{"id":702252,"date":"2026-07-15T16:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=702252"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:52:28","slug":"jeff-childers-has-a-pet-peeve-and-a-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=702252","title":{"rendered":"Trump 2.0 Accomplishments (as of mid-July 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JEFF CHILDERS HAS A PET PEEVE AND &#8230;A LIST<\/p>\n<p>NOTE HIS POSTED LIST WAS A BIT MESSY AND NOT ENUMERATED SO I TOOK THE LIBERTY TO CLEAN IT UP AND ADD A FEW&#8230;.THIS POST WILL BE ON THE SIDEBAR TOP AND READY FOR DEPLOYMENT&#8230;YOU&#8217;RE WELCOME<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I need to confess something. Yesterday, I succumbed to Twitter temptation and challenged a conservative influencer (a new one who recently switched parties) who claimed that low-information voters were getting riled up about the lack of MAGA\/MAHA progress. (I won\u2019t name this person because I try not to punch rightwards.)<\/p>\n<p>Now, this person didn\u2019t take a survey. He didn\u2019t even do a Twitter poll. He just \u201ctalked to people.\u201d And now he\u2019s very worried. And he wants us to worry, too. But \u2026 how many people? Who? When? Where?<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds to me like this is really just how the poster \u2014a former Democrat\u2014 feels. But he wasn\u2019t the only one. Here\u2019s another one, again from a so-called \u2018conservative influencer,\u2019 one with an anchor job on a \u2018conservative\u2019 network, with eerily similar language, right down to the obligatory expletive and the same conclusion\u2014 don\u2019t vote Republican:<\/p>\n<p>All they\u2019ve done is a tax extension. At least she gave them credit for something. But note that she didn\u2019t ask why she should vote for Republicans in November. She asked, why should we vote for Republicans. We. Meaning, all of us. Kind of presumptive, no?<\/p>\n<p>Sour grapes is a very weird trend, don\u2019t you think? I\u2019m not the only one who\u2019s noticed. Border Czar Tom Homan agrees with me. He\u2019s noticed the weird trend, too. He\u2019s sick and tired of people complaining about \u2018mass deportations.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>How fast do these people think mass deportation can happen? Have these keyboard experts really considered the logistics? What I never see are any tangible complaints, like \u201cif they used this law, they wouldn\u2019t have to provide due process,\u201d or \u201cthey could easily hire 10,000 more reliable ICE agents in 30 days,\u201d or \u201cif they used positive affirmations and crystal harmonies, they could easily deport 20 million illegals in six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It ain\u2019t our first rodeo with these clowns. Last time this happened was back in December, when I had to debunk the same people making the same cut-and-paste complaints, except then it was about Chinese college students and H1-Bs. Frankly, Scarlett, I\u2019m getting sick and tired of playing whack-a-mole with these ignorant hot takes. I know exactly how Tom Homan feels.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m only one lawyer, for Pete\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p> So I went ahead, buckled down, and undertook a painful chore I\u2019ve been meaning to tackle for months now, to handle this precise situation. I made the list. The list of all the things we have gotten. The glass-mostly-full list. And that list is almost too long, even though it excludes all the good stuff we suspect is happening but can\u2019t yet confirm. It was too long to decorate with pictures, which would have been even more fun, but would have made it harder for you to copy\/paste.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, now that I\u2019ve got it started, we can all, myself included, bookmark today\u2019s post and save it to answer the trendy social media complaints like the one above. Just paste the whole list as an instant reply to complainers, if you like. Let\u2019s shut down this narrative, hard.<\/p>\n<p> &#8230;<strong>Trump 2.0 Accomplishments (as of mid-July 2026)<\/strong> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1&#8230;<strong>USAID<\/strong> and the \u201cInstitute for Peace\u201d closed<\/p>\n<p>2&#8230;<strong>Negative net migration<\/strong> for the first time in 50 years<\/p>\n<p>3&#8230;<strong>2.6 million+ illegal aliens removed <\/strong>(including 650,000 arrests and 400,000 convicted criminals) + 2 million self-deportations induced by ending incentives<\/p>\n<p>4&#8230;<strong>Fentanyl trafficking<\/strong> crushed 56%+; overdose deaths down 21% monthly since inauguration<\/p>\n<p>5&#8230;<strong>Laken Riley Act<\/strong> signed and aggressively enforced<\/p>\n<p>6&#8230;<strong>Catch-and-release ended<\/strong> (99.9% drop); zero releases into the U.S. for eight straight months<\/p>\n<p>7&#8230;<strong>Record-low border encounters<\/strong>; Dari\u00e9n Gap migration cut 99%<\/p>\n<p>8&#8230;<strong>Largest one-year homicide drop in U.S. history<\/strong>; violent crime (rapes, robberies, assaults) down significantly<\/p>\n<p>9&#8230;Targeted crime operations in major blue cities delivering <strong>record-low murders<\/strong> in several metros<\/p>\n<p>10&#8230;L<strong>aw enforcement officer deaths down 25%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11&#8230;Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other <strong>cartels dismantled<\/strong>; international drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations<\/p>\n<p>12&#8230;<strong>Antifa designated a domestic terrorist organization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>13..