Policies listed in Trump’s acceptance speech
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We have excerpted policy statements, statistics and people from Donald Trump’s acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention.
Policy statements. Donald Trump included at least 13 policy statements in his acceptance speech. They are briefly summarized below in his words.
It is finally time for a straightforward assessment of the state of our nation. I will present the facts plainly and honestly. We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore. Tonight, I will share with you my plan of action for America. The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponents, is that our plan will put America First. Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.
1. Law & Order:
My plan will begin with safety at home – which means safe neighborhoods, secure borders, and protection from terrorism. There can be no prosperity without law and order. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.
An attack on law enforcement is an attack on all Americans. I have a message to every last person threatening the peace on our streets and the safety of our police: when I take the oath of office next year, I will restore law and order our country. … the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end. Beginning on January 20th 2017, safety will be restored. I will work with, and appoint, the best prosecutors and law enforcement officials in the country to get the job done. In this race for the White House, I am the Law And Order candidate.
2. Terrorism:
To make life safe in America, we must also address the growing threats we face from outside America: we are going to defeat the barbarians of ISIS. To protect us from terrorism, we need to focus on three things.We must have the best intelligence gathering operation in the world. We must abandon the failed policy of nation building and regime change that Hillary Clinton pushed in Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. Instead, we must work with all of our allies who share our goal of destroying ISIS and stamping out Islamic terror. This includes working with our greatest ally in the region, the State of Israel. Lastly, we must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place. Anyone who endorses violence, hatred or oppression is not welcome in our country and never will be.
I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBT citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology.
3. Immigration:
Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African-American and Latino workers. We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people. We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities. By ending catch-and-release on the border, we will stop the cycle of human smuggling and violence.
On January 21st of 2017, the day after I take the oath of office, Americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the United States are enforced. We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. My plan is the exact opposite of Hillary Clinton’s. Americans want relief from uncontrolled immigration. Communities want relief. Hillary Clinton is proposing mass amnesty, mass immigration, and mass lawlessness. Her plan will overwhelm your schools and hospitals, further reduce your jobs and wages, and make it harder for recent immigrants to escape from poverty.
4. Economy & jobs:
I have a different vision for our workers. It begins with a new, fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat. I’m going to make our country rich again.
On the economy, I will outline reforms to add millions of new jobs and trillions in new wealth that can be used to rebuild America.
I am going to turn our bad trade agreements into great ones. I pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers, or that diminishes our freedom and independence. Instead, I will make individual deals with individual countries. No longer will we enter into these massive deals, with many countries, that are thousands of pages long – and which no one from our country even reads or understands. We are going to enforce all trade violations, including through the use of taxes and tariffs, against any country that cheats.
5. Tax Reform:
Next comes the reform of our tax laws, regulations and energy rules. While Hillary Clinton plans a massive tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has declared for the presidential race this year – Democrat or Republican. Middle-income Americans will experience profound relief, and taxes will be simplified for everyone. Reducing taxes will cause new companies and new jobs to come roaring back into our country.
6. Regulation:
Then we are going to deal with the issue of regulation, one of the greatest job-killers of them all. Excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $2 trillion a year, and we will end it. We are going to lift the restrictions on the production of American energy. This will produce more than $20 trillion in job creating economic activity over the next four decades.
7. Infrastructure:
This new wealth will improve the quality of life for all Americans – We will build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, and the railways of tomorrow. This, in turn, will create millions more jobs. We will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice. And we will fix TSA at the airports!
8. Obamacare:
We will repeal and replace disastrous Obamacare. You will be able to choose your own doctor again.
9. Military & Veterans:
We will completely rebuild our depleted military, and the countries that we protect, at a massive loss, will be asked to pay their fair share.
We will take care of our great Veterans like they have never been taken care of before.
10. Wasteful spending:
We are going to ask every Department Head in government to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days.
11. Supreme Court:
We are also going to appoint justices to the United States Supreme Court who will uphold our laws and our Constitution.
12. Right to Bear Arms:
My opponent wants to essentially abolish the 2nd amendment. I, on the other hand, received the early and strong endorsement of the National Rifle Association and will protect the right of all Americans to keep their families safe.
13. Religious Liberty:
An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson, many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views. I am going to work very hard to repeal that language and protect free speech for all Americans.
We must choose to Believe In America. History is watching us now. My opponent asks her supporters to recite a three-word loyalty pledge. It reads: “I’m With Her”. I choose to recite a different pledge. My pledge reads: “I’M WITH YOU – THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.” I am your voice.
Statistics. Donald Trump included several statistic through his speech last night to highlight the problems he sees in this country. Below are those stats.
- Homicides last year increased by 17% in America’s fifty largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years. In our nation’s capital, killings have risen by 50 percent. They are up nearly 60% in nearby Baltimore.
- In the President’s hometown of Chicago, more than 2,000 have been the victims of shootings this year alone. And more than 3,600 have been killed in the Chicago area since he took office.
- The number of police officers killed in the line of duty has risen by almost 50% compared to this point last year. Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens.
- The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015. They are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources.
- Nearly Four in 10 African-American children are living in poverty, while 58% of African American youth are not employed. 2 million more Latinos are in poverty today than when the President took his oath of office less than eight years ago. Another 14 million people have left the workforce entirely.
- Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000. Our manufacturing trade deficit has reached an all-time high – nearly $800 billion in a single year. The budget is no better.
- President Obama has doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing.
- the Iran deal, which gave back to Iran $150 billion
- My opponent has called for a radical 550% increase in Syrian refugees on top of existing massive refugee flows coming into our country under President Obama.
- America has lost nearly-one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton.
- America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.
- Excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $2 trillion a year
People. In addtion to thanking his family and other specific individuals and groups, he pointed out by name several Americans killed by illegal immigrants.
- Sarah Root 21 yrs old 4.0 grade point avg
- Mary Ann Mendoza,
- Sabine Durden, and
- Jamiel Shaw
- Kate Steinle
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