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Pentagon Announces First-Ever Audit Of The Department Of Defense
U.S.-Backed Forces Capture Raqqa From ISIS
ISIS Facing Imminent Collapse In Syria's Raqqa
Gen. Mattis Breaks Down New Afghanistan Strategy
US-Backed Fighters 'Seize 80% Of Raqqa From Islamic State'
Mattis Sees Need For New DOD Space Programs
Trump Calls For Increased Military: Senate Passes $700 Billion Defense Bill
US Shares Technology With India. Enlisting Them To Fight In Afghanistan
Mattis Vows US Support For Ukraine Against Russian 'Aggression'
U.S. Cyber Command Will Be Elevated To A "Unified Combatant Command"
Mattis Decides To Withhold U.S. Cash From Key Pakistani Military Fund
Mosul Liberated From ISIS
US, Gulf Countries Form New Group: 'TFTC' To Stem Flow Of Terror Financing
NATO Weighs New 'Counter Terrorism Post' Following Trump's Demands
ISIS Leader 'Admits DEFEAT In Iraq And Orders Militants To Flee
Mattis Gives White House Tentative Plan For Rapid Defeat Of ISIS
James Mattis Threatens To 'Moderate' US Backing For NATO Over Budgets
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
Trump Signs VA Mission Act
VA Seeks Partnerships To Build And Improve Health-Care Facilities
VA Announces Veterans Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences Act
VA, Ginnie Mae Create Task Force To Address Mortgage Refinancing Issues Telemedicine: An Important Tool For Veterans Health
Trump Signs Bill To Streamline VA Disability Claims Appeals Process
Trump Signs 'Forever GI Bill,' Boosting Aid To Student Vets
VA Expands Tele-Health Access
VA Fires More Than 500 Feds Under Trump, Even Before New Accountability Law Trump Signs VA Accountability Act Into Law, Promises Better Care For Veterans White House To Launch Veterans' Complaint Hotline
Accountability And Whistleblower Protection At VA
TRADE DEALS
Trump Signs Korean Trade Deal
Trump Blocks Chinese Purchase Of Qualcomm Due To National Security
TRUMP SIGNS TARIFF ORDER ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM
Trump Slaps 30% Tariffs On Solar Panels Imported From China
Japan Freezes North Korea's Assets After Trump's Visit
U.S. Trade Deficit Falls To 11-Month Low
Trump Fights For 'America First' As 4th Round Of NAFTA Negotiations End
Crude Oil Shipment To India Highlights Expanding Energy Partnership
Trump Blocks China From Buying Semi-Conductor Company, Lattice
Crude Oil Shipment From Texas Opens New Vistas In India-U.S. Ties
Argentina Agrees To Allow First U.S. Pork Imports In 25 Years
Trump Orders Probe Of China's Intellectual Property Practices
New Memorandum To Protect American IPs From China - Potentially Save Billions Of Dollars And Millions In Jobs
Coal Exports Up 60%
China Opens Rice Market For US Exports For First Time Ever
U.S. Makes Final Finding Rebar Exports From Taiwan
Renegotiating NAFTA With Canada And Mexico In Order To Make Better Trade Deals - May Terminate
United States And Mexico Finalize Sugar Trade Deal
First U.S. Natural Gas Shipped To Poland
Signed An Arms Deal Worth More Than $350 Billion And Various Other Investment Agreements With Saudi Arabia
China, U.S. Reach Trade Agreement On Beef, Poultry And Natural Gas
Trump Orders A Study On Abuses Of U.S. Trade Agreements - WTO
Trump Slaps Tariffs On Canadian Lumber Imports
Increased Tariffs On Canadian Lumber By 20% (Worth $1 Billion)
China Buys More U.S. Coal, Sends North Korea
Top 10 Trump accomplishments of 2020
This year has been dominated by the pain and suffering thrust upon the globe by the criminal acts of the Chinese Communist Party. Even amid these harsh challenges, President Trump persevered to reach historic achievements. Therefore, as the year draws to its conclusion, it is worth detailing his 2020 accomplishments, as I have previously catalogued for each of the last three years.

