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Trump's First Nine Months Compared to Biden's Four Years
RealClear Politics ^ | October 31, 2025 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 10/31/2025 1:20:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The left wing and media rage hysterically from one Trump psychodrama to the next, while President Donald Trump trolls both on social media.

But all that is verbiage. What matters is the data and facts of Trump's first nine months since January 20, 2025, in comparison to either former President Joe Biden's prior year or the averages of his four years in office.

Take the border. No one knows how many illegal aliens entered -- or stayed in -- the U.S. during Biden's four years of open borders. What is clear is that he set a presidential record of well over seven million illegal entrants.

The border under Trump is now tightly closed. Prior to his administration, it was common for 10,000 people to cross illegally in a single day. In just nine months, approximately two million illegal aliens have been deported or self-deported. The rate of border crossings is now the lowest it's ever been since 1970.

How about energy? For Trump's first nine months, gas prices have averaged $3.19 versus Biden's 2024 average of $3.30 a gallon. Over Biden's four years, gas averaged $3.46 a gallon.

During the Biden years, oil production averaged 12.3 million barrels per day, compared to 13.5 million barrels during Trump's first nine months. Biden removed 200 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, leaving office with only 394 million barrels in the SPR.

The reserve has already inched upward under Trump's initial months to 406 million barrels. Releases have been canceled. Purchases of replacement oil have been scheduled.

Regarding the economy, Biden's four years averaged 2.9 percent GDP growth per annum.

Trump's GDP rose 3.8% in the second quarter, with final estimates for 2025 ranging around 3%.

Inflation under Trump so far averages about 3%. Under Biden's tenure, inflation increased by 21.4% over...

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1 posted on 10/31/2025 1:20:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

But hey. We have idiots on this very forum who cry everyday Trump isn’t doing anything.


2 posted on 10/31/2025 2:11:16 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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But hey. We have idiots on this very forum who cry everyday Trump isn’t doing anything.

Releasing the "Epstein files" is priority distraction #1 for them.

3 posted on 10/31/2025 2:12:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Je suis Charlie Kirk.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That and attacking Bondi, Patel, & Noem.


4 posted on 10/31/2025 2:46:55 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I know. You would think that hearing that demand coming out of the mouths of Democrats would be enough to tip off even the dimmest of bulbs here that the Democrats are frantic to change the message to anything but the shutdown, and that agreeing with that means you are playing into their hands.

But no. We still get the usual suspects.


5 posted on 10/31/2025 3:37:15 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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