Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha listed many reasons on Wednesday why it is “very easy to see” how President Donald Trump’s first year is “monumental.”
Trump listed off his accomplishments to the press on Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of his return to the White House and the start of his second term. Concha said Trump “controlled the message” in front of the press by covering his conference for cable news.
Concha listed his own top five accomplishments by the president during his first year, with the first two being lower gas prices compared to “the auto pen administration” and a drop in the nation’s murder rates.
“Number three: Iran’s nuclear capabilities being decimated by Operation Midnight Hammer that was carried out by the U.S. military, executed to precision. No U.S. casualties, by the way, and it didn’t lead to a wider conflict in the Middle East like many predicted such an exercise would,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First.
Concha also said the nation’s stock market has undergone a “jump” of around 25% since the president unveiled his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Trump’s biggest accomplishment, however, is closing the border, making the U.S. “far more safer” and lowering fentanyl deaths.
“Trump and his team did that without comprehensive immigration reform. Democrats said it was absolutely needed to accomplish such a feat, and all it took was a new president, to quote President Trump himself. Those are my top five accomplishments, and trust me, there are many more,” Concha said.
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Going into his second year, Trump and the Republican Party seek to retain control of Congress in the November midterm elections. House Republicans only have a small majority, while Senate Republicans hold a three-seat majority.
Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack said the president’s approval rating is a serious issue ahead of the midterm elections. He also said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law in July, is not popular among most voters, and the Republican Party’s strategy this year needs to “sell it” to the public.