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The Vaccine:

Millions of Americans have begun the process of inoculation, leading to an eventual reality where COVID-19 becomes a bad memory. The speed of this achievement defied skeptics and amazed scientists everywhere. Along with the brilliant government researchers and innovative private sector pharmaceutical companies, President Trump deserves enormous credit for his inspiring leadership of Operation Warp Speed.
Broadening the Nationalist Movement:
The "America First" uprising pre-dated Trump's entry into politics, with roots in the Tea Party cause. But the movement found its indispensable leader in Trump. Not content with his upstart victory of 2016, Trump massively broadened the movement, in every sense. Geographically, Trump gained vote share in each of America's four largest cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston) in 2020 vs. 2016. He added 500,000 raw new votes in Los Angeles County alone. 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 40% of the Hispanic vote in Texas. Under Trump's leadership, in 2020 the America First cause morphed into a large, sustainable, multi-ethnic, cross-racial workers' movement.
Abraham Accords:
For the first time in a quarter-century, Arab nations agreed to normalized relations with Israel. President Trump harnessed diplomacy combined with toughness toward Iran to forge truly historic new ties in the region. The 2020 agreement among Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain represents a massive breakthrough, one that encouraged similar pacts with Morocco and Sudan.

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Economic Recovery:

The rally from the spring lockdown lows defied all predictions, and included massive surges in home and automobile sales, as pickup truck purchases soared to all-time highs. The U.S. economic performance was the envy of the advanced world. The U.S. stock market roared back far higher than the indices of Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Simply put, in 2020 the United States was an island of growth amid an economically stagnant

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The Wall:

Contrary to the media narrative, considerable progress has been made in building the president's controversial border barrier, despite constant obstructionism from both Congress and the courts - and the unrelenting hostility of the press. Some 423 new miles of impressive border walling now stand guard at our southern border. Officials of Customs and Border Protection make it clear that the wall plus Trump's "remain-in-Mexico" asylum policy regained control of our previously lawless border region.
Trade Agreements:
For decades, our government pursued disastrous trade deals at the behest of K Street lobbyists, benefiting foreign nations plus the top executives of American multinationals, regardless of the harm to American workers. Donald Trump won the presidency vowing to fix these untenable trade structures, and in 2020 he signed the USMCA pact with our neighbors Mexico and Canada, a material improvement over the outdated and unfair NAFTA championed by bipartisan globalists. This success led to the Phase Two agreement with China as well, continuing the process of holding Beijing to account for its massive abuses of America via product dumping, industrial espionage, and a dearth of trade reciprocity.

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Afghan Peace Deal:

This commander-in-chief pursued an America First foreign policy of realism and restraint. It paid off. As made clear by the December 2019 bombshell "Afghanistan Papers," published by the Washington Post, Trump's predecessors misled our citizens while wasting precious American lives and treasure during that pointless two-decade war. Trump is winding down such adventurism and reached a historic peace deal with the Taliban in 2020. Despite howls from the "America Everywhere" foreign policy establishment inside the D.C. Beltway, Trump's deal to end the Afghan war has won rare, broad, bipartisan support among voters.

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Striking Down Terrorists:

Instead of wasteful and unsuccessful mass invasions or grandiose commitments to "nation-building," this president used surgical strikes to eradicate threats to our security. After America's successful hit against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi in 2019, the 2020 strike against Iranian military leader and terrorism exporter Qasem Soleimani eliminated perhaps the most dangerous terrorist in the Middle East. Soleimani directly engineered the slaughter of American troops in Iraq, and he met instant justice courtesy of American missiles in an attack ordered by an intrepid commander-in-chief.

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Space Force:

The first new branch of the U.S. military in decades, President Trump showcased his vision as an unpredictable political leader in establishing Space Force as the sixth U.S. military branch as part of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. America now stands as the only country with an independent, dedicated military space force. Such foresight highlights Trump's willingness to think in unconventional ways.

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March for Life:

Donald J. Trump became the first U.S. president to attend the annual massive pro-life march in Washington, solidifying his stature as the most pro-life president in American history. In so doing, he fulfilled campaign promises to protect unborn life as well as religious liberty. The president boldly declared that "every child is a precious and sacred gift from God."
At home and abroad, President Trump proved that there is, indeed, method to his madness. Though his unorthodox and sometimes frenetic approach confounds his critics, Trump's disruptive leadership remained highly effective in 2020, even as our country and his administration faced many unwelcome challenges. Whatever the future holds for him, the 45th U.S. president compiled a record of achievement over these last four years that is impressive and historic.