<strong>.record U.S. energy<\/strong> production and exports at all-time highs<\/p>\n<p>14&#8230;<strong>654,000+ new private-sector jobs<\/strong> (all net gains to native-born Americans); 671,000+ jobs added since January 2025<\/p>\n<p>15..<strong>.4.3% GDP growth in Q3 2025<\/strong>; largest blue-collar wage growth in 60 years; real earnings up ~$1,100 annually<\/p>\n<p>16&#8230;<strong>Inflation tamed to ~2.4%<\/strong> core CPI (down ~70% from Biden peak)<\/p>\n<p>17&#8230;<strong>One Big Beautiful Bill<\/strong> passed (July 2025) \u2014 making 2017 <strong>tax cuts permanent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18&#8230; <strong>No Tax on Tips<\/strong>, <\/p>\n<p>19&#8230;<strong>Trump Accounts for newborns<\/strong>, <\/p>\n<p>20&#8230;<strong>senior deductions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>21&#8230;<strong>$5T+ in deregulation savings<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>22&#8230;+ $215 billion in <strong>government efficiency cuts ($1,335 per taxpayer)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>23&#8230;<strong>$10T+ in reshored\/domestic investments secured<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>24&#8230;<strong>Trade deficit at lowest level<\/strong> since 2009; $300 billion+ in tariff revenues collected; Predatory global tariffs shifted in the US\u2019s favor for the first time in modern history<\/p>\n<p>25&#8230;S<strong>tock market record highs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>26&#8230;<strong>Gaza ceasefire<\/strong> + hostage release secured; <\/p>\n<p>27<strong>&#8230; multiple  peace deals<\/strong>\/accords (Armenia-Azerbaijan, India-Pakistan, DRC-Rwanda, Cambodia-Thailand, Kosovo-Serbia, Egypt-Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>28&#8230;<strong>Iran\u2019s nuclear capability destroyed<\/strong> + maximum pressure campaign (450+ sanctions designations)<\/p>\n<p>29&#8230;<strong>NATO <\/strong>allies leaping toward 5% GDP defense spending<\/p>\n<p>30&#8230;<strong>OPEC dismantling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>31&#8230;<strong>85+ detained Americans released<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>32&#8230; <strong>Abraham Accords expanded<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>33..Strikes on <strong>Houthis<\/strong> ending their reign of terror,<\/p>\n<p>34&#8230;demolished <strong> narco-terrorist<\/strong> vessels; <\/p>\n<p>35&#8230;Nicol\u00e1s <strong>Maduro<\/strong> captured<\/p>\n<p>36&#8230;<strong>Venezuela<\/strong> now aligned with USA instead of chins \/ Iran \/ Russia ( a bloodless coupe )<\/p>\n<p>37&#8230;<strong>Panama Canal<\/strong> back under USA control<\/p>\n<p>38..<strong>El Chapo<\/strong> dead<\/p>\n<p>39&#8230;<strong>South America shifts rightwards <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>40&#8230;<strong>Europe shifts rightwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>41&#8230;<strong>Record military recruitment goals met<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> 42&#8230;largest <strong>military investment<\/strong> in decades with AI integration<\/p>\n<p>43&#8230; <strong>F-47<\/strong> sixth-generation fighter unveiled<\/p>\n<p>44&#8230;<strong>VA<\/strong> backlog reduced 60%; 3 million disability claims processed; 51,936 homeless veterans housed; benefits restored for vaccine-mandate discharges<\/p>\n<p>45&#8230;<strong>Transgender<\/strong> enlistment barred; <strong>DEI<\/strong> eliminated across military and federal agencies<\/p>\n<p>46&#8230;Over <strong>269 executive orders signed in the term<\/strong> (230 in first year alone \u2014 highest first-year total since FDR); 81 memoranda + 158 proclamations<\/p>\n<p>45&#8230;<strong>DOGE-driven bureaucracy cuts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>46&#8230; <strong>IRS<\/strong> IT budget savings of $2B; wasteful contracts eliminated; federal retirement system automated and brought out of a literal coal mine<\/p>\n<p>47&#8230;<strong>DEI discrimination banned<\/strong> in federal contracting and agencies; race-based hiring ended<\/p>\n<p>48&#8230;<strong>DEI outlawed for college admissions<\/strong>; colleges\u2019 patent revenue shared with taxpayers who funded it<\/p>\n<p>49&#8230;<strong>Federal \u2018boards\u2019 and \u2018commissions<\/strong>\u2019 fired and replaced with conservatives<\/p>\n<p>50&#8230;<strong>Washington, DC<\/strong> beautified; reflecting pool refinished , crime down massively<\/p>\n<p>51..<strong>.Gender ideology extremism curbed in schools, medicine, and government<\/strong> (minors protected from chemical\/surgical procedures); girls\u2019 sports protected from creeps<\/p>\n<p>52..