President Trump's record breaking accomplishments (part 1):
401Ks:
-The number of Fidelity 401(k) millionaires is at an all-time high.
-401k account balances also hit all-time highs in last quarter of 2019
ABORTION:
-The abortion rate -abortions per capita — hit a new all-time low. This is especially good news for black Americans as abortion impacts them at a substantially higher rate than any other population group
-President Trump is the first ever President to speak live and in person at the annual March for Life rally
ANIMALS:
-Signed a federal law (Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act) for the first time in U.S. history making acts of animal cruelty a federal crime punishable with fines and up to seven years in prison
CONSUMER SPENDING:
-May 2020 retail sales surge 17.7% in the biggest monthly jump ever
-In 2019 black Friday spending hit a record high $7.4 billion
-In 2019 Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day in history with a record $9.4 billion in online sales
-In 2019 Super Saturday was the biggest single day in U.S. retail history reaching $34.4 billion
- Personal savings hit an all-time high in 2020 at 33%
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC):
-President Trump accomplished the impossible. The experts said he would need a "miracle" to get a vaccine within several months because the fastest vaccine ever created took 5 years. But miraculously it only took several months for multiple Covid-19 vaccines to come out thanks to Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" program.
-Most all the experts, including the CDC predicted a minimum of 2.2 million Americans would die from this pandemic. But after President Trump coordinated the largest and fastest medical mobilization in human history, the death toll was not even close to that. While testifying before congress Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly credited President Trump for his Covid-19 policy decisions that saved lives.
-The Trump administration coordinated the most virus testing in human history
-The U.S. is second best in the world with Covid-19 mortality ratio as CDC estimates COVID 19 mortality rate to be 0.4% and as low as 0.2%
CRIME:
- I.C.E. and H.S.I. criminal arrests hit a record-high in 2019
-First administration in history to bring terrorism charges against MS-13
ECONOMY:
-For the first time in history (Jan 1, 2020), the U.S. economy started and ended an entire decade without entering a recession. It’s been the longest expansion in the country’s history.
-In February 2020, economic optimism reached the highest in history (59%)
-The third quarter of 2020 the economy grew at its fastest pace ever at 33.1%
ENERGY:
-U.S. renewable power capacity installations surged to a record high in 2020. Both the solar and wind power markets saw record capacity additions
-U.S. crude oil production and natural gas production hit multiple all-time highs
-U.S. became the world’s top oil producer (knocking off Russia and Saudi Arabia) for the first time ever
-U.S. oil output topped 12 million barrels a day for first time ever (April 2019)
-U.S. renewable installed energy capacity surpassed coal for the first time ever (April 2019)
-U.S. consumed more renewable energy than coal in 2019. It’s the first time since 1885 that renewables surpassed coal
ENVIRONMENT:
- The largest hole in the Ozone layer above the Arctic has now healed/closed
- Signed the Great American Outdoors Act, which is the single largest investment (nearly $3 billion) in America’s national parks and public lands in history.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
-President Trump is the first foreign leader in history to dine in Forbidden City of modern China
-He is the first sitting U.S. President to visit the Israel Western Wall
-He is the first ever U.S. President to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and also moved U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
-Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in history to set foot in North Korea
-President Trump negotiated the "Abraham Agreement". In doing so, United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf Arab country in history to reach a deal on normalizing relations with Israel
-Trump negotiated a historic deal that included Muslim country Kosovo recognizing Israel for the first time ever and Serbia moving its embassy to Jerusalem. In doing so Kosovo"s President Hashim Thaci awarded Trump with Kosovo’s Order of Freedom “for his exceptional contribution for the freedom of Kosovo and the strengthening of Peace and reconciliation in the region.”
-President Trump negotiated a peace deal between Israel and the UAE to establish 'full normalization of relations
-Saudi Arabia opened its airspace to Israeli flights for the first time ever in response to “a request by the U.A.E.,” which had recently begun normalizing relations with Israel
GUNS:
-U.S. gun sales hit an all-time high in 2019 (based on the # of FBI background checks)
-U.S. gun sales hit an all time high for a single month in March 2020 (based on FBI stats)
HEALTHCARE:
-The U.S. cancer death rate in 2017 had the largest single-year decline in cancer mortality ever reported
HOUSEHOLDS:
-Sales of existing homes soared 24.7% in July from June 2020, the highest ever on record
-Index of pending home sales rose to 99.6 in May 2020, the highest month-over-month gain ever recorded.
