Trump 2.0 Accomplishments

as of mid-September 2026

IMMIGRATION

• Negative net migration for the first time in 50 years

• 2.6 million+ illegal aliens removed (including 650,000 arrests and 400,000 convicted criminals) + 2 million self-deportations induced by ending incentives

• Catch-and-release ended (99.9% drop); zero releases into the U.S. for eight straight months

• Laken Riley Act signed and aggressively enforced. [No Bail for illegals]

• Record-low border encounters; Darién Gap migration cut 99%

• Fentanyl trafficking crushed 56%+; overdose deaths down 21% monthly since inauguration

• Over 100,000 fraudulent visas revoked; 275,000 illegal aliens removed from Social Security rolls; benefits terminated for 1.4 million illegal aliens; H1-B crackdowns and $100,000 application fees

• 62,000+ missing migrant children rescued; Alien Enemies Act invoked against gangs

CRIME

• Lowest Crime Rate in 70 years

• Largest one-year homicide drop in U.S. history; violent crime (rapes, robberies, assaults) down significantly

• Targeted crime operations in major blue cities delivering record-low murders in several metros

• Law enforcement officer deaths down 25%

• Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other cartels dismantled; international drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations

• Antifa designated a domestic terrorist organization

• Gas under $3/gallon in 43 states; record U.S. energy production and exports at all-time highs

• USAID and the “Institute for Peace” closed

• Vice-president-led welfare fraud task force recovering billions and making mass arrests

ECONOMY

• Lowered Inflation to 1.3% first year, even now, less that the 5% averaged under Biden

• 654,000+ new private-sector jobs (all net gains to native-born Americans); 671,000+ jobs added since January 2025

• 4.3% GDP growth in Q3 2025; largest blue-collar wage growth in 60 years; real earnings up ~$1,100 annually

• Inflation tamed to ~2.4% core CPI (down ~70% from Biden peak)

• One Big Beautiful Bill passed (July 2025) — making 2017 tax cuts permanent, No Tax on Tips, Trump Accounts for newborns, senior deductions

• $5T+ in deregulation savings + $215 billion in government efficiency cuts ($1,335 per taxpayer)

• $10T+ in re-shored/domestic investments secured

• Trade deficit at lowest level since 2009; $300 billion+ in tariff revenues collected; Predatory global tariffs shifted in the US’s favor for the first time in modern history

• Stock market record highs

• Poverty down -50 basis points [lowest on record],

• Real median income up +$2,250, black incomes were up +4.8% —the highest of any group— and whites were also up +2.9%.

• Child poverty has hit its lowest figures in history.

• Hispanic poverty also hit a historic low.

• 3rd Quarter Growth, 5.1%,

• Energy dominance unleashed: National Energy Emergency declared; 6,000+ drilling permits approved (55% increase); 13.1 million acres opened for coal leasing; record LNG exports (>100 million tons); nuclear projects advancing toward online status; major energy export deals ($100B South Korea, $200B Japan); Paris Agreement withdrawal

• US becomes a net oil exporter for the first time in history.

• Crypto regulatory framework via GENIUS Act; Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

• Massive AI, space, and nuclear investment projects

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• Gaza ceasefire + hostage release secured; 12-Day War (Israel-Iran) ended; multiple additional peace deals/accords (Armenia-Azerbaijan, India-Pakistan, DRC-Rwanda, Cambodia-Thailand, Kosovo-Serbia, Egypt-Ethiopia)

• Iran’s nuclear capability destroyed + maximum pressure campaign (450+ sanctions designations)

• NATO allies leaping toward 5% GDP defense spending

• OPEC dismantling

• 85+ detained Americans released; Abraham Accords expanded

• Strikes on Houthis, Iranian assets, and narco-terrorist vessels; Nicolás Maduro captured

• NATO in better shape, paying their share

• Mexico lowered their trade surplus because they’re terrified we’re going to hit the Cartels

• Stopped Mexico from receiving China excess production and dumping in the US

• South America shifts rightwards; Europe shifts rightwards

• USA / Greenland agreement*

DEFENSE

• Record military recruitment - was 50,000 shortage but within 1 year, brought down to 10,000 short and now a surplus of recruits.

• Largest military investment in decades with AI integration; F-47 sixth-generation fighter unveiled

• VA backlog reduced 60%; 3 million disability claims processed; 51,936 homeless veterans housed; benefits restored for vaccine-mandate discharges

ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT

• Over 269 executive orders signed in the term (230 in first year alone — highest first-year total since FDR); 81 memoranda + 158 proclamations

• DOGE-driven bureaucracy cuts; IRS IT budget savings of $2B; wasteful contracts eliminated; federal retirement system automated and brought out of a literal coal mine

• DEI discrimination banned in federal contracting and agencies; race-based hiring ended

• DEI outlawed for college admissions; colleges’ patent revenue shared with taxpayers who funded it

• Washington, DC beautified; reflecting pool refinished

• Gender ideology extremism curbed in schools, medicine, and government (minors protected from chemical/surgical procedures); girls’ sports protected from creeps

• Reduced the Federal Payroll by 10%, (-) 317,000 employees is the largest one-year reduction in over 75 years!

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• MAHA reforms launched: Presidential Commission established; Most Favored Nation drug pricing with 16+ major pharma companies; 8 artificial food dyes phased out (40%+ industry compliance); Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; marijuana reclassified to Schedule III; childhood vaccine schedule revised from 72 to 11 consensus shots; expanded IVF access; $50M autism initiative; new whole-foods dietary guidelines

• Massive firings at CDC, FDA, NIH of sold-out scientists; Ralph Baric and EcoHealth debarred; even some arrests

• Withdrew from WHO in order to preserve our sovereignty.

DOMESTIC PROGRAMS

• Election integrity and citizenship verification measures expanded nationwide; USPS program pending; SAVE Act drafted and run at Congress several times now

• Trump Accounts launched for newborns with federal seed funding + corporate matching

• Farmer aid secured; skilled trades and domestic manufacturing (semiconductors, autos, heavy equipment) expanded

• $2B sent to rebuild Western North Carolina

*USA / Greenland agreement to “a larger U.S. military presence and a build permit;” a ban on non-NATO bases or military presence; full flyover rights; continued effect after a future Greenlandic independence; and a U.S. approval right over sensitive Russian or Chinese investments” without spending a dime!  Trump’s public demands to buy Greenland were a negotiating anchor.