by Sean Hannity
CHAPTER 9: TRUMP TRIUMPHS
1. Ed Pilkington, “Obama angers midwest voters with guns and religion remark,” Guardian, April 14, 2008, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.uselections2008.
2. Ibid.
3. Tim Marcini, “Democratic Congressman Compares Donald Trump to Hitler, Calls President ‘Racist Strongman,’ ” Newsweek, January 3, 2019.
4. “Everything You Need to Know About the Tax Cut and Jobs Act,” Tax Foundation, https://taxfoundation.org/tax-reform-explained-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act/.
5. Adam Michel, “Analysis of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Acts,” Heritage Foundation, December 19, 2017.
6. “President Donald J. Trump’s Achievements, Economy and Jobs,” Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/economy-and-jobs/.
7. Tyler Durden, “Barack Obama Is Now the Only President in History to Never Have a Year of 3% GDP Growth,” Zero Hedge, January 27, 2017.
8. Amanda Prestigiacomo, “Obama Tries to Take Credit for Trump’s Economy. It Backfires Bigly,” Daily Wire, February 17, 2020.
9. “Economic Growth Has Reached 3 Percent for the First Time in More than a Decade Thanks to President Donald J. Trump’s Policies,” WhiteHouse.gov, February 28, 2019.
10. Lawrence H. Summers, “Larry Summers: Trump’s Budget is Simply Ludicrous,” Washington Post, May 23, 2017.
11. Susan Jones, “155,965,000 Employed in July; 11th Record-Setter Under Trump,” CNS News, August 3, 2018.
12. Council of Economic Advisers, “Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Level in Nearly 50 Years; U.S. Economy Adds 263,000 New Jobs in April,” WhiteHouse.gov, May 3, 2019.
13. “US Job Openings Jump to Record High of 7.3 Million,” CNBC, February 12, 2019.
14. Council of Economic Advisers, “U.S. Unemployment Rate Remains at Near-Historic Low of 3.7 Percent; African-American Unemployment Rate Hits New Series Low,” WhiteHouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/u-s-unemployment-rate-remains-at-near-historic-low-of-3-7-percent-african-american-unemployment-rate-hits-new-series-low/.
15. Ibid.
16. Paul Bedard, “Boom: Best Economic Optimism in 16 Years, 50% ‘Better Off’ Under Trump,” Washington Examiner, February 11, 2019.
17. Joe Williams, “Manufacturing Confidence at All-Time High Despite Workforce Shortage,” Washington Examiner, October 5, 2018.
18. Council of Economic Advisers, “U.S. Unemployment Rate Remains at Near-Historic Low of 3.7 Percent.”
19. Council of Economic Advisers, “Job Market Continues to Crush Expectations in 2020,” WhiteHouse.gov, February 7, 2020.
20. Justin Haskins, “Trump’s Big Reelection Weapon: A Remarkable Manufacturing Jobs Boom,” Hill, January 23, 2020.
21. Council of Economic Advisers, “Job Market Continues to Crush Expectations in 2020.”
22. Council of Economic Advisers, “U.S. Unemployment Rate Remains at Near-Historic Low of 3.7 Percent.”
23. Elaine Parker, “Women Are Winning in the Trump Economy,” Real Clear Politics, October 2, 2018.
24. Council of Economic Advisers, “U.S. Job Growth Remains Strong, Adding 196,000 Jobs in March and Surpassing Market Expectations,” WhiteHouse.gov, April 5, 2019.
25. Haskins, “Trump’s Big Reelection Weapon: A Remarkable Manufacturing Jobs Boom.”
26. Ibid.
27. Eric Morath and Jeffery Sparshott, “Rank-and-File Workers Get Bigger Raises,” Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2019.
28. Stephen Moore, “Trump’s Middle-Class Economic Progress,” WSJ Opinion, September 29, 2019.
29. Frank Connor, “Income Inequality Declining Under Trump Policies, Says Labor Secretary,” Fox Business, January 24, 2020.
30. Council of Economic Advisers, “The Blue-Collar Labor Boom Reduces Inequality,” WhiteHouse.gov, January 15, 2020.
31. Stephen Moore, “It’s a Middle-Class Boom,” Real Clear Politics, October 15, 2019.
32. Stephen Moore, “Contrary to What the Media Reports, Middle Class Americans Are Surging,” Hill, January 6, 2020.
33. Ibid.
34. Paul Bedard, “Exclusive: Trump List Shows 319 ‘Results’ and Promises Kept in Three Years,” Washington Examiner, December 31, 2019, https://www.scribd.com/document/441370872/ACFrOgAUTMl8Xt31z9R-Bha0n5a-c1S2g31eEYqYd9r9EG1r7I6PoFo9orDZoay8eaEN1BNbXyne01QqUo19M2cM60XJO4QgQ2RtpPLz-4-uo9-KQ6EE7HLrMsLpIEs#fullscreen&from_embed.
