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Has Trump kept his promises? You decide.

Checklist beside folded American flag symbolizing campaign promises and accountability.

By Russ Minary | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice

I am tired of uninformed people and ideologues who complain that the Trump administration is not getting things done. So, here is a list of some of his accomplishments in just his second term. NOTE: I am not a Trump fanboy nor a partisan ideologue; I am a conservative who values the truth. You may dislike or disagree with Mr. Trump or certain members of his cabinet, or some of the 56 items on this list (sourced from Jeff Childers in his Coffee&Covid blog) but it provides hard details for your consideration. 

I’ve read it and found it to be fairly accurate. Of course, nitpickers who like to sort the fly crap out of the pepper may find a few insubstantial things to correct. My focus is on facts and results. 

Yes, the price of gas and diesel has been up and down. And we are engaged in a conflict with Iran, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. NO president in my lifetime has ever played hardball with the mullahs, many of whom are either dead or in hiding. And it’s hard to make ends meet with inflation, and hard to find affordable housing, but neither of those problems were generated by a Trump administration. This administration is working to solve them.

Trump 2.0 Accomplishments (as of mid-July 2026). Please take the time to read and check this list. 

  1. USAID and the “Institute for Peace” closed
  2. Negative net migration for the first time in 50 years
  3. 2.6 million+ illegal aliens removed (including 650,000 arrests and 400,000 convicted criminals) + 2 million self-deportations induced by ending incentives
  4. Fentanyl trafficking crushed 56 percent+; overdose deaths down 21 percent monthly since inauguration
  5. Laken Riley Act signed and aggressively enforced
  6. Catch-and-release ended (99.9 percent drop); zero releases into the U.S. for eight straight months
  7. Record-low border encounters; Darién Gap migration cut 99 percent
  8. Largest one-year homicide drop in U.S. history; violent crime (rapes, robberies, assaults) down significantly
  9. Targeted crime operations in major blue cities delivering record-low murders in several metros
  10. Law enforcement officer deaths down 25 percent
  11. Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other cartels dismantled; international drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations
  12. Antifa designated a domestic terrorist organization
  13. Gas under $3/gallon in 43 states; record U.S. energy production and exports at all-time highs
  14. 654,000+ new private-sector jobs (all net gains to native-born Americans); 671,000+ jobs added since January 2025
  15. 4.3 percent GDP growth in Q3 2025; largest blue-collar wage growth in 60 years; real earnings up ~$1,100 annually
  16. Inflation tamed to ~2.4 percent core CPI (down ~70 percent from Biden peak)
  17. One Big Beautiful Bill passed (July 2025) — making 2017 tax cuts permanent, No Tax on Tips, Trump Accounts for newborns, senior deductions
  18. $5T+ in deregulation savings + $215 billion in government efficiency cuts ($1,335 per taxpayer)
  19. $10T+ in reshored/domestic investments secured
  20. Trade deficit at lowest level since 2009; $300 billion+ in tariff revenues collected; Predatory global tariffs shifted in the U.S.’s favor for the first time in modern history
  21. Stock market record highs
  22. 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)
  23. Iran’s nuclear capability destroyed + maximum pressure campaign (450+ sanctions designations)
  24. NATO allies leaping toward 5 percent GDP defense spending
  25. OPEC dismantling
  26. 85+ detained Americans released; Abraham Accords expanded
  27. Strikes on Houthis, Iranian assets, and narcoterrorist vessels; Nicolás Maduro captured
  28. South America shifts rightwards; Europe shifts rightwards
  29. Record military recruitment goals met; largest military investment in decades with AI integration; F-47 sixth-generation fighter unveiled
  30. VA backlog reduced 60 percent; 3 million disability claims processed; 51,936 homeless veterans housed; benefits restored for vaccine-mandate discharges
  31. Transgender enlistment barred; DEI eliminated across military and federal agencies
  32. Over 269 executive orders signed in the term (230 in first year alone — highest first-year total since FDR); 81 memoranda + 158 proclamations
  33. 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
  34. DEI discrimination banned in federal contracting and agencies; race-based hiring ended
  35. DEI outlawed for college admissions; colleges’ patent revenue shared with taxpayers who funded it
  36. Federal ‘boards’ and ‘commissions’ fired and replaced with conservatives
  37. Washington, DC beautified; reflecting pool refinished
  38. Gender ideology extremism curbed in schools, medicine, and government (minors protected from chemical/surgical procedures); girls’ sports protected from creeps
  39. MAHA reforms launched: Presidential Commission established; Most Favored Nation drug pricing with 16+ major pharma companies; 8 artificial food dyes phased out (40 percent+ 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
  40. Massive firings at CDC, FDA, NIH of sold-out scientists; Ralph Baric and EcoHealth debarred; even some arrests
  41. Withdrew from WHO
  42. Crypto regulatory framework via GENIUS Act; Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created; Operation Choke Point 2.0 ended
  43. Sanctuary city funding cuts implemented
  44. Election integrity and citizenship verification measures expanded nationwide; USPS program pending; SAVE Act drafted and run at Congress several times now
  45. Energy dominance unleashed: National Energy Emergency declared; 6,000+ drilling permits approved (55 percent 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
  46. U.S. becomes a net oil exporter for the first time in history.
  47. Trump Accounts launched for newborns with federal seed funding + corporate matching
  48. Farmer aid secured; skilled trades and domestic manufacturing (semiconductors, autos, heavy equipment) expanded
  49. 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
  50. 62,000+ missing migrant children rescued; Alien Enemies Act invoked against gangs
  51. Vice-president-led welfare fraud task force recovering billions and making mass arrests
  52. $2B sent to rebuild Western North Carolina
  53. Massive AI, space, and nuclear investment projects
  54. John Bolton convicted. James Comey arrested. John Brennan under investigation (probably facing a grand jury).
  55. RussiaGate grand jury set up and running in Florida.
  56. DOJ/ODNI seized Fulton County 2020 ballots. Trump is still working on Plans B, C, D, etc, with a ‘new’ integrity announcement scheduled as soon as tomorrow night.

This is very positive good news for the average American. But most Americans don’t know about this thanks to mainstream media and/or social media, neither of which is an accurate or unbiased source of news and info. 

As a result, many disillusioned voters who hated both the establishment Democrat and Republican parties stayed home rather than voting in the last primary. So, the radical Left marched into that vacuum allowing several socialists and/or communists to win in primaries across the U.S. thanks to fed up (and poorly uninformed) unaffiliated voters. 

I sincerely hope and pray that reasonable conservative and unaffiliated voters will show up and vote in the November elections. If not, this nation can become a very dark place very quickly – and that would be a very bad thing. 

Russ Minary is a retired sales executive, marketing consultant, small business owner and veteran. He has lived in CO for 50 years and resides in Douglas County. 

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