Trump risks disappointing Americans
Next year, the next presidential election will be held in the United States. For the current head of the White House, Donald Trump, an attempt to re-elect for a second term will be a serious test. The country split in its attitude towards him: some president love, others hate. Political opponents are ready to use any trump slip against him. Much will depend on what he can present to voters as the result of the fulfillment of his campaign promises. And he can present quite a bit.
Normalization of relations with Russia
One of Trump’s promises during the election campaign was to establish relations with the Russian Federation and its president, Vladimir Putin. Opponents of Donald Trump, who unexpectedly won the election for many, used the “Russian card”, accusing the president of being a “puppet” of the Kremlin, designed to destroy the United States from the inside.
Russia, instead of reloading relations with it, was accused of meddling in American elections. The prosecutor Robert Mueller took up the investigation of the high-profile case. Three years later, everything ended in a “zilch”, but against such an unfavorable background, there could be no talk of establishing ties with Moscow. There was no long-awaited breakthrough during the summit in Helsinki, where the two presidents were able to meet and communicate in person.
American soldiers returning home
During the presidential race, Trump complained that the Pentagon was wasting huge amounts of money, and promised to bring US troops back to their homeland. It was executed quite peculiarly. American soldiers were transferred from Syria to neighboring Iraq, and in Afghanistan the contingent can only be reduced by half. There is a possibility that they will be replaced by mercenaries from various PMCs.
Solving the problem of illegal immigrants
This is one of the high-profile promises of the new president, and it has met with powerful resistance. Mexico refused at its own expense to build a wall on the border with the United States. The longest “shutdown” in history was triggered by Trump’s attempt to knock out construction money in Congress. As a result, the Pentagon will allocate a billion dollars, but there are big doubts about the effectiveness of this structure. Part of the president’s decisions in the field of migration was canceled by the court at the request of the public.
US fence from visiting Muslims
In 2017, Trump signed a decree on “Protecting the nation from the entry of foreign terrorists into the United States,” according to which immigrants from Syria, Iran, Libya, Iraq, Chad, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia were listed as potential terrorists. Subsequently, the document was adjusted to the "smaller side", but on the other hand, it included citizens of Venezuela and North Korea, residents of completely non-Muslim countries.
Victory over Islamic Terrorism
Trump promised to destroy the Islamic State and Al Qaeda banned in Russia, to block the oxygen of Hezbollah and Hamas. ISIS is indeed considered to be broken in Iraq and Syria, the terrorists lost their "capitals" in Mosul and Raqqa. However, this is not the merit of the Americans. The defeat of the militants was facilitated by the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Iranians and the Syrians themselves. The flip side of this “victory”, which Donald Trump has arrogated to himself, was the transition of surviving terrorists to a network structure and their transfer to other countries, in particular, to Afghanistan.
NATO liquidation
Initially, Donald Trump criticized the military bloc, calling it "outdated." But in the future, the US president began to actively use this structure to advance the interests of the US military-industrial complex, insisting on increasing the costs of participating countries. Moreover, the head of the White House voiced the unusual idea of including South American Brazil in NATO.
US Infrastructure Upgrade
The idea was good: to invest $ 1,5 trillion in updating the entire infrastructure of the state, while creating millions of new jobs. But in the end, congressmen last year approved the allocation of a modest $ 21 billion. A huge scandal arose because of the overspending of funds to launch a bullet train in California. The president even demanded that the state authorities return $ 2,5 billion.
Cancellation of Obama's “legacy”
Donald Trump severely criticized the medical program called Obamacare, through which millions of Americans received insurance. The president claims that his predecessor Obama’s program is not working, and promises to pass a more effective bill, but after Republicans win the election.
Send Hillary Clinton to jail
Trump and Clinton fiercely mated during the election race. His rival made a serious mistake by using a personal mail server for official purposes. The American president to this day insists on the imprisonment of Hillary Clinton. However, the FBI sided with her, finding no reason for such measures.
Refusal of disadvantageous US transactions
Trump emerged from the Trans-Pacific Agreement, the Transatlantic Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement, actively criticizing WTO rules. "America First."
