Mixed results: a reading of the Trump presidency outcome, prior to the State of the Union speech

Mohammed Al-Minshawi-Washington

President Donald Trump's third and final speech during his presidency comes at a defining moment in modern American history, as the day after the speech testifies to the US Senate vote on President Donald Trump's fate of conviction or innocence in his parliamentary trial after the House of Representatives approved this trial on charges of abuse of power and obstruction Congress work.

The day before the State of the Union speech - which will be held on Tuesday - is the first official step in the race for the White House, through the start of the primary elections in Iowa.

Presidents of the United States deliver a State of the Union address based on the first paragraph of Section Three of Article Two of the US Constitution, which states that "The President shall from time to time provide information on the state of the Union to Congress, and recommend that these measures be judged necessary and expeditiously implemented. ".

Economic satisfaction
The State of the Union speech this year comes in light of general satisfaction in the American Middle East about Trump's economic policies, and hours before the end of 2019, the White House published a statement outlining President Trump's accomplishments in foreign and domestic areas during his three years of rule.

The statement came in more than seven thousand words, and began with a statement by President Trump saying, "We are making America stronger, more proud, and greater than it was before."

In the economic part, the White House talked about its success in creating more than 7 million jobs, which America has witnessed for the first time in history providing job opportunities that exceed its unemployed numbers, and the statement also indicated that the average annual income of the American family exceeded 63 thousand dollars in 2018 .

At the same time, Trump's economic policies maintained a near-constant low unemployment rate of approximately 3.5%, one of the lowest in the country's history.

Most Americans are satisfied with Trump's economic policies. A poll conducted by CBS between January 26 and January 29, 1,202 Americans, indicated a clear increase in the percentage of supporters of Trump's economic policies compared to the previous three years, which was reflected - The following table also shows - a clear decrease in the percentage of those who reject the President's economic policies.

Trump does not hesitate to repeat his economic achievements, referring to the signing of the amended free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as a substitute for the "NAFTA agreement" as a model for these achievements.

The White House statement indicated that the new agreement will create 176,000 jobs, in addition to providing $ 68 billion to farmers, labor and owners of small factories in the country.

In fact, there are a lot of jobs, I work as an industrial sales representative in the morning, and in the evening I drive my own cars with Oprah, I can earn more money, and this was not available before .

Trump also defends his strict policies against regular and irregular immigrants, justifying that he will serve the interests of his country by providing additional employment opportunities for Americans. With Mexico to stop irregular migration.

America first
The US administration says President Trump puts the country's interests first in order to protect its strategic interests around the world.

In contrast to popular support for Trump's economic policy, a similar survey conducted by CBS showed the majority of Americans rejecting Trump's foreign policies, as they believe that these policies enter America in unnecessary confrontations in different parts of the world.

And while the Trump administration is proud of its withdrawal from the nuclear agreement with Iran and the pursuit of a policy of maximum pressure towards Tehran, the majority of Americans see this as a reckless policy that may result in a war that no one wants.

The Trump administration's assassination of the commander of the Qods Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, General Qassem Suleiman, early last month, raised the risk of a direct military confrontation between Tehran and Washington.

A poll conducted by QueenBank University between January 8 and 12, 2020, which included 1,562 Americans, indicates that 32% of respondents felt safer after the elimination of Qasim Soleimani, and by contrast, 45% considered that they feel less safer after the liquidation of the Iranian general.

Defense budget
On the other hand, Trump did not hesitate to set huge budgets for the armed forces, as the total of what was allocated in the first three years of Trump's rule reached nearly 2.7 trillion dollars, by 606 billion dollars in the first year, 685 billion in the second year, and 670 billion in the year Third, in the last year of Trump's (2020) presidential years, it rose dramatically to $ 728 billion.

And compared to the last years of the second presidential term of Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama, the defense budget for this year exceeds that of the last years of Obama's presidency (2016) by 41%.