I'm curious to know what americans think of Trump's first year as POTUS.
From the outside (I'm from Canada), my overall impression is that Trump is hurting America's image in the world. Also, I think his views on the environment are a disaster and dangerous for the future. But what about the US internal affairs?
The economy seems to be going really well in the States, but my guess is it's much more about the global economy than anything Trump could have done. The employment level was already going up when Obama was there, after we all had to deal with the economic crisis.
Then there is the tax bill, which did pass, but seems to be badly perceived from Americans.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/politics/donald-trump-credit-year/index.html
From the outside (I'm from Canada), my overall impression is that Trump is hurting America's image in the world. Also, I think his views on the environment are a disaster and dangerous for the future. But what about the US internal affairs?
The economy seems to be going really well in the States, but my guess is it's much more about the global economy than anything Trump could have done. The employment level was already going up when Obama was there, after we all had to deal with the economic crisis.
Then there is the tax bill, which did pass, but seems to be badly perceived from Americans.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/politics/donald-trump-credit-year/index.html
A year of accomplishments
For much of the year, it appeared that Trump would end 2017 with a barren record.
But now, he has secured the most sweeping tax overhaul bill in 30 years, one that slashes the corporate rate by 14% and will give most Americans, for now at least, a bump in their paycheck.
The stock market is roaring, up 5,000 points since he took office. Gross domestic product growth was 3.3% in the third quarter after struggling along at around 2% annually while Barack Obama was President. Trump and his Republican partners have installed a new, conservative Supreme Court justice and are confirming appellate judges at a record-breaking clip. The tax deal fulfilled another Republican priority, repealing the individual mandate, a plank of the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. Trump is also in the process of hiking defense spending.
"This has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment, by any objective standard," a satisfied Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday, reflecting on his party's performance.
Meanwhile, Trump has fulfilled or moved toward honoring campaign commitments on ending the Iran deal, withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, leaving or renegotiating multilateral free trade deals and reorienting US foreign policy with his "America First" philosophy. ISIS has been routed in Iraq and Syria. Trump's administration has secured the toughest-ever sanctions against North Korea, which were reinforced again last week.
The administration has taken an ax to regulations, loosening government oversight in the economy and eradicating Democratic rules in areas ranging from school lunches to the number of dolphins and sea turtles who can be killed in swordfishing nets off the West Coast.