-Median household income reached the highest ever reported, both nominally and when adjusted for inflation
-Median home prices reached a all-time high in 2019
-Housing confidence hit at an all-time high
-Mortgage rates continue to hit an all time low including 10 times in 2020 alone
HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
-Trump's administration made the largest investment for trafficking support services in US history with over $100 million dollars
INTERNET:
-More Americans now have high-speed internet access than ever before growing by over 20% since 2017
JUDGES:
-Closing in on the most ever appointed federal judges in a first term including three Supreme Court Justice picks
JOBS/UNEMPLOYMENT:
-June 2020 was the biggest ever monthly job increase with 4.8 million new jobs
-May 2020 was the second biggest ever monthly jobs increase with 3.065 million new jobs
-July 2020 was the third biggest ever monthly jobs increase 1.8 million new jobs
-American incomes hit an all-time high in 2019
-More Americans were working than ever before the global, China born Covid-19 pandemic. In fact the number of employed Americans hit a record high 24 times time under President Trump
-Job openings outnumber the unemployed for the first time on record. In fact for over 20 months straight under Trump there were more jobs than people to fill them
-Has a lower average unemployment rate than any president in recorded history (3.9%) -The unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and those without a high school diploma have all reached record lows under President Trump
LGBTQ:
-Donald Trump was the first ever U.S. president to take office as an open supporter of legal same-sex marriage
-President Trump appointed the highest ever ranking openly gay official in a Republican administration (U.S. ambassador to Germany)
-Trump appointed the highest serving openly gay man to hold federal office in U.S. history (Director of National Intelligence)
MANUFACTURING CONFIDENCE:
-Optimism among manufacturers registered its highest level ever recorded (95.1%) in June 2018
MASS SHOOTINGS:
-President Trump is the first President in U.S. history to ban bump fire stocks. Bump stocks make it easier to fire rounds from a semi-automatic weapon by harnessing the gun's recoil to "bump" the trigger faster
MILITARY:
-Record setting military spending with highest level in recorded history
-The US Space Force (USSF) made history when it was officially established as the sixth military branch of the US armed forces
-The U.S. military seized a multi million-dollar Iranian fuel shipment bound for Venezuela, the largest seizure ever of its kind
MILLIONAIRES/BILLIONAIRES:
-America has more millionaires than ever before (11 million) as of 2019.
-America set a new record high in 2019 (latest report) for number of billionaires. The number of 800 billionaires is also the world leader
MINORITIES/PEOPLE OF COLOR:
-Black and Hispanic unemployment hit record lows multiple times
-Appointed General Charles Brown as the USA’s first-ever African American military service chief
-Nominated the first ever African-American woman for promotion to general in the U.S. Marine Corps
-Signed the largest ever permanent Future Act bill t provide more than $250 million a year to the nation's historically black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students
-President Trump granted a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, who was convicted in 1913 for violating a Jim Crow-era law that made it illegal to transport a white woman across state lines “for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose”
-President Trump granted clemency to free a black grandmother (Alice Johnson) who jailed in 1996 on a non-violent drug charge
-Trump pardoned bank robber Jon Ponder (a black male) who became a born-again prisoner rehabilitation expert.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE:
-President Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize citing his Israel-UAE peace deal in Sept 2020
-Trump received a second nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize after his Serbia-Kosovo deal just a few day later
-Trump received a third nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for his foreign policy philosophy, dubbed the “Trump Doctrine” four Australian law professors recently nominated the president for the high honor, with one of them, David Flint, citing his recent role in helping broker relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
POVERTY:
-Poverty hit an all time record low in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic. African-American and Hispanic-American poverty rates reached record lows in 2018 and 2019 before the global Covid-19 pandemic
RACISM:
-First administration in U.S. history to label a white supremacist group (Russian Imperial Movement) a terrorist organization
-This was followed by being the first administration in U.S. history to designate the KKK as a terrorist organization
-Reinstated the federal capital punishment/death penalty after a 17 year hiatus. The first resumed execution was Daniel Lewis Lee, a one-time white supremacist who killed a family of three
- President Trump personally authorized the arrest and deportation of the last known Nazi collaborator living in the U.S.