35. Evie Fordham, “Trump Touts ‘Single Largest Decline’ In Drug Prices in Nearly 50 Years,” Daily Caller, February 5, 2019.
36. “Costs and Burden of Federal Regulations Reach $1.9 Trillion,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, May 31, 2017.
37. Haskins, “Trump’s Big Reelection Weapon: A Remarkable Manufacturing Jobs Boom.”
38. Cheryl Bolen, “Trump Touts Regulatory Savings of Nearly $50 Billion for Economy,” Bloomberg Law, October 21, 2019.
39. Hayley Sledge, “Trump Deregulation Will Save $3100 Per Household, CEA Reports,” Heartland Institute, August 8, 2019.
40. President Donald J. Trump, “President Trump’s Historic Deregulation Is Benefitting All Americans,” WhiteHouse.gov, October 21, 2019.
41. Kenneth Corbin, “White House Looks to Relax Rules for Workplace Retirement Plans,” Benefit News, August 31, 2018.
42. Nate Madden, “Trump Takes Aim at ‘Out-of-Control Bureaucracy’ with 2 New Executive Orders,” Conservative Review, October 10, 2019.
43. Keith Good, “Trump Administration Rolls Back ‘Waters of the U.S.’ Rule,” Farm Policy News, September 19, 2109.
44. Oliver Milman, “Trump Administration Scraps Obama-era Regulation on Coal Emissions,” Guardian, August 21, 2018.
45. William Yeatman, “Congress Should Eliminate Obama’s Stream Protection Rule,” Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 31, 2017.
46. Devin Henry, “Trump Signs Bill Undoing Obama Coal Mining Rule,” Hill, February 11, 2017.
47. “Trump Administration Replaces Obama-era Power Plant Rule, in Boost to Coal,” Reuters, June 19, 2019.
48. Todd Spangler and Nathan Bomey, “Trump Administration Wants to Freeze Gas-Mileage Standards, Reversing Obama,” USA Today, August 2, 2018.
49. Juliet Ellperin and Brady Dennis, “Trump Promised His Mileage Standards Would Make Cars Cheaper and Safer. New Documents Raise Doubts About That,” Washington Post, January 23, 2020.
50. Tom Krisher and Ellen Knickmeyer, “Trump Ups Mileage Proposal, But It’s Well Below Obama Plan,” Associated Press, January 24, 2020.
51. President Donald J. Trump, “Executive Order Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing,” White House.gov, June 25, 2019.
52. Juliet Ellperin, “Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand Drilling off America’s Coasts: ‘We’re Opening It Up,’ ” Washington Post, April 28, 2017.
53. “Judge Throws Out Trump Order That Overturned Obama Offshore Drilling Ban in Arctic,” CNBC, March 30, 2019.
54. Elizabeth Harball, “Trump Administration Appeals Ruling That Blocked Arctic Offshore Drilling,” Alaska Public, May 28, 2019.
55. “President Donald J. Trump’s Achievements, Energy and the Environment,” Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/energy-and-environment/.
56. Emily Holden, “Trump Opens Protected Alaskan Arctic Refuge to Oil Drillers,” Guardian, September 12, 2019.
57. David Smith, “Trump Orders Revival of Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines,” Guardian, January 24, 2017.
58. “President Donald J. Trump Achievements, Energy and Environment,” Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/energy-and-environment/.
59. Nina Lakhani, “Major Blow to Keystone XL Pipeline as Judge Revokes Key Permit,” Guardian, April 15, 2020.
60. Timothy Cama, “Trump Approves US-Mexico Pipeline: ‘That’ll Go Right Under the Wall,” Hill, June 29, 2017.
61. “President Donald J. Trump Achievements, Energy and Environment,�
�� Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/energy-and-environment/.
62. Matt Egan, “America Is Now the World’s Largest Oil Producer,” CNN Business, September 12, 2018.
63. “Oil Exploration Firm Claims Discovery of Huge Alaska Deposit,” MSN.com, April 10, 2020.
64. David J. Lynch, Josh Dawsey, and Damian Paletta, “Trump Imposes Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on the E.U., Canada and Mexico,” Washington Post, May 31, 2018.
65. Iain Muray, “Free Traders Shouldn’t Mourn the Loss of the TPP,” Foundation for Economic Education, January 26, 2017.
66. David Smith and Dominic Rushe, “Trump and EU Officials Agree to Work Toward ‘Zero Tariff’ Deal,” Guardian, July 25, 2018.
67. Sergei Klebnikov, “6 Key Takeaways from the U.S.–Japan Trade Deal,” Forbes, October 8, 2019.
68. “Cuba Denounces Trump’s Policy Rollback,” BBC News, June 17, 2017.
