itsgonepolitical.com Politician of the Year - Donald J Trump

Despite the mainstream media and establishment politicians both democrats and republicans stacked against him and doing absolutely everything they can think of to get rid of him since he announced his run for the presidency, Trump has been in an ongoing fierce battle to serve the American people and actually carry out his promises. He has done it differently too and on a much more productive and successful scale, he has managed to bypass the left wing media and traditional forms of information by speaking directly to the people using the power of social media and in the main twitter amongst other tools including many public rallies where his support is going from strength to strength.

Yet, if you look at the left wing media you would think that something entirely different is happening in the USA as Americans and the rest of the world are subject to a nauseous daily barrage of negativity, "fake news", and downright lies about the President of the USA. It is both sickening and incredibly boring to observe the left and it's no holes barred continuous attack on Trump and reveals that there is no end to their "gutter press" and how low they are prepared to go.

Make no mistake Trump has made some errors (who hasn't) and on occasion acted like an idiot, and, he also hasn't been successful in fulfilling his promise of repealing Obamacare and building a wall just yet but when you look at what he has achieved while in office it is truly astounding and he definitely leaves all other politicians on the face of the planet well and truly in the dust when it comes to results. After all, that should be all we should judge him on - RESULTS.

Frankly the list of actions and accomplishments is incredible and will actually surprise you. We have access to over 150 accomplishments but for the sake of this post we are going to keep it to our top 20. It's worth noting also that all of these achievements have been completed in an environment and backdrop of unrelenting negativity and "bad press".