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Economy:

Economic Growth Has Reached 3 Percent for the First Time in More than a Decade Opportunity Zones A New Dawn for Economic Opportunity
Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States
LARGEST DECLINE IN DRUG PRICES IN NEARLY 50 YEARS
Trump Policies Keep Economic Boom Going As Job Gains of 304000 Surpass Expectations
Manufacturing Confidence at an ALL TIME HIGH
Food Stamp usage declines for 8 straight months
Middle Class income rises to HIGHEST on record
America is now the worlds largest oil producer
Fastest growing pace in 14 years for manufacturers
Trump secures 2026 World Cup for the USA
Consumer Confidence Highest in 18 years
Black Business Ownership Under Trump JUMPS 400 PERCENT in ONE YEAR
Black Support for Trump DOUBLES to 29 percent
Worker pay rate hits highest level since 2008
Business Investments up 39 Percent Due to Tax Cuts
Food Stamp Usage Drops Half Million in Single Month
Highest Ever Manufacturer Optimism over 94 Percent
U.S. Consumer Confidence Is at 17-Year High
US homebuilding permits soar to highest level since 2007
Economy to grow at 5.4% rate in first quarter
Roaring: Economic Optimism Index hits 13-year high, credit to tax cuts
Wages jump to highest level since 2009 - up 2.9%
Trump Decreases Debt to GDP Ratio - First Time in Over 50 Years!
Apple to Invest $350 BILLION in US citing Trump Tax Plan
Utilities cutting rates, cite benefits of Trump tax reform
Over 100 companies giving 'Trump Bonuses' after tax victory
Manufacturing in the U.S. Just Accelerated to Its Best Year Since 2004
Trump Blocks Chinese Purchase of Qualcomm due to National Security
Trump Slaps 30% Tariffs on Solar Panels imported from China
Japan Freezes North Korea's Assets after Trump's Visit
U.S. Trade Deficit falls to 11-month low
Trump Fights for 'America First' as 4th Round of NAFTA Negotiations End
Crude Oil Shipment to India Highlights Expanding Energy Partnership
Trump Blocks China from buying Semi-Conductor company, Lattice
Crude oil shipment from Texas opens new vistas in India-U.S. ties
Argentina agrees to allow first U.S. pork imports in 25 years
Trump orders probe of China's intellectual property practices
New memorandum to protect American IPs from China - Potentially save Billions of dollars and millions in jobs
Coal exports up 60%
China opens rice market for US exports for first time ever
U.S. makes final finding rebar exports from Taiwan
Renegotiating NAFTA with Canada and Mexico in order to make better trade deals - May terminate
United States and Mexico finalize sugar trade deal
First U.S. Natural Gas Shipped to Poland
Signed an Arms Deal worth more than $350 billion and various other investment agreements with Saudi Arabia
China, U.S. reach trade agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas
Trump orders a study on abuses of U.S. trade agreements - WTO
Trump slaps tariffs on Canadian lumber imports
Increased tariffs on Canadian lumber by 20% (worth $1 billion)
China buys more U.S. coal, sends North Korea
Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) TERMINATED
Nikki Haley negotiates $285M cut in 'bloated' UN budget
U.S. home sales hit 11-year high
Mining up 28.6% - Leads the Nation in Growth
Broadcom will move back to U.S. - and bring tax money with it
Consumer confidence highest level since December 2000
Q3 GDP at 3 Percent - Beats Expectations
Ivanka Trump creates new World Bank initiative to foster Entrepreneurship among Women
Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Surges to 13-Year High
New entrants from outside the labor market made up 3.2
U.S. Factories Expanding at 13 Year high
Dow posting first eight-quarter winning streak in 20 years
Home builder confidence at 12-year high
Manufacturer confidence at a 20-year high
Tech giants pledge millions to Trump initiative
Q2 GDP up 3.1%
Sales of new U.S. homes rebounded in August
Federal Reserve: Household Wealth in America at record high of $1.7 trillion - Rising property values and Financial gain
Surging stock market powers U.S. wealth to $96.2 trillion
Median Incomes Climbing for First Time Since 2007
Trump has signed a $15 billion relief package for Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rose in August
Recovery Is Finally Trickling Down to Least-Educated Workers
American manufacturing expanded in August at fastest pace in six years
Donald Trump Ends Obama Effort to Waive Work Requirements for Welfare
Consumer confidence strengthens in August, second-highest level since late 2000 President Trump Cuts More US Debt for a Longer Period of Time Than Any President
Pennsylvania coal company to open a SECOND coal mine
In Trump era, American corporations are seeing their best earnings in 13 years US trade deficit narrows as exports hit 2-1/2-year high
13,000 jobs being created in WI - largest job announcement in WI history (Foxconn)
Gas prices at a 12-year low
Some states are experiencing their lowest unemployment rates in their histories Trump Announces $200 Million in Apprenticeship Funding
U.S. has record 6 million job openings, 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs
CEO confidence highest since 2014
Trump signs bills that helps Veterans and Police officers by giving them Priority and Training
Government spending as percentage of GDP down
Executive Order on the Establishment of the American Technology Council
USA's small business confidence is spurring a hiring and spending spree
Signed a resolution encouraging women in entrepreneurship and STEM
Executive ordered all federal agencies to create task forces to cut regulations that hurt the economy
US Manufacturing Index at a 33-year high
Coal Miners are WINNING. Cut Regulations/Create Jobs/New Plant

