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You know it's sad that I have to go out digging to find out exactly what Trump has done. If I believed the tv then Trump spends his days either ranting on twitter or playing golf. Now for the real truth as to what the Trump adminstration has been working on in the past few weeks:
July 7, 2017—The Department of Veterans Affairs made public its disciplinary actions against its employees,[13] and it reported that day having fired over 500 employees since January 2017 and suspending nearly 200.
What does that action have to do with Trump? Bad employees should be fired (Trump maybe?)
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August 3, 2017—The Trump Administration added several new services to the VA's telehealth program, making it easier for veterans to obtain health care services such as through letting them conduct medical examinations remotely and giving them the ability to schedule appointments electronically.
That has nothing to do with Trump either. The Department of Veterans Affairs is run by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who makes decisions on major changes to VA policy.
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July 2017—It was reported that federal gun crime prosecutions by the DOJ in the preceding three months increased 23% over the same period in 2016, showing the Justice Department was taking a tough stance on gun crimes.
August 2, 2017—The DOJ launched opioid fraud and abuse unit to fight opioid prescription abuses and the opioid crisis.
August 4, 2017—Attorney General Sessions and the DOJ cracked down on illegal leaks of classified information from within the government, taking actions such as actively pursuing three times more investigations in the first six months of the Trump Administration than had been open at the end of the Obama Administration and by creating a counterintelligence unit in the FBI for these investigations.
Once again, none of these actions have anything to do with Trump. Jeff Sessions needs a big pat on the back, along with his predecessors, who probably had a part in beginning these investigations. Actually, Jeff Sessions' hard work in these investigations makes Trump look bad, not good. Why is he bashing this man on Twitter when he's doing so much to fight crime? What a jerk.
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July 6, 2017—Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order for his department to hold more lease sales and speed up permitting for oil and gas exploration. he signed the order because of delays in the approval process for federal lands.
Thank you, Interior Secretary (if more oil is the goal rather than conservation). Nevertheless, it's not a Trump thing.
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July 8, 2017—In the final G-20 common statement, the Trump Administration, which was ideologically opposed by the other G-20 nations, successfully received concessions from them in regards to climate policy, with the statement acknowledging the U.S.'s intention to withdraw from the Paris agreement and including language on the nation's intention to promote clean fossil fuels internationally.
Fantastic. Thanks to Trump, we are taking active steps to speed up global warming, destroy the planet, and alienate ourselves from our allies. Now Nicaragua and Syria will be our BFFs.
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August 7, 2017—The EPA ended its backlog of reviews of 600 new chemicals that existed when EPA Administration Pruitt assumed office in February of that year – an important goal for him.
Thanks, President Trump! Now we can ingest and use 600 more chemicals whose effects we know nothing about. But hey, the most important thing is decimating those pesky regulations.
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July 2017—A month after allowing the U.S. to export beef, China allowed the U.S. to export rice to the nation
Maybe Trump, maybe not. But if it is, that's great. Besides, they owe us a favor. After all, China is making a lot of money from Ivanka and Donald's products. MAGA!
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July 11, 2017—In an attempt to solve a diplomatic crisis between Qatar and several other Persian Gulf nations, the U.S. and Qatar signed an agreement for Qatar to increase its counterterrorism measures and to end funding for terrorist groups
Nice work, done by Tillerson. I wonder if Trump would have been as successful at a diplomatic mission.
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It was reported in July 2017 that the Trump Administration had ended a CIA program to arm "moderate" Syrian rebels, an ineffective program that had been criticized by conservatives
The White House 2017 payroll was $5.1 million lower than the Obama Administration's 2015 payroll. Additionally, the Trump White House employed 110 fewer employees than Obama, and it did not employ any policy "czars."[50] In addition, President Trump donated his entire first-quarter 2017 salary to restore the Antietam National Battlefield.
And you know why that is? The White House is understaffed. Believe it or not, the government needs employees. Trump has filled only a little over half the vacancies of his predecessors, and understaffing and overwork is part of the problem of his administration.
You know it's sad that I have to go out digging to find out exactly what Trump has done.
August 3, 2017—The Trump Administration added several new services to the VA's telehealth program, making it easier for veterans to obtain health care services such as through letting them conduct medical examinations remotely and giving them the ability to schedule appointments electronically.
Trump wants to cut veterans disability benefits and use those funds to pay for VA Privatization. And Trumps privatization plan would cut veterans with disabilities benefits by nearly two-thirds.
The Trump administration is connected to the private prison industry, and putting more people in jail for marijuana and opioids is what the private prison industry wants (the more people in jail the higher their profits.)
July 6, 2017—Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order for his department to hold more lease sales and speed up permitting for oil and gas exploration. he signed the order because of delays in the approval process for federal lands.
Obama presided over the largest domestic oil production increase of any presidency in U.S. history, and Trump has a long way to go before he can compete with Obama's oil production increases.
August 7, 2017—The EPA ended its backlog of reviews of 600 new chemicals that existed when EPA Administration Pruitt assumed office in February of that year – an important goal for him.
While Trumps cuts to the EPA will kill people, cause Americans to become sterile, cause children to be born with birth defects, ex.ex.
I'm sorry, but this doesn't sound like a president who has been a massive failure according to the haters. I still believe that if the media and liberals would just get off his back for a bit, he could get even more done here.
Trump is getting lots of things done. But those things are cutting veterans benefits, increasing the opioid epidemic, putting people in jail for harmless marijuana crimes, and increasing pollution and birth defects. While Trump praises his oil production increases that are less than Obama's and takes credit for a stock market rise that started before he was even elected president.
They're busy with Russia and his orange face. No time to waste. lol
Man...speaking of orange...Trump should give Putin some of the orange stuff. That guy is about as pasty white as a ghost. He's been strutting around shirtless in Siberia and the black flies won't even land on him because they think he doesn't have any blood to suck.
You know it's sad that I have to go out digging to find out exactly what Trump has done. If I believed the tv then Trump spends his days either ranting on twitter or playing golf. Now for the real truth as to what the Trump adminstration has been working on in the past few weeks:
Also, stock market has beeen good, and gas hit a low price not seen since 2005 this summer.
I'm sorry, but this doesn't sound like a president who has been a massive failure according to the haters. I still believe that if the media and liberals would just get off his back for a bit, he could get even more done here. They never pursued Hilary and her destruction of evidence regarding a personal email server even remotely like they do Trump.
These are just executive orders which don't acquire approval from congress. He couldn't even get Obamacare repealed because of his own party....MAJOR failure. And please stop bringing Hillary into this. She is not our president so stop deflecting. Trump's tax reform won't get passed either. If Trump is letting the media and liberals affect his performance then he not the leader we should have running our country. He obviously has a thin skin.
Um... Most of this has been reported. Maybe you don't see it because you don't read the news anymore since Dear Leader has proclaimed it "Fake" and told you not to look. The stuff with the VA downsizing, Sessions cracking down on leaks, the Syria policy change...all stuff I read in the "Fake News."
Also, you're listing a lot of the accomplishments of VA and DOJ administration, not necessarily Trump. Presidents should be claiming credit for stuff like major new policies, international agreements, significant legal bills passed. Trump has little there other than denying climate change and backing out of Paris Agreement. Healthcare has been a humiliating disaster.
Trump "saving cash" in White House is emblematic of him likely not filling positions and is also more than offset by his golfing every fifth day and vacationing every weekend at his resorts, where he is spending a ****load for security and travel. All stuff he criticized Obama for and promised not to do, which makes him a liar and a hypocrite.
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