1. Became President of the USA - Monumental achievement and well and truly against all the odds.
2. Government reform and Regulatory reform: Trump signed an executive order Jan. 23 placing a hiring freeze on federal employees. Shortly after his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order mandating that for every new regulation, two regulations must be revoked. In reality, the administration has exceeded that mark, rescinding or delaying more than 860 regulations, or 16 regulations for every new one implemented.
3. Abortion: In January, Trump signed an order reinstating the Mexico City Policy, which de-funded the International Planned Parenthood Federation and other organizations that promote foreign abortions. Trump also expressed strong support for the annual pro-life March for Life. Vice President Mike Pence became the first vice president to speak at the event, and White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway also spoke.
4. More Regulatory Reform: Trump set up task forces in every agency to remove “job killing regulations” and increase “economic opportunity.” The Trump administration is on track to finish the first phase of its regulatory reform program with $645 million in net annual regulatory savings, according to an analysis by the American Action Forum. By comparison, during President Obama’s years in office, more than 22,700 regulations were imposed on Americans at a cost to American consumers, businesses and workers of more than $120 billion each year. AAF called Trump’s order reducing regulation and controlling regulatory costs “one of the most significant developments in regulatory policy in decades,” noting it was the first time in U.S. history that the executive branch has established a regulatory budget.
5. Trans Pacific Partnership: Trump signed an executive order in January removing the U.S. from the international pact, which critics charged was a monumental compromise to American sovereignty and would take millions of jobs away from American workers. (We wish our politicians had the spine to do this too)
6. Persecuted Christians: Reversing Obama administration policy, Trump pledged in January that Christian refugees suffering persecution in Muslim countries would be given priority over other refugees seeking to enter the United States.
7. School bathrooms: Trump, in February, reversed Obama’s executive order requiring public schools to allow students to use bathrooms and locker rooms according to their preferred “gender identity.” (In New Zealand our government wants to get to the stage where everyone uses the same bathroom)
8. Government reform: In March, Trump signed an executive order to perform an audit on every executive branch agency to reduce spending and waste and improve services. (How rare is that, most other governments spend spend spend, tax, tax, tax)
9. Immigration: In the first 100 days of the Trump administration, arrests and deportations of criminal aliens such as MS-13 members were up 38 percent compared with the last year of the Obama administration. ICE conducted a crackdown on the gangs that resulted in the arrests of nearly 1,400 people. The Trump administration also cooperated with Central American countries to combat MS-13 recruitment in the region. An estimated 6,000 MS-13 gang members were arrested during the president’s first five months.
10. Making America Great Again - Made in the USA: President Trump signed the “Buy American and Hire American” executive order in April, prioritizing the interests of American businesses and workers. “Buy American” protects American industry from unfair competition by targeting the abusive use of waivers and exceptions to laws on the books. Trump’s “Hire American” effort calls for the reform of visa programs, ensuring that they no longer displace American workers, while fully enforcing laws governing the entry of foreign workers.
11. U.S. Supreme Court: Keeping a major campaign promise, President Trump nominated to the highest court a strict constructionist and originalist in the mold of Antonin Scalia, Neil Gorsuch, who was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as an associate justice in April. In his first term, in June, Gorsuch voted in every case with the justice generally regarded as the most conservative, Clarence Thomas. The conservative Committee for Justice said in a report that Gorsuch’s early performance says a lot about both what he will be like as a Supreme Court justice “and what the president can be counted on to do as more high court vacancies occur. Conservatives hoping for a solid conservative majority on the court in the near future had good reason to cheer.”
12. Paris Climate Accord: Trump, in June, pulled the U.S. out of the global agreement, which, according to a study by NERA Consulting, could have cost the United States economy nearly $3 trillion. According to the same study, by 2040, 6.5 million industrial sector jobs could have been lost, including 3.1 million manufacturing sector jobs. (Currently he is the only politician we know of that is in opposition to the Climate Change Nutters, and yes, Al Gore is a nutter and is simply looking to profit personally from the Climate Change Scam)
13. Unemployment: The jobless rate decreased from 4.8 percent to 4.4 percent from January through June 2017. In contrast, during the first six months of 2009, Obama’s first year in office, the rate increased from 7.8 percent to 9.5 percent.
14. Gross Domestic Product: GDP in the second quarter of the year increased by 2.6 percent, more than doubling the first quarter performance.
15. Government reform: The president signed an executive order in August projected to save billions of dollars by streamlining and expediting the permitting process for infrastructure projects. The order establishes a two-year goal for the federal government to process all of the actions required by federal law for the environmental reviews and permits of major infrastructure projects. (Our Government and Local Councils (Auckland take note particularly) could seriously do with a major dose of Trump)
16. United Nations: In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump told the global body in September, “I put America first and you should do the same with your nations.” In the speech, he also explicitly denounced socialism and communism, pointing to Venezuela as an example of what happens when socialism is successfully implemented. (Watch out New Zealand, you are heading the same way)
17. More Climate Change Bashing - In September, Trump shut down a climate-change advisory panel under the direction of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, that critics have contended was formed largely to promote President Obama’s climate policies, arguing it lacked representation from “those who think the empirical evidence points to human actions contributing little to global warming and that attempting to reduce it would slow the conquest of poverty around the world.” The EPA also has decided not to renew the appointments of dozens of scientists on various scientific advisory panels. (Nice one Trump!!!)
18. Protecting life: The president issued a statement Oct. 1 renewing the nation’s “strong commitment to promoting the health, well-being, and inherent dignity of all children and adults with Down syndrome.” The president observed “there remain too many people – both in the United States and throughout the world – that still see Down syndrome as an excuse to ignore or discard human life.” He said Americans and their government “must always be vigilant in defending and promoting the unique and special gifts of all citizens in need” and “should not tolerate any discrimination against them, as all people have inherent dignity.”
    The Department of Health and Human Services has published a draft of a new strategic plan that states in its introduction that life begins at conception. The personhood of the unborn child is central to the abortion debate — as even the justice who wrote the landmark Roe v. Wade opinion has acknowledged — because, if established in law, it would nullify a “right” to abortion. The largely overlooked HHS strategic plan for 2018-22 states the agency “accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception.” (Here in NZ our Government actively supports abortion and now wants to look at murdering our most vulnerable through a Euthanasia Bill (Assisted Suicide)).
19. Religious liberty: The Department of Agriculture issued a guidance Nov. 6 that ensures Christians who opposed same-sex marriage would not be discriminated against for their beliefs.
20. Israel: While the previous three U.S. presidents promised during their election campaigns to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, President Trump on Dec. 6 became the first to follow through. In his official order, Trump also ordered the U.S. Embassy to be moved to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded: “President Donald Trump, thank you for today’s historic decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Jewish people and the Jewish state will be forever grateful.”

Donald Trump, here at www.itsgonepolitical.com we salute you for an excellent first year in office and one which has clearly produced a whole list of outstanding results. America, you should be excited about the next few years, under Trump you have a leader that is not afraid to confront and challenge political correctness, pour disdain on the stupid left wing media, call it how he sees it, (that is refreshing) and actually get real, productive and positive results. Time to book some flights to the USA!

Note: With grateful thanks to worldnetdaily.com for their research and contribution to the above achievements.