69. Jessica Campisi, “US Imposes New Sanctions on Cuba Over Human Rights, Venezuela,” Hill, October 18, 2019.
70. Jeff Faux, “NAFTA’s Impact on U.S. Workers,” Economic Policy Institute, December 9, 2013.
71. Ana Swanson and Jim Tankersley, “Trump Just Signed the U.S.M.C.A. Here’s What’s in the New NAFTA,” New York Times, January 29, 2020.
72. “President Trump Announces Strong Actions to Address China’s Unfair Trade,” Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, March 22, 2018.
73. Don Lee, “Trump Bans Huawei in U.S. Markets, Saying Chinese Firm Poses Security Threat,” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2019.
74. “Making America Great Again, Trade and Foreign Policy,” Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/foreign-policy/.
75. Yun Li, “Trump Says US Will Impose 10% Tariffs on Another $300 Billion of Chinese Goods Starting Sept. 1,” CNBC, August 1, 2019.
76. Alan Rappeport and Keith Bradsher, “Trump Says He Will Raise Existing Tariffs on Chinese Goods to 30%,” New York Times, August 23, 2019.
77. Thomas Franck, “Trump Halts New China Tariffs and Rolls Back Some of the Prior Duties on $120 Billion of Imports,” CNBC, December 13, 2019.
78. Bedard, “Exclusive: Trump List Shows 319 ‘Results’ and Promises Kept in Three Years.”
79. Thomas Franck, “Trump Halts New China Tariffs and Rolls Back Some of the Prior Duties on $120 Billion of Imports,” CNBC, December 13, 2019.
80. George R. Altman and Leo Shane III, “The Obama Era Is Over. Here’s How the Military Rates His Legacy,” Military Times, January 8, 2017.
81. Barack Obama, “Read President Obama’s Commencement Address at West Point in 2014,” Time, https://time.com/4341783/obamas-commencement-transcript-speech-west-point-2014/; http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/full-text-of-president-obamas-commencement-address-at-west-point/2014/05/28/cfbcdcaa-e670-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html.
82. Altman and Shane III, “The Obama Era is Over. Here’s How the Military Rates His Legacy.”
83. James Jay Carafano, “Yes: Obama-Era Cuts Left U.S. Too Weak to Deal with Multiple Global Menaces,” Heritage Foundation, March 24, 2017.
84. Thomas C. Donnelly, “Doctrine of Decline,” National Review, January 23, 2017.
85. Ibid.
86. Philip Ewing, “Fact Check: Has President Obama ‘Depleted’ the Military?” NPR, April 29, 2016.
87. Mark Moyar, “How Obama Shrank the Military,” Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2015.
88. Ibid.
89. Ibid.
90. Ibid.
91. Lawrence J. Korb, “Trump’s Defense Budget,” Center for American Progress, February 28, 2018.
92. Amy Bushatz, “Trump Signs 2018 Defense Bill: Here’s What It Means for You,” Military.com, December 12, 2017.
93. “Making America Great Again, National Security and Defense,” Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/national-security-and-defense/.
94. Leo Shane III and Joe Gould, “Trump Praises US Military Buildup but Vows Overseas Troop Cuts in State of the Union Address,” Defense News, February 6, 2020.
95. “Making America Great Again, National Security and Defense,” Promises Kept, https://www.promiseskept.com/achievement/overview/national-security-and-defense/.
96. Nancy A. Youssef and Gordon Lubold, “Trump Announces Creation of U.S. Space Command,” Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2019.
97. Rachel S. Cohen, “Space Force Established as Trump Signs NDAA,” Air Force Magazine, December 20, 2019.
98. “VA Mission Act,” Military Benefits, https://militarybenefits.info/va-mission-act/.
99. Jessica Kim Cohen, “Telemedicine Growth Follows ‘Anywhere to Anywhere’ Rule at VA,” Modern Healthcare, November 25, 2019.
100. Geoff Bennett, “Congress Passes Bill to Increase Accountability Among VA Employees,” NPR, June 13, 2017.
101. “Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017,” VFW.org, May 2, 2017.
102. Elizabeth Howe, “The White House VA Hotline Has Answered 250,000 Calls,” Connectingvets.com, May 22, 2019.
103. “VA and White House Launch Veteran Suicide-Prevention Task Force,” VA.gov, June 17, 2019.
104. President Donald J. Trump, “President Donald J. Trump Is Working Tirelessly to Provide the Benefits and Services That Our Brave Veterans Deserve,” WhiteHouse.gov, August 21, 2019.
105. “Latest Employment Numbers,” United States Department of Labor, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/latest-numbers.
106. “NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg After 1:1 Meeting/London, United Kingdom,” WhiteHouse.gov, December 3, 2019.
