What Trump has done in 4 years as president of the United States
From the economy to the environment, here are the policies and goals achieved by Donald Trump during his 4 years as president of the United States.
After months of tough electoral campaign, in a few hours the whole world will know the result of the 2020 US elections. It will therefore be known whether Joe Biden will become the new American president, or if Donald Trump will be confirmed in the White House for a second term.
While waiting to understand what the consequences could be for the United States and for the planet if one or the other wins, from an economic, political and social point of view, let's analyze what Trump has done in 4 years as president of the United States.
What Trump did for the US economy
The economic policy of the Trump administration has been characterized by the activation of various protectionist actions that have seen China as the main opponent.
In fact, during these 4 years, several international trade agreements have been canceled, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the treaty that involves 12 Pacific countries and which aims to strengthen economic ties between these states, promoting trade to revive growth.
This has also led to a collapse in exports, especially in the agricultural sector, to which state subsidies on income have been raised.
In addition, the New York tycoon has lowered taxes on American companies, bringing the rates from 35% to 21%, allowing large industrialists to save billions of dollars.
In 2020, also due to the aid disbursed due to the economic contraction for the coronavirus, the deficit / GDP ratio was 102%, never higher since 1946.
Foreign policy
With Donald Trump in the White House, there has been a marked change in US foreign policy. His supporters point out that Trump, unlike his predecessors, did not start new wars.
However, there have been occasions when his foreign policy decisions have not made the world tremble.
On more than one occasion, "The Donald" has spared no criticism of its historic European allies, so much so that according to some analysts the very existence of NATO would be in question in the event of re-election. At the same time, relations with China, accused of having created in the laboratory and spreading the Covid-19 virus to everyone, and with Iran (remember the American blitz to kill the Iranian general Soleimani) have become increasingly tense.
His great success in the diplomatic field was certainly his meeting in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which started the easing of historical tensions between the two countries. Trump was also the first US president to cross the border between the two Koreas, with subsequent handshake with Kim.
As he had promised, moreover, Trump moved the embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and, in the last period of his mandate, played the role of mediator for the normalization agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Barhein and Sudan.
Immigration
Everyone remembers, during the 2016 challenge with Hillary Clinton, Trump's promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico, also guaranteeing that the Central American country would pay for it.
To date, the barrier has not yet been built, however several soldiers have been sent to the border to monitor the entry of people into the United States.
The zero tolerance applied by his administration has meant that several children have been (and still are) separated from their parents, welcoming the former and rejecting the latter.
Not only. With the approval of the so-called Muslim Ban, access, even temporary, within the United States was denied for citizens from: Somalia, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Internal policy: security and justice
Donald Trump's domestic politics was characterized by the slogan “law and order” used several times in this first term. The motto also led to the harsh clashes between Black Lives Matter activists and the police forces.
Certainly the current president cannot be blamed for racial discrimination, which was very present in the States even during Obama's eight years.
However, many have accused Trump of having fueled tensions because of his very harsh attitude even towards the most pacifist fringes of the movement.
In his years as president, Trump appointed 3 Supreme Court justices, including the latest, Amy Coney Barrett, in the last few weeks before the election, sparking more than one controversy.
With this move, at the moment the highest federal judicial body has a solid conservative majority of 6 to 3, being able to influence ethical-social policies even if a progressive president arrives at the Oval Office.
Climate
Among his first steps, Trump nullified Obama's efforts in the fight against climate change, arguing that this would be bad for business.
Practices have begun to withdraw from the Paris agreement, canceling the target of reducing CO2 emissions by 26-28% by 2025.
The Clear Power Plan and the National Environmental Policy Act, implemented by the previous administration for the ecological transition of the transport and infrastructure sectors, were then canceled.