-(Side note) President Trump's administration also banned displays of the Confederate flag on all military installations
REFUGEES:
-Refugee admissions to America is now at a record low enabling resources to be diverted to help more Americans citizens
REGULATIONS:
-For a third year, in 2019 Trump’s administration has broken the record for issuing the fewest regulations/rules in a year.
-His presidency now has the third lowest regulations of any U.S. president in history and lowest amount of regulations in 44 years
SPACE:
-In December 2019 for the first time in history NASA successfully landed a capsule on land in the United States
-SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft made the first-ever crewed space launch by a private company when NASA teamed with SpaceX in August 2020
-The first time in history that a commercially developed spacecraft carried humans into Earth's orbit.
-In July 2020 NASA successfully took the closest pictures ever taken of the sun
STOCK MARKET:
-135 record new record highs
-The Dow Jones reached 11 new major milestones (19,000, 20,000, 21,000, 22,000, 23,000, 24,000, 25,000, 26,000, 27,000, 28,000 and 29,000)
-Nasdaq reached 5 new milestones (6,000, 7,000 , 8,000, 9,000 and 10,000)
-The S&P 500 has returned more than 50% breaking multiple record highs and in June 2020 saw the greatest 50-day rally in history
-Gold hit $2,000 for first time ever in August 2020
- Dow Jones jumped nearly 2,000 points on March 13, 2020 — its biggest one day gain ever
-First quarter of 2020 the Dow and S&P posted their largest quarterly gains since 1998, while the Nasdaq is tracking for its best quarter since 2001
-On August 13, 2020, the Dow had its best 100 Days since 1933
-Gold prices hit all time highs in July 2020
TERRORISM (RADICAL ISLAM):
-The ISIS caliphate has been 100% defeated for the first time ever
-Osama Bin Laden’s son, Hamza bin Laden, killed in September 2019
-Leader of ISIS, Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Qurashi, killed in October 2019
-Iran’s top general and world’s biggest terrorist, Qasem Soleimani killed in January 2020
-Leader of Al Queda, Qassim al-Rimi, killed in January 2020
SOUTHERN BORDER WALL:
-Erected a structure far more formidable than anything previously in place along the border. Over 300 miles and counting. The highest ever U.S. border wall barrier design is 18 to 30 feet tall, anchored in concrete and has 5 foot high anti climbing plates on top. It is see through steel bollard slat design which was requested by US border patrol. It is built on concrete that extends several feet into the ground and there will be more concrete below that to prevent people from digging under it
TAXES:
-The biggest gross tax cuts in American history, cutting over $5.5 trillion in taxes over ten years in including cutting corporate tax cuts from 42% down to 21% (benefiting mostly small businesses)
WOMEN:
-The first U.S. President ever to have an all female-led communications team in the White House
-Hired first woman in U.S. history to run a successful presidential campaign (Kellyanne Conway)
-Hired first woman in U.S. history to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) on a permanent basis (Gina Haspel)
-A female soldier become the first ever woman to join the Green Berets under President Trump
-President Trump posthumously pardoned Susan B. Anthony, a leader of the women's suffrage movement who was arrested for illegally voting in 1872
WOMEN/SPACE:
-NASA astronauts make history with first all-female spacewalk
-A female spent the longest time ever in space (Christina Koch — 328 days)
NEAR RECORD SETTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS (Part 2):
CONSUMER SPENDING:
- Total American credit card debt plummeted in 2020 below $1 trillion for first time since 2016
CRIME:
-The overall violent crime in the U.S. has declined for three straight years (2017, 2018, 2019) under President Trump after ticking up in 2015 and 2016 under Obama
DRUGS:
-Prescription drugs prices fallen for the first time in 47 years in 2019
-Drug overdose deaths fell for the first time in 28 years in 2018
-FDA approves life saving drugs at the fastest pace ever
ECONOMY:
-The best U.S. economy in 50 years peaked in February 2020 just before the Covid-19 global pandemic hit. This was measured by labor market, GDP growth, wages, stock market, gas/fuel prices, tax cuts, manufacturing and cutting regulations
ENVIRONMENT:-EPA is deleting Superfund sites from the National Priorities List at the fastest pace in 12 years -U.S. decrease in emissions was the largest total of any country, at 140 million tons in 2019
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
- The U.S. and Taliban signed a landmark peace deal after 18 years of conflict in Afghanistan
HOUSEHOLDS:
-Home-builders saw the strongest sales in over a decade in May 2020
- Home-builder optimism hit the highest since 1998
GAS:
-The national average dips to $1.49 per gallon, the lowest since 2004
JOBS:
-Created over 7 million new jobs so far
-Before the global Covid-19 pandemic the U.S. unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 50 years under Trump
PRESIDENTIAL SALARY:
-Donald Trump is the first president in over half a century to refuse to take the $400,000 presidential salary. Instead he has donated it to multiple different charitable organizations. In fact he is only 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in history to give up his salary.
