Clean Water/Air: Trump's administration has been a disaster for water and air quality in the United States.
Climate Trump's reckless pro carbon policies have put our children's world at risk.
Trump Left Office With An Economy In Shambles Trump left office with a failed economy where wages went down, taxes went down only for the most rich, and millions of jobs were lost.
Trump's Coronavirus Economy Is No Accident Trump’s economy was fragile in the lead up to the coronavirus outbreak. Trump's bungling of the response and big business focused rescue efforts made the problem worse.
Tax Giveaway: Trump’s tax bill was a massive giveaway to corporations and the wealthy. It exploded the national debt while harming middle class homeowners, the poor, and the families of deceased veterans.
Wages and the Workplace:The Trump administration repeatedly rolled back worker safety regulations and laws, attacked paid leave, fought against equal pay, and oversaw weak wage growth. He opposed minimum wage hikes.
Government Spending Despite pledging to lower national debt, Donald Trump's presidency resulted in record deficits, a $7 trillion debt increase, and unprecedented government spending.
Abortion: One of Trump's lasting legacy was his erasure of the national right to abortion care under Roe v. Wade, which was repealed after he reshaped the Supreme Court.
Health Care: Donald Trump's health care policies are dangerous to the american people, and represent perhaps the president's largest political vulnerability in the 2020 election.
Medicare: Donald Trump broke his campaign promise not to cut Medicare and has repeatedly acted to undermine the program. The Trump Administration utilized budget cut proposals, an executive order, and attempted deregulation to dismantle traditional Medicare and expand private sector control over the Medicare Advantage Program.
Medication Abortion Trump has been constantly trying to crack down on medication abortion acess.
Opioids President Trump’s first term in office was characterized his failure to act to effectively address the opioid crisis.
Prescription Drugs Despite claims that prescription drug prices were decreasing under his administration, drug prices continued to increase.
¶ Foreign Policy And Immigration
Child Separation Trump’s zeal for cracking down on immigration at the southern border led to a cruel and dangerous policy of separating minors apprehended crossing the border form their caregivers and locking them in camps.
Immigration As the Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election, Trump campaigned heavily on an aggressive anti-immigration platform, using racist rhetoric to promote closed borders. In his first term in office, Trump acted on his anti-immigration platform:
Defense/Foreign Policy Trump’s first term in office has featured an erratic foreign policy that embraced autocratic leaders, alienated our allies, and been marked by erratic and uniformed policy choices, causing immeasurable damage to America’s standing in the world.
Praised PutinTrump repeatedly heaped praise on Vladimir Putin.
- Entitlement Cuts Trump's 2021 proposed budget contains key cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs.
Disaster relief In his first term in office, Trump has failed to properly address numerous disasters affecting the United States. In many cases, Trump’s actions and careless statements exacerbated the chaos.-
Education President Donald Trump’s first term in office has proved disastrous for the state of education in the United States; a second term will continue to put America’s education system at risk of further funding cuts, putting lenders before students, and reducing protections for victims of assault and harassment.
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Police Violence Trump’s rhetoric and policies were aligned towards promoting more police violence, political violence, chaos, and unrest. The president overturned past reforms, used violent rhetoric, and stoked tensions.
Gun Safety During Trump’s first year in office, guns were used to kill 39,773 Americans. After numerous mass shootings, while Trump claimed that ‘we cannot let those killed […] die in vain,’ he failed to act on the issue of gun violence.
Infrastructure Trump campaigned on improving infrastructure, going so far to state that America’s infrastructure problem could be fixed ‘only by [him].’ However, Trump has broken his campaign promise to prioritize infrastructure and under his administration, the state of our nation’s infrastructure has continued to decline.
Judicial Nominees During his first term in office, Trump sought to push the judiciary further to the extreme right, nominating two conservative justices to the Supreme Court, 50 Appeals Court judges, and 133 District Court judges. These judges serve lifetime terms and will continue to hurt U.S. policy long after Trump leaves office.
Social Security Despite repeated claims throughout the 2016 presidential election and during his term that he would protect Social Security, Trump failed to keep his promise.
Voting Rights Trump has repeatedly and consistently worked to make it as hard to vote as possible.
Rural America Trump's presidency failed to enhance rural broadband, endangered hospitals, harmed ethanol and farming sectors, opposed rural-supportive legislation, and targeted the postal service vital for rural communities.
LGBTQ Rights Trump promoted anti-LGBTQ+ policies, opposing marriage equality and protections in health care, workplace, and education.
Hunting Trump expressed disapproval of hunting, despite his administration loosening restrictions on big game hunting and allowing hunting in previously protected areas, while his sons were avid big game hunters.