But this also has a flip side. Yesterday's allies are also redefining their attitude towards the United States and are gradually turning into their opponents.
Normalization of relations with Russia
One of Trump’s promises during the election campaign was to establish relations with the Russian Federation and its president, Vladimir Putin. Opponents of Donald Trump, who unexpectedly won the election for many, used the “Russian card”, accusing the president of being a “puppet” of the Kremlin, designed to destroy the United States from the inside.
Russia, instead of reloading relations with it, was accused of meddling in American elections. The prosecutor Robert Mueller took up the investigation of the high-profile case. Three years later, everything ended in a “zilch”, but against such an unfavorable background, there could be no talk of establishing ties with Moscow. There was no long-awaited breakthrough during the summit in Helsinki, where the two presidents were able to meet and communicate in person.
American soldiers returning home
During the presidential race, Trump complained that the Pentagon was wasting huge amounts of money, and promised to bring US troops back to their homeland. It was executed quite peculiarly. American soldiers were transferred from Syria to neighboring Iraq, and in Afghanistan the contingent can only be reduced by half. There is a possibility that they will be replaced by mercenaries from various PMCs.
Solving the problem of illegal immigrants
This is one of the high-profile promises of the new president, and it has met with powerful resistance. Mexico refused at its own expense to build a wall on the border with the United States. The longest “shutdown” in history was triggered by Trump’s attempt to knock out construction money in Congress. As a result, the Pentagon will allocate a billion dollars, but there are big doubts about the effectiveness of this structure. Part of the president’s decisions in the field of migration was canceled by the court at the request of the public.
US fence from visiting Muslims
In 2017, Trump signed a decree on “Protecting the nation from the entry of foreign terrorists into the United States,” according to which immigrants from Syria, Iran, Libya, Iraq, Chad, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia were listed as potential terrorists. Subsequently, the document was adjusted to the "smaller side", but on the other hand, it included citizens of Venezuela and North Korea, residents of completely non-Muslim countries.
Victory over Islamic Terrorism
Trump promised to destroy the Islamic State and Al Qaeda banned in Russia, to block the oxygen of Hezbollah and Hamas. ISIS is indeed considered to be broken in Iraq and Syria, the terrorists lost their "capitals" in Mosul and Raqqa. However, this is not the merit of the Americans. The defeat of the militants was facilitated by the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Iranians and the Syrians themselves. The flip side of this “victory”, which Donald Trump has arrogated to himself, was the transition of surviving terrorists to a network structure and their transfer to other countries, in particular, to Afghanistan.
NATO liquidation
Initially, Donald Trump criticized the military bloc, calling it "outdated." But in the future, the US president began to actively use this structure to advance the interests of the US military-industrial complex, insisting on increasing the costs of participating countries. Moreover, the head of the White House voiced the unusual idea of including South American Brazil in NATO.
US Infrastructure Upgrade
The idea was good: to invest $ 1,5 trillion in updating the entire infrastructure of the state, while creating millions of new jobs. But in the end, congressmen last year approved the allocation of a modest $ 21 billion. A huge scandal arose because of the overspending of funds to launch a bullet train in California. The president even demanded that the state authorities return $ 2,5 billion.
Cancellation of Obama's “legacy”
Donald Trump severely criticized the medical program called Obamacare, through which millions of Americans received insurance. The president claims that his predecessor Obama’s program is not working, and promises to pass a more effective bill, but after Republicans win the election.
Send Hillary Clinton to jail
Trump and Clinton fiercely mated during the election race. His rival made a serious mistake by using a personal mail server for official purposes. The American president to this day insists on the imprisonment of Hillary Clinton. However, the FBI sided with her, finding no reason for such measures.
Refusal of disadvantageous US transactions
Trump emerged from the Trans-Pacific Agreement, the Transatlantic Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement, actively criticizing WTO rules. "America First."
But this also has a flip side. Yesterday's allies are also redefining their attitude towards the United States and are gradually turning into their opponents.
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