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Government:

Trump signs measure aimed at Preventing Veteran Suicides
Trump signs Major public lands Conservation bill into law
Trump signs into law Genocide Prevention Act
Trump signs legislation enhancing US Leadership in Indo Pacific region President Trump signs Ashanti Alert Act into law
Trump Signs $867B Bipartisan Farm Bill with Welfare Reform Work Requirements Trump Signs Law Punishing Chinese Officials Who Restrict Access to Tibet Production of Hemp to become Legal in all 50 States with Farm Bill passage Trump Limits Asylum Migrants must come in Legally
Trump Signs New Hezbollah Sanctions Into Law
Trump signs Opioids Law at White House event
Trump signs bipartisan Water Infrastructure spending law
Trump signs the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades
Trump signs bills to Help Patients stop overpaying for Medicine
Trump signs law ending Gag Orders against Pharmacists sharing Money Saving information
Trump signs bill requiring Airports to provide spaces for Breastfeeding Moms Trump signs Karis Law on the 50th Anniversary of 911
Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Military Prison open
Trump signs proclamation directing troops to secure border
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un sign 'important document' at Singapore summit
Trump signs law giving Border Patrol better Fentanyl detection tools
Trump signs law expanding Hate Crime protections to Religious Institutions Trump signs technical education bill into law
Trump signs law to expand Childhood Cancer Research
Trump signs bill easing U.S. bank rules into law
TRUMP SIGNS LAW FIGHTING SEX-TRAFFICKING
Trump Cuts aid to Palestine
Trump signs law creating national historic park for Martin Luther King Jr. Trump signs into law U.S. government ban on Kaspersky Lab software
Trump signs Russia sanctions bill into law
Donald Trump signs law aimed at cutting abortion funding
President Trump signs law declaring National Vietnam War Veterans Day
Trump Signs 3 Executive Actions on Crime Against Police, Drug Cartels
TRUMP SIGNS NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL INTO LAW
Trump signs Space policy directive
Trump signs Historic USMCA trade agreement replacing NAFTA
President Trump secures release of Pastor Brunson from Turkey
President Trump Approval Rating at 51 Percent
Justice Kavanaugh SWORN IN to Supreme Court
Trump Shrinks Government by 16000 Jobs since elected
Trump Cut Off 200 Million in Aid to Palestinians
Trump ends 230 Million Dollar Rebuilding Payments to Syria
Trump has our soldiers remains returned home from Korean War
Trump signs Right to Try drug bill
US Embassy moved to Jerusalem by President Donald J Trump
Trump secures release of American Prisoners from North Korea
Trump Negotiates Peace between North and South Korea
Trump Signs Order Calling for Work Requirements for Welfare Programs
HISTORIC: Trump Nominates First Woman for Head of CIA
Feds collect record taxes in first month under Trump's tax cuts; runs surplus in January
Trump signs sweeping two-year budget deal - MILITARY FUNDED
Trump proposes biggest civil service change in 40 years - 'Hire the best and fire the worst'
Trump signs bipartisan bill to combat synthetic opioids
Trump Shrinks Federal Bureaucracy by 16000
President Trump set a record for lifetime appointed judges in 2017
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back $900 Million in Obama-Era Offshore Drilling Regulations
Individual Mandate of Obamacare REPEALED
Climate Change REMOVED from 'Threat List'
Trump Admin is a Deregulation Machine: Eliminating 22:1
Trump signs $700 billion defense bill, gives troops largest pay raise in 7 years
New Space Policy Directive Calls for Human Expansion Across Solar System
Trump Declares Jerusalem the Capital of Israel
