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Tax cuts, massive deregulation (this is, IMO, probably the most important part of his presidency and the reason for his economic success, probably even more so than the tax cuts), opportunity zones, Israel deals, sanctions on China/Venezuela/Iran, SCOTUS appointees, appellate court appointees, the killing of terrorist leaders in the ME, de-escalation with N. Korea and return of US soldiers' bodies, combating child trafficking, opposition to double-standards for Chinese firms v. US counterparts, record low unemployment across all demographics and people returning to the workforce, real wage growth, reduction in reliance on food-stamps, reduced drug prices for the first time in decades, increased military spending from NATO, Right-To-Try, vast increase in efforts to stop HIV epidemic in the US, improved VA wait times and results, withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords yet still beat the US's carbon reduction goals, Space Force (it's a meme right now, but it is extremely important that we are ahead of the curve in this area), reduced EU tariffs on American goods, no new wars (I'm Luke-warm on this. I don't think we can just pull out of countries and leave them to fend for themselves. I would like peace, but I fear that leaving too quickly will create more conflict), revelation of FISA/intelligence apparatus abuse.

Some things I'm excited to see: national school choice, re-shoring of critical industries like drug manufacturing and rare earth mineral, decoupling from China, near-shoring and re-shoring of major industries, further ME peace agreements, trade deals with EU, UK, and others (such as India).

I haven't read too much about the USMCA or Phase One with China. I can't say if I like them or not. Phase One will probably be a failure due to the Coronavirus. It wasn't meant to be a standalone deal, and US antipathy to China will probably prevent further deals. I think it'll be a failure due to unforeseen circumstances. I like that he has forced a shift in how the US views international trade, I don't know if he has gone far enough towards actually establishing true free-trade deals.