Love him or hate him, we need to look at Donald Trump’s policy record.
Long before becoming President of the United States, Donald Trump established himself as a prominent figure in American pop culture. To my father, he was the owner of a United States Football League team. To my brother, he had an arc on televised pro wrestling. To me, he was New York City in the 1980s — and to my much younger family, he was the guy from The Apprentice. Americans across multiple generations are familiar with the highs and the lows of Trump’s multifaceted persona.
But whether you love or hate the former president on a personal level, there’s a painfully stark contrast between Donald Trump’s track record of accomplishments and that of the Biden-Harris administration.
Prior to the pandemic, Trump championed the creation of the strongest economy in the world. Under his administration, median household incomes soared to record levels, poverty rates plummeted, and unemployment rates hit a 50-year low across various demographics. The DOW and NASDAQ indices reached unprecedented heights, ushering in newfound prosperity for countless American families. Historic low interest rates enabled millions of Americans to achieve homeownership, fulfilling their aspirations of the American Dream.
Moreover, Trump championed policies that expanded school choice through the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, banned the teaching of critical race theory at the federal level, and enacted legislation to bolster technical education funding. Significant investments were made to advance STEM and computer science education among women and minorities, marking a pivotal effort to empower underrepresented groups. Critically, his administration restored autonomy to states and localities in education by vigorously implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Under President Biden, illegal border crossings have surged to unprecedented levels, averaging 2 million annually from 2021 to 2023. This influx has strained state and local resources across the country, impacting major cities big and small. Even once-defiant “Sanctuary Cities,” such as New York and Chicago, balked at the increased financial and logistical problems caused by the massive influx of illegal immigrants.
In 2017, illegal border crossings totaled fewer than 350,000 annually, thanks to Trump-era initiatives aimed at deterring unlawful immigration. The reversal of these policies under the Biden-Harris administration has directly contributed to the surge in illegal crossings — 2.2 million entered the country illegally in 2022 alone. Why did Biden-Harris roll back dozens of Trump’s border policies aimed at stopping illegal immigration? Because they were Trump-era policies, of course.
The demographic makeup of these illegal border crossers has shifted significantly. While in 2019, 80% were from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, but by 2023, these countries accounted for less than half of all crossings, highlighting the evolving nature of the crisis. Today, the easiest route to threaten our nation is through the Biden-Harris administration’s porous border policies, which have exacerbated an already critical situation. Our enemies are seizing this opportunity, with 3,500 Chinese nationals crossing the southern border this past May alone and nearly 100 individuals on the FBI’s terror watch list entering the U.S. between fiscal years 2021 and 2023.
As President, Donald Trump also made several significant moves regarding U.S. policy toward one of America’s most loyal allies and the only true democracy in the Middle East, Israel. He formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a decision that was both logistically and symbolically important. Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal while simultaneously negotiating the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and multiple Arab countries. Most importantly, Trump made it clear that anyone wishing to challenge Israel’s sovereignty would face serious consequences.
Love him or hate him, that is Donald Trump’s policy record.
Now let’s dispassionately examine the record of the co-pilot of the current administration, Vice President Kamala Harris. Any effort by her to absolve herself of the disastrous decision making of the Biden-Harris administration is laughable at best, and dangerous at worst. The nation was stunned on June 27th when the severity of Biden’s decline was exposed on the debate stage. Democrats could no longer deny that the emperor had no clothes. This easily led even the most sober of minds to infer that either Harris stood by as unelected actors made the administration’s key strategic decisions, or that she was actively involved in the cover-up of President Biden’s cognitive ability to subjugate power for herself. Regardless, even if neither of these hypotheses are true, the result for the American people has been nothing short of cataclysmic.
As border czar, Harris failed to manage the crisis at our southern border by any objective measure. Harris’ absence from the border — she visited only one time, in 2021 — was emphasized by retired Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, who revealed that he never spoke with Harris during his two-year tenure under the Biden administration.
Harris has staunchly advocated for defunding the police, decriminalizing illegal immigration, and — during her tenure as California’s attorney general — opposing the death penalty even for the most serious crimes. Her endorsement of Black Lives Matter violence, radical race-baiting policies, and DEI wokeism underscores her progressive worldview. Referring to her as a San Francisco Democrat isn’t just a talking point: She was the District Attorney of San Francisco, leading the office.
Kamala Harris has also voted for and supported policies that created historic inflation. In 2021, Kamala Harris gave the tie-breaking vote to pass the American Rescue Plan, and then the following year gave another tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act. These bills, despite their misleading names, sent inflation through the roof. Following the signing of the American Rescue Plan, inflation remained at or above 3 percent for 39 consecutive months. The Biden-Harris “Bidenomics agenda” was filled with policies that inevitability made it harder to afford groceries, gas, and rent or homeownership.
Regarding Israel, Kamala Harris has not been seen as a staunch ally. The Vice President expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the need to protect civilians. While these concerns are legitimate, pro-Israel supporters believe that her statements did not adequately highlight Hamas’s role in instigating the conflict and using civilians as human shields. Additionally, Harris supports a return to the Iran Nuclear Deal, which many pro-Israel advocates view as too lenient on Iran and a monumental threat to Israel’s security.
Let me be clear: I’m not asserting that Kamala Harris is anti-Israel. However, I do firmly believe that she’s willing to sacrifice a long-time United States ally to appease the strain of rabid antisemitism infecting America’s progressive wing — and if that means rolling Israel under the bus, so be it.
The policy variances of the Trump administration and the shortcomings of the Biden-Harris administration underscores a significant difference in leadership and policy outcomes for America. As our nation faces serious challenges both at home and abroad, it’s become increasingly clear that regardless of your personal opinions about the former President, love him or hate him, a return of his policies to the White House is more than necessary — it’s critical for the future of America.
Brian Seitchik is a national political strategist with a background in campaign management and strategy, paid media, earned media, social media development, qualitative and quantitative research, constructing campaign teams, and fundraising. He has directed competitive political races in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New York and Ohio.