TRADE:
-U.S. trade deficit shrinks in 2019 for first time in six years
UNEMPLOYMENT:
-Hit a 50 year low multiple times before the global Covid-19 pandemic
WAGES:
-Job wage growth eclipses mortgage rate for first time since 1972 and have had the biggest growth in 11 years
WELFARE PROGRAMS:
-Almost 6 million able-bodied people are off food stamps
WOMEN:
-Trump hired only the third woman in U.S. history to be White House Press Secretary
-Female unemployment is currently at a 50-year low
-Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders for the first time in 10 years
-Like America, half of President Trump’s staff are women
WARS:
-President Trump has kept his promise of not getting involved in any wars
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POPULARITY (PART 3):
VOTES:
-Most ever votes for a sitting president with over 71,000,000 votes (2020)
-Highest percent of nonwhite voters of any Republican in 60 years (2020)
-Most ever Republican presidential votes with just under 63 million (2016)
-Most ever Republican primary votes with 13.4 million (2016)
-Most ever primary votes as an incumbent President (2020). This includes setting vote total records in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington. The most impressive fact about Trump's 2020 primary incumbent vote total is that it was during the Covid-19 virus quarantine when many people stayed home
RATINGS:
-President Trump's 6/21/20 rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma (not carried by either CNN or MSNBC) gave Fox News the largest Saturday night audience in its history with 7.7 million viewers
-President Trump’s 2016 Presidential debate with Hillary Clinton is the most watched ever
-President Trump’s Fox News town meeting in March 2020 was the most ever watched town hall in cable history with 4.18 million viewers
-President Trump broke his own cable record later in the month of March 2020 with a virtual town hall that had 4.4 million viewers, the most watched in cable history
-President Trump again breaks the all time record (breaking his previous 2 records) of most watched town hall in cable history this time with 5.1 million viewers in June 2020
-President Trump's acceptance speech during the 4th night of the RNC convention on August 27th, 2020 had an average prime-time viewership of 7.8 million during. That is the highest prime-time total viewership average for any political party convention in cable news history
EVENTS:
-On July 4th weekend 2020 a "Trump Boat Parade" in South Carolina broke the world record when over 3,000 boats participated. The old world record was 1180 back in 2014 in Malaysia
-Again on August 14, 2020 a "Trump Boat Parade" broke the world record in Clearwater, FL. This time is was made official and was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records
CROWDS:
-On August 15, 2019 President Trump's Manchester, New Hampshire rally broke an attendance record that was held by Elton John since 2004
- On April 24th, 2016 President Trump's Mohegan Sun Arena crowd broke the attendance record where over 11,000 people showed up to a 10,000 seat arena
-On October 1, 2018 in Tennessee President Trump's rally broke the attendance record at Freedom Hall's history
POLLING:
-President Trump has the highest ever Presidential approval rating from the Republican voters with 96%
-Even with several studies showing the historically, lopsided biased media constantly giving President Trump over 90% negative coverage (a latest study shows Trump getting 150% more negative coverage than Joe Biden)..... President Trump continues to have a higher approval rating than both his predecessors Obama and Bush according to some of 2016's most accurate presidential election pollsters
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