107. Jessica Donati and Peter Nicholas, “With Evangelicals Behind Him, Vice President Mike Pence Takes Prominent Role in Foreign Policy,” Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2019.
108. President Donald J. Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on His Trip to Asia,” WhiteHouse.gov, November 15, 2017.
109. Steve Holland and Matthew Tostevin, “Trump Brings Tough Trade Message in Vision for Asia,” Reuters, November 10, 2017.
110. “U.S. Imposes Sanctions on People, Firms It Says Helped North Korea Evade Sanctions,” Reuters, August 30, 2019.
111. Tom O’Connor, “What’s Next for Kim Jon Un and Donald Trump? U.S., China and Russia React to North Korea’s New Warning,” Newsweek, January 3, 2020.
112. Brooke Singman, “US Opens Embassy in Jerusalem, Recognizing City as ‘True Capital’ of Israel,” Fox News, May 14, 2018.
113. Eli Rosenberg and Carol Morello, “U.S. Withdraws from UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural organization, Citing Anti-Israel Bias,” Washington Post, October 12, 2017.
114. Vanessa Romo, “Trump Formally Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights,” NPR, March 25, 2019.
115. “Presidential Executive Order on Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States,” WhiteHouse.gov, July 21, 2017.
116. Carol Morello, “Trump Administration Hits Iran with Fresh Sanctions After Attack on U.S. Forces,” Washington Post, January 10, 2020.
117. “Joined by Allies, President Trump Takes Action to End Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attacks,” WhiteHouse.gov, April 14, 2018.
118. Kathy Gilsinan, “An American Prisoner Comes Home from Iran,” Atlantic, December 7, 2019.
119. John Fritze and Deirdre Shesgreen, “Trump Says U.S. Citizen Danny Burch Held in Yemen Has Returned to Family,” USA Today, February 25, 2019.
120. Brady Dennis, “Trump Makes it Official: U.S. Will Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord,” Washington Post, November 4, 2019.
121. Thomas L. Mason, “Obama’s Parting Shot,” Washington Times, December 15, 2016.
122. David Brown, “Trump Says U.S. ‘Will Never Ratify’ Arms Trade Treaty,” Politico, April 26, 2019.
123. Carle Hulse, “Trump and Senate Republicans Celebrate Making the Courts More Conservative,” New York Times, November 6, 2019.
124. “Judicial Appointment Tracker,” Heritage Foundation, https://www.heritage.org/judicialtracker.
125. Richard A. Arenberg, “The Trumpification of the Federal Courts,” The Hill, January 6, 2020.
126. Bedard, “Exclusive: Trump List Shows 319 ‘Results’ and Promises Kept in Three Years”; “President Donald J. Trump Is Appointing a Historic Number of Federal Judges to Uphold Our Constitution as Written,” WhiteHouse.gov, November 6, 2019.
127. “Donald Trump on Abortion,” On the Issues, https://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Donald_Trump_Abortion.htm.
128. “Trump Reinstates ‘Mexico City Policy’ on Abortion,” Long Island Catholic, January 23, 2020.
129. Jonathan Abbamonte, “House Democrats Push for a Repeal of the Mexico City Policy,” Population Research Institute, January 23, 2019.
130. Claire Chretien, “US Still Gives Millions to American Pro-Abort Groups That Work Internationally: New Plan Would Stop It,” LifeSite News, January 23, 2020.
131. “U.S. Withdraws Funding for U.N. Population Fund,” Reuters, April 3, 2017.
132. Jina Moore, “The Trump Administration Just Cut All Funding for the UN’s Family Planning Agency,” BuzzFeed News, April 3, 2017.
133. “U.S. Withdraws Funding for U.N. Population Fund,” Reuters, April 3, 2017.
134. Colin Dwyer, “Trump Signs Law Giving States Option to Deny Funding for Planned Parenthood,” NPR, April 13, 2017.
135. Jessie Hellman, “Trump Administration Rescinds Obama Guidance on Defunding Planned Parenthood,” Hill, January 19, 2018.
136. Arian Eunjung Cha, “Is it a Gag Rule After All? A Closer Look at Changes to Title X Funding Regarding Abortion,” Washington Post, May 23, 2018, and “Statutes and Regulations, Title X Notice of Final Rule,” HHS.gov, March 4, 2019.
137. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Lauran Neergaard, “Trump Halts Fetal Tissue Research by Government Scientists,” ABC News, June 5, 2019.
138. “President Trump’s Pro-Life Wins,” Susan B. Anthony List, https://www.sba-list.org/trump-pro-life-wins.
139. Tim Hains, “Trump Speaks at Annual ‘March for Life’ Rally: ‘Unborn Children Have Never Had a Stronger Defender,’ ” Real Clear Politics, January 24, 2020.