Senate Passes Sweeping Tax Reform - 20% Corporate rate - Largest in 31 Years. Trump Shuts Down CIA funding of Syrian Rebels
House Passes Tax Bill in Major Step Toward Overhaul
Senate Passes Budget Resolution Clearing the Way to pass Tax Reform with a Simple Majority
Trump's HHS defines life as beginning at conception
President Trump Declassifies and Releases JFK Files
Four Months into FY 2018, Refugee Admissions Plunge to Lowest Level in 15 Years US increases security screening measures for vetting refugees
US Delays Payment to UN for Palestinians
US Suspends $2 BILLION in security assistance to Pakistan
Global Magnitsky Act Signed: Targeting Global Corruption and Human Rights Abuse North Korea Designated as 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'
United States Announces a New Strategy on Iran
Trump cuts Obama's refugee target in half, takes more Christians than Muslims Trump: 'We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values'
Trump administration abandons the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming
School Choice tops the list of Priorities U.S. Education Department Grants Trump Signs Healthcare Order, Expands Choice and Access through associations
US and Israel withdraw from UNESCO citing "anti-Israel bias"
Trump has written 46 Executive Orders
Treasury Department to target companies doing business with North Korea
Trump has signed 53 bills into law
UN Security Council unanimously steps up sanctions against North Korea
Fewest Monthly Refugee Arrivals in August Since 2002
Trump to stop travel from countries that refuse to help Homeland Security America has withdrawn almost $300 million in foreign aid to Egypt
Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Environmental Rules on Infrastructure
11,000 government jobs slashed under Trump - downsizing government
UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea
Senate confirms 65 Trump nominees for various positions
U.S. Small Business Administration opens assistance center
800 Obama regulations cut - Saved over $200 billion
EPA's Pruitt moves to roll back over 30 environmental regulations in record time
Cut the White House budget - Saved taxpayers $22 million
Haley Tells Congress US Assuming More Assertive Role at UN
Eliminated 1200 man hours of wasteful paperwork requirements including Y2K preparedness
Trump Lays Out Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control System
Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord
Treasury to call for rolling back banking regulations
Trump orders a Voter Fraud Commission to investigate 2016 election
Fired corrupt and incompetent FBI Director James Comey
HHS to Rescind Birth Control Mandate in Obamacare
Appointed conservative Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
Ben Carson Finds $500 Billion In Errors during Audit of Obama HUD
President Trump's executive order will undo Obama's Clean Power Plan rule
U.S. Will have Free but Fair and Balanced Trade: Mnuchin
Executive order to reduce operating costs of the Federal Government
Fired all 46 attorney generals hired by Obama
Tillerson to shutter war crimes focused State Dept. office: report
Canceled Obama Era special immigration program for foreign entrepreneurs Critical milestone in the global fight against ISIS
Tillerson to back up Trump efforts to bolster Eastern Europe against Russia Tillerson Tightens Limits on Filling State Department Jobs
Report: Trump plans to cut foreign aid, merge State and USAID
US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget
Tillerson on North Korea: Military action is 'an option'
It's a bloodbath at the State Department
Purging the State Department of Obama loyalists
Fixing lobbying laws - 5 year lobbying ban on White House officials
Put a regulatory freeze on all federal agencies
Cutting regulations in government agencies (add 1, take out 2)

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