Trump's legacy: Big policy changes that often got lost amid the din and scandal

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President Donald Trump may be best remembered for his use of Twitter as a bully pulpit to stoke controversy or browbeat opponents, but the noise ...

Some allies, however, have raised questions about the effectiveness of these measures and hope that President-elect Joe Biden, who has promised to be just as tough on China, will coordinate better with them to rein in Beijing.

The landmark tax bill Trump signed in late 2017 pushed economic growth over 3 per cent, a Trump campaign promise, for a brief period. The pandemic, and the administration's failure to control it, risks leaving the economy scarred long after Trump leaves office. About 21 million jobs disappeared immediately, and 9 million of those still haven't come back. Millions more have had hours or pay reduced, or dropped out of the labour force altogether.

Many of Trump’s deregulation efforts were successfully challenged in court due to bureaucratic errors in rulemaking procedures. Trump has upended some tenets of America’s post-World War Two foreign policy by questioning the NATO alliance, alienating European partners and indulging autocrats.

 

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