President Trump has delivered results that his allies and critics alike are being forced to reckon with — achieved, notably, without the benefit of a compliant Congress.
At the border, the transformation has been historic. Net migration to the United States turned negative in 2025, the first time that has happened in at least half a century — by some measures, the first time in nearly a hundred years. The foreign-born population has fallen by nearly 3 million people since the President took office. Catch-and-release is over. Border encounters have plunged to record lows. And with the Laken Riley Act now law, the administration has locked in a lasting legislative legacy on immigration enforcement.
On the economy, inflation has come down sharply from the punishing levels Americans endured under the previous administration, easing from over 9% to 3.4%. The President’s tax package delivered on his promises directly to working Americans: no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, a bigger deduction for seniors, and relief for anyone financing an American-built car.
We are approaching the fifth and last biennial election in the Trump era, and the president has asked voters to make it a referendum on him. Let's take a look at his record.
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Abroad, the President has redrawn the map of American strength. In a stunning January 2026 operation, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, ending decades of authoritarian rule and bringing him to New York to answer for narco-terrorism. Strikes on Iran’s nuclear program in 2025 and 2026 dealt a severe blow to Tehran’s ambitions. And the President’s hands-on diplomacy helped calm conflicts from Gaza to the Caucasus to South Asia to Central Africa — a level of global engagement rarely matched by any of his predecessors.
At home, the President moved decisively to strip DEI programs from the military and federal government, and made good on his promise to pull America out of institutions that no longer served its interests — the World Health Organization, the International Criminal Court, and the Paris Climate Agreement.
And on accountability, the administration has shown it will not look away from wrongdoing by the politically connected, securing a guilty plea from former national security adviser John Bolton for mishandling classified information.
It is, by any measure, a formidable list of accomplishments — secured against a Congress that has too often stood in the way rather than in support.