Posted on 01/03/2026 9:58:49 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The president curbed illegal immigration, boosted the economy, enacted tax reform, targeted gender ideology, and resolved international conflicts.
WASHINGTON—Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has rapidly reshaped America’s domestic and international priorities.
In the first year of his second term, his administration enacted sweeping tax reform, deported millions of illegal immigrants, imposed tariffs to balance trade relations, brokered several peace deals, overhauled U.S. foreign policy, and ordered the federal government to recognize only two sexes—male and female—among other measures.
Here is a look at key actions Trump has taken so far.
Border Security
One of Trump’s first acts was to address illegal immigration, an issue that became a crisis during President Joe Biden’s tenure. Trump prioritized securing the nation’s borders with a flurry of executive orders, which caused illegal immigration to plummet at the southern border.
Illegal immigration dropped to the lowest numbers in recorded history, according to Customs and Border Protection, and for seven straight months, border authorities released zero illegal immigrants after they were apprehended.
The Department of Homeland Security said that as of early December, more than 2.5 million illegal immigrants had been deported since the start of the year. Trump has said the removals will benefit Americans by reducing competition for housing and jobs.
In an unprecedented move, Trump also ordered in March that hundreds of illegal immigrants be deported to a prison in El Salvador. He invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which grants the president wartime authority, as the legal basis for expediting the deportations. His administration stated that the law granted him authority to target members of the MS-13 international criminal gang and terrorist group and the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang and terrorist group. However, the administration continues to face legal challenges and courts have blocked deportations under that law,...
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Amazing. Just amazing. Trump #47 has directed and presided over more concrete good in his short time in office than nearly all the Presidents combined back to George H. W. Bush.
It is astonishing. We are unlikely to see another President like him in our lifetimes.
But people (both here on FR and in the Democrat establishment) root against him because they cannot stand him upsetting the political order.
They are willing to self-immolate both themselves and our country so that their apple carts are not impeded or overturned.
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