate your parents so much you'd wish they'd been shot? just move out bro.
Is that the price of diesel NOW in California?
NO shock if it were. 
Don't be a dick.epic0002 wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2026 1:06 pm That’s odd. Gas prices in 2008, when people made less money, were about .40 per gallon more.
I KNOW most of you old timers were around then, but maybe you’re so old now… you forgot. Or perhaps so old, you just like to complain about everything.
Can’t wait til you grandpas see 8% interest and blame Trump for it being to high when the rate in 1981 was 20%. Guess you will forget that also.
Hey look! It’s raining outside! Stupid Trump!
The average price of gas in the U.S. for the year 2008 was about $3.27 to $3.32 per gallon, but prices changed a lot during that year.
2008 Gas Price Breakdown
• The Peak: Gas prices hit an all-time record high in July 2008, reaching a national average of about $4.11 to $4.14 per gallon as crude oil spiked to $147 a barrel.
• The Crash: As the Great Recession hit and demand dropped, prices fell fast by the end of the year, dropping to around $1.64 to $1.67 per gallon by December 2008.
• Historical Data: You can track detailed monthly numbers on the Macrotrends US Gasoline Prices page.
President Donald Trump announced a "done deal" to build a $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, Iowa, but local media reported that Trump's claims "don't match reality."
Christensen played a clip of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying, "I think this deal is done. This deal is done. They've already worked it out. That's why we're all together with the president. The president doesn't bring people together unless it's a done deal. You guys know that already."
Trump piped up to say, "They've already started building."
But Christensen said flat-out, "That's not true."
"TV6 Investigates reviewed Lee County land records and we found no major property purchases tied the the project this year," Christensen said. "Company officials say they don't have details about its plans, and no permits have been filed."
"The financial side isn't settled, either," Christensen reported. "The Iowa legislature will meet Friday in a special session to debate incentives for the company to build in Iowa. Meanwhile, Trump and lawmakers still haven't disclosed exactly where in Lee County the plant would go. For residents here, that's left more questions than answers about a project the White House is calling 'a sure thing.'
It was a pitch-perfect Harold Hill line: authoritative, absolute, and utterly untethered to the facts.
Less than 24 hours later, the illusion shattered. Gov. Kim Reynolds had to issue an emergency executive order calling for a special legislative session. Why? Because the deal is so far from “done” that the state literally has to rewrite its corporate tax laws to make it legal. The Legislature was called back to Des Moines for the “sole and singular purpose” of bending the state’s Major Economic Growth Attraction (MEGA) program to accommodate this corporate behemoth.
Local investigative reporting quickly pulled back the rest of the curtain: as of today, there are no land sales, no environmental permits, and no finalized site plans in Lee County. We’re being asked to cheer for a parade before the route has even been mapped.
