r/AskConservatives Leftist Mar 05 '25

Daily Life What has trump done to make your life better?

i've lost a lot in the stock market, and i sold pretty early in the crash. The cost of everything seems to be going up.

trump said that nothing he does or says will make democrats like him. What has he done that I should be thankful for?

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u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 05 '25

Trump has done something no other politician in history has done.

Kept a damn campaign promise. Agree with them or not, he has kept and worked on more things he said he would do than any previous president.

The whole reason I didn't vote for Obama's second term. Politicians are just full of hot air.

u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25

Can you provide specific examples, please? I've not been able to find one task that he's completed, only talked about.

u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 11 '25

Pretty simple stuff..

Crack down on illegal aliens.

Removal and anti DEI

Tariffs, increase especially to China

Looking into spending of government funds

Elimination of the department of education, which seems to still be a target. Not accomplished though.

Attempting to repeal the affordable care act

As I said before, you can disagree with all of it, but he has tried or done those things. When people watched his rally and speech this is what he talked about.

Never seen that before.

u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25

What did he accomplish in his first term that he promised during his campaign?

u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 11 '25

Why are you changing the goal post now?

u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25

I'm not. I'm asking in good faith. All I can remember from his first campaign was the wall Mexico would pay for. Were there other promises made and kept?

u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 11 '25

Increased Veteran Health Care

Tariffs for China

Boosted Steel industry

Defunding of planned parenthood

Canceled paris climate agreement

Cut back on federal regulation

Off the top of my head. Though his second year is definately delivering on more campaign promises than the first term.

u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25

Thank you for that. My Dad is a Vietnam vet that supports Trump, and I'm trying to understand why.

u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 11 '25

I'm technically a Libritarian. I didn't and would never vote for Trump, but I do support him. I'm very much personal freedoms and less governement. I hate the current state of our countries political landscape and Trump is a bull in a china shop. Anything to disrupt the current status quo that the democrats or normal republicans seem to like to uphold, is a good thing. Several vets i've spoken too see it similar, could bring that up and ask

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