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What would you consider Trump’s 3 biggest accomplishments in his 2nd term?

Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:20 pm
Posted by Ag Zwin
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:20 pm
And how would you score their importance and impact?

Bonus question: One unmet expectation.

I’ll hang up and listen.
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:23 pm to
He's slowed down the southern border influx. That's important.
Cutting USAID was a big one, but I'm not sure how much of that has or will stick.
I don't really have a third.
Posted by olemc999
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:25 pm to
Banned DEI at the federal level.
No tax on overtime.
Captured Maduro.

Unmet expectation.

Designated English as the official language.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:28 pm to
Southern border shut down
Federal workforce reductions
Venezuela
Posted by FLTech
he/won
Member since Sep 2017
29195 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:30 pm to
Closed the border / mass deportations
Ended woke DEI shite
Exposed fraud, waste, abuse and crimes

For the economy.. he's not there yet but his economy is already so much better than Biden's.. His economy is about to takeoff like we have never seen before
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:34 pm to
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He's slowed down the southern border influx. That's important.


I'll give him that one.

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Cutting USAID was a big one,


This has never been an actual problem. The U.S. actually reaped some benefit, and it accomplished some actual worthy humanitarian goals. It was an easy target fabricated by a few goons at the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute
The cited examples of abuse were mostly false or completely out of context.

It's impact on the budget hasn't been as substantial as fraud and waste at the DoD...
This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 2:40 pm
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:40 pm to
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This has never been an actual problem.


I think corruption lives in things like USAID and the glut of "non-profits" throughout the country. It was a tack in the right direction, but again, I'm not sure if was anything more than cosmetic in reality. These outfits have lobbies of their own and they're hard to touch. And I don't think Trump has the will to truly fight them.
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
1677 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:42 pm to
1) Border security
2) Reduction in bureaucracy
3) Decreased taxes

Not that you asked, but on the surface I’m not happy with his rollback on the protections of public lands. But I am admittedly no expert on the topic. There are a few others, but I don’t feel the want or the need to list them.

Rule of thumb for me: if I find myself agreeing 100% with any politician, I probably need to take a look in the mirror.



This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 2:50 pm
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:43 pm to
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No tax on overtime.


They just started rolling this out.

It's only no tax on the extra pay that you get from the over time hours.

So if you get 1.5x, the tax break is only for the .5 earned.
Posted by B747Tiger
Member since Jul 2026
299 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 2:48 pm to
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This has never been an actual problem. The U.S. actually reaped some benefit, and it accomplished some actual worthy humanitarian goals. It was an easy target fabricated by a few goons at the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute The cited examples of abuse were mostly false or completely out of context. It's impact on the budget hasn't been as substantial as fraud and waste at the DoD...


Even if you agree with USAID’s stated goal of using “soft power” to increase US influence overseas there is zero reason it should ever existed as an independent agency. We have a State Department for that.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:04 pm to
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I’ll hang up and listen.


(1) Securing the border; (2) deporting millions of illegals; (3) the tax cuts in the Big Beautiful Law; (4) lowering inflation; (5) increasing and re-shoring American manufacturing; (6) incapacitating the Iranian regime; (7) toppling Maduro; and (8) pushing the Chinese out of the Western Hemisphere.

quote:

One unmet expectation.


The SAVE Act. But that’s on the Senate, not President Trump.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11233 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:05 pm to
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Federal workforce reductions


Great point. This would be number 9 for me. Trump has shrunk the size of the federal government to pre-Great Society Levels. This is a monumental achievement.
Posted by GeorgePaton
God's Country
Member since May 2017
5868 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:10 pm to
1) He ended the surge of unvetted illegal aliens across our southern border. Tom Homan and our ICE Agents are now focused on apprehending illegal aliens and deporting them.

2) He eliminated Joe Biden's sufficating business regulations issued through Executive Order (EO) effectively bypassing the legislative process.

3) Drill baby drill. He brought our Oil & Gas fossil fuel industry back. A critical industry Joe Biden and his Global Warming lunatic pals had sworn to destroy.

He's done so much more, far to many to list here.

President Donald J. Trump - He leads.

This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 3:15 pm
Posted by RemyLeBeau
Member since Mar 2015
1992 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:27 pm to
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It's only no tax on the extra pay that you get from the over time hours.

So if you get 1.5x, the tax break is only for the .5 earned.


So If someone works 60 hours in a week and 20 was overtime, they only get relief on .5 pay for 20 hours? How does that make sense?
Posted by NashvilleTider
Your Mom
Member since Jan 2007
15889 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:28 pm to
So much- fixed the financial system with tariffs - fixed the Americas so we control this hemisphere - closed the border - stopped the democrats major funding arm with USAID - DEI - fixed the woke bs in the military - deportations - releasing the Epstien files - ufo and jfk files making his administration the most transparent in history. And we aren’t even half way. He will go down as the goat president with no clear second that’s even close. He will be sorely missed and. In 20 years people will long for the Trump years.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
117900 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:49 pm to
He pisses off the MSM several times a day. I enjoy seeing their pain.
Posted by jammajin
Member since Jul 2024
2398 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:14 pm to
quote:

I’ll hang up and listen.


(1) Securing the border; (2) deporting millions of illegals; (3) the tax cuts in the Big Beautiful Law; (4) lowering inflation; (5) increasing and re-shoring American manufacturing; (6) incapacitating the Iranian regime; (7) toppling Maduro; and (8) pushing the Chinese out of the Western Hemisphere.

quote:
One unmet expectation.


The SAVE Act. But that’s on the Senate, not President Trump.



great list. there have been secondary items as well (reduction in govt workforce) stated here also.

I would simply add to your #1) "and doing so in a manner so quick and efficient that it should expose the lie we were told by the previous admin to an extent that party shouldn't be taken seriously for at least a decade or two

Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80645 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:20 pm to
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So If someone works 60 hours in a week and 20 was overtime, they only get relief on .5 pay for 20 hours? How does that make sense?


That's allegedly what the law says.
Posted by leeman101
Huntsville, AL
Member since Aug 2020
2713 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:29 pm to
Southern border shut down
Exposed the learing centers
Venezuela
Posted by TigerWoodlands
The Woodlands
Member since Dec 2008
1213 posts
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:46 pm to
Shutting the southern border
Neutering USAID
Establishing the Trump Accounts - massive tutorial in capitalism
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