<strong>.MAHA reforms launched<\/strong>: Presidential Commission established; Most Favored Nation drug pricing with 16+ major pharma companies; 8 artificial food dyes phased out (40%+ 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<\/p>\n<p>53..<strong>.Massive firings<\/strong> at CDC, FDA, NIH of sold-out scientists; Ralph Baric and EcoHealth debarred; even some arrests<\/p>\n<p>54&#8230;<strong>Withdrew from WHO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>55&#8230;<strong>NATO<\/strong> INVOLVEMENT REDUCED<\/p>\n<p>56&#8230;<strong>Crypto<\/strong> regulatory framework via GENIUS Act; Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created; Operation Choke Point 2.0 ended<\/p>\n<p>57&#8230;<strong>Sanctuary city<\/strong> funding cuts implemented<\/p>\n<p>58&#8230;<strong>Election integrity and citizenship verification measure<\/strong>s expanded nationwide; USPS program pending; SAVE Act drafted and run at Congress several times now<\/p>\n<p>59&#8230;<strong>Energy dominance unleashed<\/strong>: National Energy Emergency declared; 6,000+ drilling permits approved (55% 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<\/p>\n<p>60&#8230;<strong>US becomes a net oil exporter<\/strong> for the first time in history.<\/p>\n<p>61&#8230;<strong>Trump Accounts<\/strong> launched for newborns with federal seed funding + corporate matching<\/p>\n<p>62..<strong>.Farmer aid secured<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>63.. <strong>skilled trades and domestic manufacturing<\/strong> (semiconductors, autos, heavy equipment) expanded<\/p>\n<p>64&#8230;Over 100,000 <strong>fraudulent visas revoked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>65&#8230; <strong>275,000 illegal aliens removed from Social Security rolls<\/strong> benefits terminated for 1.4 million illegal aliens<\/p>\n<p>66&#8230; <strong>H1-B crackdowns<\/strong> and $100,000 application fees<\/p>\n<p>67&#8230;62,000+ <strong>missing migrant children rescued<\/strong>; <\/p>\n<p>68&#8230;<strong>Alien Enemies Act<\/strong> invoked against gangs<\/p>\n<p>69&#8230;Vice-president-led <strong>welfare fraud task force<\/strong> recovering billions and making mass arrests<\/p>\n<p>70&#8230;$2B sent to <strong>rebuild Western North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>71&#8230;<strong>Massive AI, space, and nuclear investment projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>72&#8230;John <strong>Bolton<\/strong> convicted. James<strong> Comey<\/strong> arrested. John <strong>Brennan<\/strong> under investigation (probably facing a grand jury).<\/p>\n<p>73&#8230;<strong>RussiaGate<\/strong> grand jury set up and running in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>74&#8230;DOJ\/ODNI <strong>seized Fulton County 2020 ballots<\/strong>. Trump is still working on Plans B, C, D, etc, with a \u2018new\u2019 integrity announcement scheduled as soon as tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>I told you it was a long list. (And I probably even forgot some stuff.)<\/p>\n<p>Whenever someone posts \u201cwe should stay home on voting day because Republicans refused\/failed to whatever\u201d\u2014 that\u2019s just self-destructive clickbait. As I said, we\u2019ve seen this kind of narrative before. The formula is always the same\u2014 cherry-pick whatever issue is in the headlines this week that MAGA is unhappy about and promote that issue above every single good thing that has already been delivered\u2014 and delivered over just the first 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>At best, it\u2019s childish petulance of the worst sort; an all-or-nothing, perfectionist obsession that can never, ever be satisfied. At worst, it\u2019s an organized demoralization campaign.<\/p>\n<p>As evidence, the first person I quoted above claimed to have switched parties just last year, when he swore undying loyalty to MAGA after President Trump saved Western North Carolina. His \u2018undying loyalty\u2019 was, apparently, conditional and short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>Confusing low-information voters by deliberately ignoring all the Administration\u2019s successes is our political enemies\u2019 job. Don\u2019t do their job.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I think any honest conservative with valid complaints would start by acknowledging that \u201cthe GOP has delivered a miraculous turnaround, saved the country, and nothing else even comes close,\u201d and then say, \u201cbut I\u2019d like them to \u2026 (pass the SAVE Act or require paper ballots or deport even more people).\u201d Then, they\u2019d suggest something constructive, like primarying someone or calling Senators\u2019 offices.<\/p>\n<p>But suggesting withholding our vote in the midterms it not constructive. It\u2019s destructive. It sounds like exactly the kind of advice a DSA activist would offer us. Elect a few more socialists! That will teach them!<\/p>\n<p>Look, I\u2019m not accusing all these \u2018conservative influencers\u2019 of getting paid to publish the same psyop language as if it were from a template, even though, apparently, there is a lot of that kind of thing happening these days. I\u2019m just saying. 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