Comics, 9-23-18: Garrison Magic Wand

​Obama to Trump: 'What magic wand do you have?' | More here
6-1-16, The Hill -- Obama slammed presidential candidate Donald John Trump for not detailing how he plans to accomplish his goals and promises - asking if he had a 'magic wand.'

​Pres Trump's fulfillment of promises is ALMOST like he had a 'magic wand!' Following is a short list of TWENTY from June 2018:

June 04, 2018 – President Trump’s Fulfillment of Promises – he has re-asserted American leadership on the world stage, secured vital investments in our military and stood up against threats to our national security. He has put the American people first and made government more accountable. The American economy is stronger today and American workers are better off thanks to ’s pro-growth agenda.

1. Israel: AMERICA moved the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Israel's capitol.
2. Iran: Ended Iran nuclear deal and immediately began the process of re-imposing sanctions on Iran. The Dept of the Treasury issued a range of sanctions targeting Iranian activities and entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force.
3. Health Insurance: eliminated the penalty for Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate and is seeking to provide more affordable health coverage and broader access to affordable alternatives to Obamacare plans.
4. Veterans: signed the Dept of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, improving processes for addressing misconduct. signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act into law, now agents in the VA can be fired. $2.1 billion in additional funds for the Veterans Choice Program has been authorized.
5. Jobs: appx 3 million jobs have been created: 304,000 manufacturing jobs have been created since he took office, and manufacturing employment stands at its highest level. 337,000 construction jobs have been created since  took office, and construction employment stands at its highest level since June 2008. Job training and workforce development is encouraged to empower workers to seize more opportunities, signing an Executive Order to expand apprenticeship opportunities and trade schools. American agriculture has gained access to new markets. Unemployment rate has dropped to 3.8% the lowest rate since April 2000 also welfare rolls decreased as well as food stamp needs.
6. Taxes: $3.2 trillion in gross tax cuts signed into law with the child tax credit doubled. The top corporate tax rate was lowered from 35 percent to 21 percent.
7. rolled back unnecessary job-killing regulations; at a two-to-one ratio, issuing 22 deregulatory actions for every new regulatory actions and regulations harming farmers and energy producers, such as the Waters of the United States Rule and the Clean Power Plan.
8. Regs: Regional and community banks and credit unions got relief legislation reducing harmful requirements imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act.
9. Trade: free, fair and reciprocal trade deals that protect American workers, ending decades of destructive trade policies in place.
10. Bad deals: withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and the Paris Climate Accord.
11. South Korea: improved the KORUS trade agreement with So Korea allowing more U.S. automobile exports to So Korea with lower tariffs and increase U.S. pharmaceutical access.
12. North Korea: released three Americans who came home to the United States - unprecedented global campaign to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and President Trump met with North Korea’s leader. The remains of dead American heroes returned to USA soil. NoKo rocket testing halted.
13. Venezuela: In May 2018 alone, Venezuela released one American prisoner; US imposed a range of sanctions on the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela, including sanctions targeting Maduro and other senior government officials.
14. US Military: historic increases in defense funding begun to rebuild our Nation Military strength; legislation to provide $700 billion in defense spending for fiscal year (FY) 2018 and $716 billion for FY 2019.
15. Islamic Terror: The United States has worked with international allies to decimate the Islamic terror group known as IS or ISIS.
16. Syria: strikes against Syria in response to use of chemical weapons in April 2017 and April 2018.
17. Border Security: worked to secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws and protect the safety and security of Americans. Despite limited resources and obstruction from Congress, worked to take control of our border and enforce our immigration laws beginning the WALL. Deployed the Natl Guard to our borders. Arrests of illegal migrants: 42 percent increase from the same time frame in FY 2016. Of the 110,568 arrests 92% had criminal convictions, pending criminal charges, were an ICE fugitive, or had a reinstated final order of removal. In 2017, the Dept of Justice worked with partners in Central America to file criminal charges against more than 4,000 members of brutal migrant gang MS-13.
18. Drugs: cracked down on the import and distribution of illegal drugs. As of April 2018, U.S. Border Patrol has seized 284 pounds of fentanyl in FY 2018, already surpassing the total of 181 pounds seized in FY 2017 in a nationwide effort to fight the opioid crisis.  The omnibus spending bill provides appx $4 billion to address the opioid epidemic.
19. Judges: Confirmation of more circuit court judges of any President in their first year, and secured Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.
20. Religious Liberty: signed an Executive Order to protect the free speech and religious liberties of groups such as the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Dept of Justice issued guidance to all executive agencies on protecting religious liberty in federal programs ensuring that the religious liberties and conscience of Americans are protected and respected by the Federal government. Source