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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2020
H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship. We want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to pursue career options in the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2019
Does Donald Trump deserve to be reelected in 2020?
In the 2016 election, I was excited by the prospect of Trump becoming president due to his positions and policies on immigration, trade, taxes, infrastructure, foreign policy, political correctness, culture and because he was self-financing his campaign to assert independence from the donor class. What has Donald Trump’s record been on these issues as president?
In terms of trade policy, the trade deficit with China and Mexico under Donald Trump has only grown over what it was when Barack Obama left office.
U.S. Trade Deficit With China In Millions (Obama’s Second Term)
2013: -318,683.8
2014: -344,817.7
2015: -367,328.3
2016: -346,825.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Trade Deficit With China In Millions (Trump’s First Term)
2017: -375,422.6
2018: -419,527.4
2019 (Without December): -320,823.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Trade Deficit With Mexico In Millions (Obama’s Second Term)
2013: -54,601.7
2014: -54,722.8
2015: -59,973.2
2016: -63,271.8
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Trade Deficit With Mexico In Millions (Trump’s First Term)
2017: -69,301.2
2018: -80,657.8
2019 (Without December): -93,200.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
In terms of tax policy, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the signature legislative accomplishment of Trump’s first term. He lowered the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. Unlike the drop in corporate tax receipts, the explosion in business investment never materialized.
In terms of legal immigration to the United States, there has been no change between Obama’s second term and the Trump presidency. Trump’s immigration plan also only proposes to change the composition of legal immigration to bring in more high skilled workers.
Legal Immigration To The United States (Obama’s Second Term)
2013: 990,553
2014: 1,016,518
2015: 1,051,031
2016: 1,183,505
Source: DHS
Legal Immigration To The United States (Trump’s First Term)
2017: 1,127,167
2018: 1,096,611
Source: DHS
If we compare the first three years of Obama’s second term to the first three years of Trump’s first term, 1,225,101 illegal aliens were apprehended at the Mexican border (2013, 2014 and 2015) compared to 1,552,003 illegal aliens who were apprehended at the border under Trump (2017, 2018 and 2019). The continuity in illegal immigration is striking.
Illegal Immigration To The United States (Obama’s Second Term)
Illegal Immigration To The United States (Trump’s First Term)
Southwest Border Total Apprehensions
2013: 414,397
2014: 479,371
2015: 331,333
2016: 408,870
2017: 303,916
2018: 396,579
2019: 851,508
Are those gaps in the GIGANTIC 2.5 miles of border wall @realDonaldTrump has built? https://t.co/p1LqWV6zJB
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 11, 2020
In terms of Donald Trump’s promised big beautiful wall, the Trump administration is celebrating the completion of 100 miles of border fence. At least 90 of 93 miles of new border fence replaced existing structures. By comparison, hundreds of miles of the same border fence was built during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.
How many American troops are in the Middle East in 2020?
I couldn’t find any hard figures, but it appears there are fewer in Syria, more in Iraq and Afghanistan and more in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States than when Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. He is significantly increasing that number in response to the Iran crisis. Trump recently told Laura Ingraham that he has sold our troops to Saudi Arabia.
By far, the most significant foreign policy difference in the Middle East between Obama’s second term and Trump’s first term is the Iran Deal. Whereas Obama deescalated tensions with Iran through diplomacy, Trump has pushed us to the brink of war with Iran. In addition, he also recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. He has also allowed Israel to annex parts of the West Bank. Far from “bringing the troops home” to focus on rebuilding America, Trump has kowtowed to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Elsewhere in the world, Trump has presided over the expansion of NATO and has placed wave after wave of sanctions on Russia. He recently criticized Emmanuel Macron for saying NATO was brain dead. While he has attempted to reduce tensions with North Korea, the negotiations have gone nowhere and Kim Jong Un now claims to have been deceived by Trump.
In spite of pledging to spend $1 trillion dollars on investing in America’s infrastructure in the 2016 campaign, the plan went nowhere in the Republican Congress which chose to pass a massive corporate tax cut and criminal justice reform for the Koch Brothers instead.
Arguably, the biggest joke of the Trump presidency was the Social Media Summit last July. Political correctness has grown by leaps and bounds during the Trump presidency as his supporters have been violently assaulted by an explosion of Antifa in the streets and censored online by Big Tech. Meanwhile, the Orange Buffoon has monitored the situation while issuing executive orders to ban anti-Semitism on college campuses.
How about our culture?
How has Donald Trump fought the culture war?
How has the Trump presidency “moved the Overton Window”? Not only has the Trump presidency mainstreamed homosexuality on the Right in the United States, Donald Trump is waging on global crusade on behalf of homosexuality abroad.
Zion Don has exceeded my worst expectations and has proven to be far more subservient to Jewish donors than either George W. Bush or Barack Obama.
The difference between the vision we were sold in 2016 and the result we got in 2020 or expectations versus reality or Trump’s rhetoric and tweets versus his policies has only grown more staggering over time. This is particularly true of immigration where the rhetoric has been the most intense while being the most disconnected from reality.
In what universe is Trump “strong on the border” when there has been little change to legal and illegal immigration under his presidency over Obama? Kate Steinle’s murderer walked free. Trump has built 2.5 miles of new border fence in the fourth year of his presidency. Trump’s legacy will be his corporate tax cut, mainstreaming homosexuality and Zionism.
Those of us who were labeled blackpillers for criticizing Donald Trump early on and pointing out the divergence between his rhetoric and policies weren’t pessimistic enough.
Note: We were warned by the worst possible messenger.