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As of October 2025, President Trump has made good on an unprecedented number of campaign promises, everything from securing the border and demanding that Europe increase its defense spending to renegotiating fairer trade deals with U.S. partners, ending wars, eliminating woke and DEI programs, ending the so-called climate crisis hysteria, restoring pride in the military, reducing crime in major cities, conducting large-scale deportations, and treating drug cartels as both terrorist and invading forces.
His list of accomplishments is so extensive that it almost feels ungrateful to ask for more. Still, many conservatives have expressed disappointment that there haven’t yet been more arrests of politicians and civil servants who allegedly colluded against the American people. Yet even that now appears to be underway.
On the domestic front, inflation has fallen by roughly 65 percent from its peak under Biden and now sits at about 3 percent, still slightly above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target but Trump compensated with strong economic growth.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow model estimates real GDP growth at 3.9 percent for the third quarter of 2025.
Real GDP reflects growth adjusted for inflation, meaning the U.S. economy is expanding by nearly 4 percent even with inflation still present. Under Biden, by contrast, inflation consistently outpaced growth, producing negative real growth and eroding the purchasing power of American families.
Although he believed he could do it in 24 hours, Trump has not yet ended the Russia–Ukraine war, but he has stepped up his efforts and a resolution may come.
For now, the scorecard reads: A–, with a possible upgrade in 2026.
Border security and immigration are among President Trump’s greatest domestic achievements. Illegal crossings have fallen by 95 percent, with monthly apprehensions dropping to roughly 8,000 in early 2025, the lowest level recorded since the late 1960s.
He also declared a national emergency, ended catch-and-release, suspended refugee admissions, and signed the Laken Riley Act.
As of late October 2025, his administration has carried out more than 515,000 deportations and 485,000 arrests, while an estimated 1.6 million people have self-deported voluntarily. Trump also signed an executive order on birthright citizenship on his first day in office.
On “woke” issues, President Trump has dismantled nearly all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government.
On January 20, 2025, he signed an executive order ending what he called “radical and wasteful DEI programs,” overturning Biden’s Executive Order 13985, which had embedded DEI requirements in all federal agencies.
The order placed all DEI employees on paid leave and removed DEI language from agency regulations, contracts, grants, and legislation.
In the military, Trump banned transgender service members and eliminated DEI positions, training, and offices across the Department of Defense.
His executive order directed the Defense Secretary to end pronoun-based identifiers and stated that false gender identity expressions “conflict with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”
Trump also extended his DEI rollback abroad by signing a memorandum removing all DEI policies from the State Department and the U.S. Foreign Service.
In education, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights warned K–12 schools, colleges, and universities that they risk losing federal funding if they use race in admissions, hiring, or training.
The administration accused institutions of “toxically indoctrinating students” with systemic racism narratives and ordered them to dismantle DEI programs.
Harvard and Columbia were given additional directives requiring external audits for “viewpoint diversity,” restrictions on student groups, protest mask bans, and full cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security.
Columbia complied after $400 million in funding was suspended, while Harvard refused and had $2.2 billion in grants frozen.
Vice President Harris later praised universities that resisted what she called “unconstitutional demands.”
On trade, President Trump has continued his “America First” strategy using tariffs and tough negotiations.
In July 2025, the EU accepted a 15 percent tariff, half the threatened rate, while agreeing to end tariffs on U.S. industrial goods, buy $750 billion in American energy by 2028, and invest $600 billion in the U.S.
Japan made a similar deal, accepting a 15 percent tariff, investing $550 billion in the U.S., and pledging major purchases of U.S. farm and energy products.
Additional trade agreements were reached with the UK, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Korea, all following the same 15 percent tariff framework tied to new U.S. investments and imports.
The world is safer today because of President Trump, who has brought an end to between six and eight conflicts, depending on how they are defined. His administration’s diplomacy, combined with decisive military action, has produced one of the most stable global landscapes in decades.
In early August 2025, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House, formally ending hostilities that had persisted since the late 1980s.
In June, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda also signed a peace deal in Washington, though sporadic violence has continued.
That same month, Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran during a 12-day war before brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
In May 2025, Trump announced a “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan following a brief flare-up over Kashmir.
Two months later, in July, Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an unconditional ceasefire after a five-day border conflict, mediated with U.S. support.
Trump has also claimed credit for preventing renewed fighting between Serbia and Kosovo, though experts note that tensions had not yet escalated into open conflict.
The most remarkable act of statesmanship came in October 2025, when Trump brokered a historic Israel-Palestine peace agreement that ended the Gaza war.
The deal secured the release of all remaining Israeli hostages and was finalized at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, where Trump personally met with Israeli and Egyptian leaders.
World leaders, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, praised Trump’s achievement as a “diplomatic triumph” and a “game-changing geopolitical success.”
Negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia, still ongoing, have reportedly made progress under U.S. mediation.
President Trump declared that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with international drug cartels, designating them as terrorist organizations and authorizing U.S. military strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels.
Since that declaration, the military has conducted at least three operations in the Caribbean, killing a total of 17 cartel members.
The first strike, carried out on September 2, 2025, targeted the Venezuelan-based Tren de Aragua gang and resulted in 11 deaths. Trump formally directed the Pentagon in August to begin using military force against Latin American cartels, marking a major escalation in America’s counternarcotics strategy.
Domestically, Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, as part of a broader anti-crime initiative.
The administration reports that over 8,000 people have been arrested for violent crimes during the three-month operation. In Washington, D.C., homicides are down 25 percent compared to last year, with declines across all major crime categories as of mid-October 2025.
In Memphis, overall crime is down 13 percent and murders have dropped 28 percent. Nationally, violent crime between January and July 2025 fell by 10.7 percent, while homicides declined by 20 percent.
Critics argue that many of Trump’s executive actions have yet to fully deliver results, as some face court challenges or await congressional approval.
However, Trump’s defenders point out that he has kept his promises by taking decisive action on these issues, fulfilling his commitment to act, even when obstructed by legal or political opposition.
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