Trump's 81 Wins Since Taking Office: So Far

12 categories and 81 wins cited by the White House

Jobs and the economy

   Passage of the tax reform bill providing $5.5 billion in cuts and repealing the Obamacare mandate.

   Increase of the GDP above 3 percent.

   Creation of 1.7 million new jobs, cutting unemployment to 4.1 percent.

   Saw the Dow Jones reach record highs.

   A rebound in economic confidence to a 17-year high.

Ø  A new executive order to boost apprenticeships.

Ø  A move to boost computer sciences in Education Department programs.

Ø  Prioritizing women-owned businesses for some $500 million in SBA loans.

Ø  Killing job-stifling regulations

Ø  Signed an Executive Order demanding that two regulations be killed for every new one creates. He beat that big and cut 16 rules and regulations for every one created, saving $8.1 billion.

Ø  Signed 15 congressional regulatory cuts.

Ø  Withdrew from the Obama-era Paris Climate Agreement, ending the threat of environmental regulations.

Ø  Signed an Executive Order cutting the time for infrastructure permit approvals.

Ø  Eliminated an Obama rule on streams that Trump felt unfairly targeted the coal industry.

Ø  Fair trade

Ø  Made good on his campaign promise to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Ø  Opened up the North American Free Trade Agreement for talks to better the deal for the U.S.

Ø  Worked to bring companies back to the U.S., and companies like Toyota, Mazda, Broadcom Limited, and Foxconn announced plans to open U.S. plants.

Ø  Worked to promote the sale of U.S products abroad.

Ø  Made enforcement of U.S. trade laws, especially those that involve national security, a priority.

Ø  Ended Obama’s deal with Cuba.

Ø  Boosting U.S. energy dominance

Ø  The Department of Interior, which has led the way in cutting regulations, opened plans to lease 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling.

Ø  Trump traveled the world to promote the sale and use of U.S. energy.

Ø  Expanded energy infrastructure projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline snubbed by Obama.

Ø  Ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to kill Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

Ø  EPA is reconsidering Obama rules on methane emissions.

Ø  Protecting the U.S. homeland

Ø  Laid out new principles for reforming immigration and announced plan to end "chain migration," which lets one legal immigrant to bring in dozens of family members.

Ø  Made progress to build the border wall with Mexico.

Ø  Ended the Obama-era “catch and release” of illegal immigrants.

Ø  Boosted the arrests of illegals inside the U.S.

Ø  Doubled the number of counties participating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement charged with deporting illegals.

Ø  Removed 36 percent more criminal gang members than in fiscal 2016.

Ø  Started the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program.

Ø  Ditto for other amnesty programs like Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.

Ø  Cracking down on some 300 sanctuary cities that defy ICE but still get federal dollars.

Ø  Added some 100 new immigration judges.

Ø  Protecting communities

Ø  Justice announced grants of $98 million to fund 802 new cops.

Ø  Justice worked with Central American nations to arrest and charge 4,000 MS-13 members.

Ø  Homeland rounded up nearly 800 MS-13 members, an 83 percent one-year increase.

Ø  Signed three executive orders aimed at cracking down on international criminal organizations.

Ø  Attorney General Jeff Sessions created new National Public Safety Partnership, a cooperative initiative with cities to reduce violent crimes.

Ø  Accountability

Ø  Trump has nominated 73 federal judges and won his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

Ø  Ordered ethical standards including a lobbying ban.

Ø  Called for a comprehensive plan to reorganize the executive branch.

Ø  Ordered an overhaul to modernize the digital government.

Ø  Called for a full audit of the Pentagon and its spending.

Ø  Combatting opioids

Ø  First, the president declared a Nationwide Public Health Emergency on opioids.

Ø  His Council of Economic Advisors played a role in determining that overdoses are underreported by as much as 24 percent.

Ø  The Department of Health and Human Services laid out a new five-point strategy to fight the crisis.

Ø  Justice announced it was scheduling fentanyl substances as a drug class under the Controlled Substances Act.

Ø  Justice started a fraud crackdown, arresting more than 400.

Ø  The administration added $500 million to fight the crisis.

Ø  On National Drug Take Back Day, the Drug Enforcement Agency collected 456 tons.

Ø  Protecting life

Ø  In his first week, Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy that blocks some $9 billion in foreign aid being used for abortions.

Ø  Worked with Congress on a bill overturning an Obama regulation that blocked states from defunding abortion providers.

Ø  Published guidance to block Obamacare money from supporting abortion.

Ø  Helping veterans

Ø  Signed the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act to allow senior officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire failing employees and establish safeguards to protect whistleblowers.

Ø  Signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.

Ø  Signed the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, to provide support.

Ø  Signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 to authorize $2.1 billion in additional funds for the Veterans Choice Program.

Ø  Created a VA hotline.

Ø  Had the VA launch an online “Access and Quality Tool,” providing veterans with a way to access wait time and quality of care data.

Ø  With VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin, announced three initiatives to expand access to healthcare for veterans using telehealth technology.

Ø  Promoting peace through strength

Ø  Directed the rebuilding of the military and ordered a new national strategy and nuclear posture review.

Ø  Worked to increase defense spending.

Ø  Empowered military leaders to “seize the initiative and win,” reducing the need for a White House sign off on every mission.

Ø  Directed the revival of the National Space Council to develop space war strategies.

Ø  Elevated U.S. Cyber Command into a major warfighting command.

Ø  Withdrew from the U.N. Global Compact on Migration, which Trump saw as a threat to borders.

Ø  Imposed a travel ban on nations that lack border and anti-terrorism security.

Ø  Saw ISIS lose virtually all of its territory.

Ø  Pushed for strong action against global outlaw North Korea and its development of nuclear weapons.

Ø  Announced a new Afghanistan strategy that strengthens support for U.S. forces at war with terrorism.

Ø  NATO increased support for the war in Afghanistan.

Ø  Approved a new Iran strategy plan focused on neutralizing the country’s influence in the region.

Ø  Ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airbase used in a chemical weapons attack.

Ø  Prevented subsequent chemical attacks by announcing a plan to detect them better and warned of future strikes if they were used.

Ø  Ordered new sanctions on the dictatorship in Venezuela.

Ø  Restoring confidence in and respect for America

Ø  Trump won the release of Americans held abroad, often using his personal relationships with world leaders.

Ø  Made good on a campaign promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Ø  Conducted a historic 12-day trip through Asia, winning new cooperative deals. On the trip, he attended three regional summits to promote American interests.

Ø  He traveled to the Middle East and Europe to build new relationships with leaders.

Ø  Traveled to Poland and on to Germany for the G-20 meeting where he pushed again for funding of women entrepreneurs.
Source: Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.co