* President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans.
MMRCs have been around for awhile – this was just a reauthorization. But yes.
* In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society.
True.
* The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.👀👀
* The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes.
* Over 90% of those benefiting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.
This is true.
* The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.
Well, that is the thought behind it. It doesn’t, though, provide enough funding to do the kind of rehabilitating necessary.
* Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.👀👀
True.
* Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.
This is true.
* Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
True. A good move. Unfortunately, like all of Trump’s picks, he had no government experience and no experience or contact with the organizations he was hired to help.
* Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.
True.
* The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.👀
Hm…not entirely. Social security moved millions out of poverty and the median income level showed no significant change. And still, more people were without medical insurance since 2009.
* President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Trump waffled on the LWCF. Planned to gut it entirely and only came back to sign the bill as a political move.
And NO, H.R 2546 (the 1.3 million acre claim), which was a democratic-sponsored bill that passed the HOUSE, but has not been signed into law.
* Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.👀👀
In 23 states. Yes.
* Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all time high.
Well, that’s a very general and arguable statement. And now, I would say consumer and small business confidence is likely about as low as it can get.
* More than 7 million jobs created since election.
Well, 6.7. But yes, there has been a significant increase in jobs. Of course, that started in 2010 and Trump has not seen anywhere near the same monthly gain in jobs that Obama did.
* More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
No.
* More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.
But the total number is still below that in 2007.
* Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.👀👀
Yep.
* Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.
And yet, what sort of things is he doing to accomplish that and what sort of results has he seen? (No need to hunt for that. Little to none is the answer).
* Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.
Lots to unpack on this one. Yes, generally true. Trump, though, has been accused of rape by women who were underage and, as it turns out, being trafficked at the time. Kind of like the head of a substance abuse program who goes home after work and drinks while he does crack.
* In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking.
Backpage.com was seized, yes. There has been little significant progress since, though.
* Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.
True, but this is less than those arrests made in 2015.
* Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need.
Obama’s DHHS also provided funding.
* The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.
I’m afraid Trump had nothing to do with this.
* The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support.
Also a program not started with Trump.
* President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.👀👀
Basically attempting to eliminate public schools rather than improving them.
I decided to stop here, as so much of the remainder of this document is simply bullshit. The vast majority of the “accomplishments” cited had absolutely nothing to do with Trump and many had already been done in the Obama administration (or before). I will address a couple of other statements made by the original author, though:
* Because so many people asked for a document with all of this listed +in one place, here it is. No links provided to remove bias as Google search is easy.
Providing a link for a resource only shows bias if the person doing so doesn’t do thorough research. In fact, providing word-for-word text without the original source cited may be a violation of copyright, which is illegal and can be punished by jail time and a hefty fine.
*Trump did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and impeachment charges.
LOL. Indeed. When I have the time and the inclination, I’ll provide a document that lists the abuses, lies, and stupidity of Trump.
*Please explain to me why you have a problem with OUR president? Because he has misspoke a few times? Tell me when you find a perfect person, please….I’ll wait!
It’s “misspoken.” And how do you define “few?” At last count, Trump had made nearly 20,000 false or misleading statements. This is what disturbs me the most. He can say something on video or twitter and turn around a couple of hours later and claim he never said it. When there is documented evidence that he did. And then say you are reporting fake news. This is the gaslighting he uses. This creates an environment of distrust, not just with US citizens, but with people all around the world. That’s a problem because we are not isolationists. Countries actually depend on one another in a variety of ways. Besides this, he is racist, misogynistic, uses the presidency for personal gain, has absolutely no understanding of how governments work, has no knowledge of US or world history, and everything he does is to benefit him or someone who can do for him. And yes, there is documented evidence that proves all of that. Oh, and the American people don’t want a perfect person as president, we only want someone who is competent and able to hold some empathy for us.
*I’ll tell you why, because the media has skewed him in such a negative light and unfairly report his accomplishments to undermined those achievements! Why? Because the media is complicit in every single thing this man is trying to undo! Start thinking for yourself!”
—>>> I actually do think for myself, but I also utilize reliable sources to gain an understanding of those things that confuse me (and that doesn’t include DJT’s Twitter account). The media doesn’t *have* to skew anything; Trump is quite adept at providing a wealth of material for them.