Trump policies

Trump is often accused of not being presidential and much of this stems from the fact that he is a business man first and a politician second. It started during his first term when he ignored the experts who said it would take ten years to develop a new vaccine and he started Operation Warp Speed and had a Covid vaccine in less than a year. He instituted the Abraham Accords and got four Arab countries to join forces with Israel to work out a plan for Palestine. He used tariffs as economic weapons to force other countries to work out fair import taxes using the goal of reciprocal tariffs. He pushed Europe to increase their military spending and stop relying on the US for their defense. He recognized that wind and solar cannot replace fossil fuels but nuclear can and he has revitalized the industry by reducing regulations and developing small nuclear reactors. Instead of offering subsidies to industry he has purchased stock to help them expand. He set about reducing waste and fraud by first using DOGE and then setting up a task force headed by VP Vance. He sealed the southern border with executive orders instead of waiting for congress to act. He removed the Venezuelan president from the control of China and is now helping them rebuild their country. He has withdrawn from the WHO because of their mishandling of the Covid. He has by passed the WTO by installing tariffs. He advocates for reduced funding for the UN and for NATO until the other countries pay their fair share. He moved against Iran instead of pushing the problem onto the next president which the last five presidents had done. Because of these actions the US allies are less friendly. The American taxpayer saddled with a $39 trillion debt, can no longer be the major source of finance for the rest of the world. These are major changes and that means upsetting the status quo and it has hurt his popularity.