Taking Stock of the Trump Administration’s Victories

As Republicans fear a looming midterm shellacking in tomorrow’s elections, and polls show President Trump’s approval rating dangerously low, it’s worth recalling where America was two years ago — and how much has changed for the better in the interim.

While the country obviously remains deeply divided and Trump has hardly mended those rifts, the domestic policy record of the first two years of his second term should be described, from a conservative perspective, as a major achievement worth celebrating. There are exceptions, of course. But on the whole, these two years have been among the most productive of any administration in my lifetime.

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Inez Feltscher Stepman

Inez Feltscher Stepman is a senior policy and legal analyst at the Independent Women's Forum.

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As Republicans fear a looming midterm shellacking in tomorrow’s elections, and polls show President Trump’s approval rating dangerously low, it’s worth recalling where America was two years ago — and how much has changed for the better in the interim.

While the country obviously remains deeply divided and Trump has hardly mended those rifts, the domestic policy record of the first two years of his second term should be described, from a conservative perspective, as a major achievement worth celebrating. There are exceptions, of course. But on the whole, these two years have been among the most productive of any administration in my lifetime.