Tom Winslow (@TomWinslow)

Donald Trump does not have an accomplishment problem. Republicans have an information problem. Fix that before the midterms. Too many Republican voters cannot name three things this Administration has done. That is not because nothing happened. It is because the press buries the wins and too many of us never learn the list. This is not a list of promises. It is laws, court wins, policy, deals, and results. You do not need all 25. Learn five. When someone says “he hasn’t done much,” show the receipts. Safety and sovereignty 1. The border is a border again. Illegal crossings fell to the lowest level in decades. Catch-and-release is out. Remain in Mexico is back. Releases into the country dropped by the Administration’s count nearly to zero. 2. Mass illegal migration reversed. Officials cite negative net migration in 2025 and roughly 3 million illegal aliens leaving — some deported, many self-departed, including through a paid-departure program. 3. He signed the Laken Riley Act, requiring detention of illegal aliens charged with specified crimes and giving states a way to sue officials who will not enforce it. 4. FBI figures for 2025 show a sharp one-year drop in violent crime, including large declines in murder and robbery. The Administration ties part of that to putting the Guard on the street in high-crime cities. Industry and energy 5. The One Big Beautiful Bill made the 2017 tax cuts permanent and added no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, relief on Social Security benefits for seniors, a larger Child Tax Credit, and 100 percent expensing. 6. Agencies claim a historic deregulatory ratio in FY2025, including repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, an end to the federal EV mandate, and large estimated compliance savings. 7. The White House touts about $18 trillion in announced investment commitments — factories, chips, data centers, energy, steel, shipyards. 8. Reshoring is showing up in plant decisions: automakers shifting production toward the United States. 9. Tariffs were used as leverage for new or revised deals covering a large share of global GDP, with the stated goal of making it more profitable to build here. 10. Energy output and LNG exports set records. Permitting and infrastructure were accelerated so American energy is an export and a bargaining chip. 11. After decades of almost no new advanced reactors, the Administration says five new reactors reached criticality in a short span after a July 4, 2026 deadline. Elections and the administrative state 12. In Trump v. Slaughter, the Court strengthened the President’s power to remove executive officials. The Administration then treated policy-making bureaucrats as fireable for misconduct, incompetence, or defiance of lawful orders. 13. In Trump v. CASA, nationwide injunctions were sharply limited so one district judge cannot freeze a national policy for the whole country. 14. USAID was shut down as a standalone slush fund; humanitarian work was moved under State. 15. Federal employment was cut to the smallest level in decades, and the work-from-home default was reversed. 16. Federal DEI offices and race- and sex-based preferences in executive hiring and contracting were stripped out. Faith and family 17. After the first-term Court that ended Roe, the second term enforced Hyde, restored and expanded the Mexico City Policy, ended federal fetal-tissue research, strengthened conscience rules, squeezed Medicaid money away from large abortion providers, and pardoned 23 pro-life activists. 18. Federal policy again recognizes two sexes. The Administration ended federal support for medicalized gender transition of minors, enforced Title IX as sex-based, and pushed sports and locker rooms back to women’s categories. 19. The tax bill created the first nationwide school-choice tax credit and Trump Accounts, including a $1,000 federal seed for eligible newborns. 20. A White House Faith Office, Religious Liberty Commission, and anti-Christian-bias task force were stood up, with conscience protections restored. Peace through strength 21. NATO’s spending target was pushed from 2 percent of GDP toward 5 percent by 2035. 22. China was pressed out of Belt and Road in Panama, Canal security access expanded, and Nicolás Maduro was brought to New York to face trial — the Administration’s version of a revived Monroe Doctrine. 23. The White House claims eight peace deals in eight months across four continents. 24. Golden Dome missile defense was launched and given an initial $25 billion, with space sensors, interceptors, and directed-energy systems in the plan. 25. Every active military component met or beat its 2025 recruiting goal after the Biden-era misses. The Pentagon was reoriented toward shipbuilding, munitions, drones, missile defense, and the industrial base. Learn five. Repeat them. That is how an information problem gets fixed.