-Reduced government control by doing away with a lot of wasteful regulations
most of the regulatory problems are at the state and local levels; the federal attempts are mostly bluster, e.g. bring back beautiful coal
-open the pipeline
-allow oil exploration in additional areas
the pipeline will be meaningless when they build a pipeline from Edmonton to Vancouver as that's the key market for Canadian oil. US doesn't need any oil from Canada
-started effective negotiations with NK
Yes there has been at least one interesting photo shoot
-Imposed sanctions on Iran and stopped the stupid nuclear agreement
not clear that this has worked
- New tax legislation that was a boon to the economy
not a new Trump idea at all but just a continuation of the Republican desire to cut taxes for the rich; the economic boom is questionable as I noted a lot of stock prices are a result of buy backs with repatriated money; CEOs love this as it raises stock price which is key to their compensation even though the fundamental earnings are not robust at all
- Started aggressive military actions in the Pacific to check CHinese expansion
yup, we got out of the TPP giving China the impetus to economically dominate the region
- Challenged NATO nations to get them to increase their defense spending.
has this happened?
- Destroyed ISIS's territorial ownership.
and let's not forget that ISIS was the direct result of the warmongering Dick Cheney who got us into the Iraq war with no game plan at all
- Moved American embassy to Jerusalem recognizing it as Israel's capital.
and this does what? My sister who has lived in Israel since 1973 and has family who severed in the army just laughs when we talk about the geopolitical meaning of this major foreign policy coup
You may not agree with some of these actions. But they were fresh and different then previous administrations and getting things done as hoped for by the people who voted for him. Those who didn't vote for him like yourself, will never give him any credit.
Are the people in Eastern Kentucky who voted for him in large numbers better off? What about West Virginia and a number of the southern states which don't seem to be doing any better than they were back in 2014-16. Much of the economic growth continues to take place in the larger tech areas a number of which voted Democrat with a few that voted Republican. Look at the health care in the states who have not taken the Medicaid money; there was a story in the paper the other day about the pop up clinics that dedicated nurses, doctors and dentists are setting up on weekends in Tennessee, and some of the other states to try to bring a modicum of health care to these people who don't have it. These are American citizens so you can't invoke the providing healthcare to illegal immigrants.
As noted above, I don't think President Trump has come up with any 'ground breaking' proposals that will move the needle. what we are seeing is a continuation of the economic growth that began a couple of years after Obama's first term started in 2010. You can go to the FRED data base and try to parse things out in whatever way you want but you cannot show any definitive impact on the economy from what it has been doing.
