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Check your rental/ lease agreement, and see what your terms are. The standard was 30 days advance notice, when I was managing apartments in Seattle.HOWEVER! If you signed a lease agreement and you are wanting to move before the end of your lease, there may be penalties to pay, or potential loss of your initial deposit. If you have to move, you may consider subletting, but only if it’s allowed in your agreement.Check your rental documents, call the rental office, or contact your landlord. Remember that move out date means you have cleaned your apartment, making it nearly move in ready, and you have all of your possessions out of there- don’t forget storage areas.give yourself a few days to do this - get help if you need it. It takes longer than you might think. Prepare for your move ahead of time- After all that, you’ll turn in your keys , and be on the road to your next adventure.If you’re moving, consider northern Idaho !( I had to say it!)I love this place, it’s beautiful. Happy trails!

The federal government of the United States has already established precedent for the forceful reunification of breakaway states with the union (cf. Lincoln v Davis, 1865), so the circumstances under which Oregon and Washington might have successfully joined such a republic are difficult to imagine. Canada is a looser confederation that periodically must deal with wrong-headed separatist governments in Quebec, so BC's peaceful secession is perhaps a bit easier to contemplate. But it is still difficult to imagine why it would want to.In any case, OP asked what would happen if the Republic of Cascadia were to magically arise, and so the above questions are sort of besides the point. So let's assume that the magic did its thing, Cascadia became an independent republic, and neither the US nor Canada put down the secession attempts. What might it look like?Let's start with what it would look like on Day 1. [1]Federal Republic of Cascadia (Fr., République fédérale de Cascadie)General InformationCapital: Seattle Federal Administrative DistrictPopulation: 15,271,000Land area: 1,365,000 km^2Government type: Federal parliamentary republicOfficial languages: English (99.9999999%), French (0.0%)Administrative regions: North Cascadia (formerly British Columbia), Huskyland (formerly Washington state), Duckland (formerly Oregon)International borders: Canada to the North and East (Northwest Territories, Alberta); United States of America to the Northwest (Alaska), East (Idaho) and South (Nevada, California)Membership in international organizations: British Commonwealth (since 2015); United Nations (since 2015); Organization of American States (since 2015); International Committee of the Red Cross (since 2015); North American Free Trade Agreement (pending); World Trade Organization (pending); Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (2015); Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (pending)Economic DataGDP in USD (2014): $754.2 billion (19th in the world, below the Netherlands and above Saudi Arabia)GDP per capita (nominal): $49,386 (11th in the world, below Canada and above Austria)Currency: the Cascade (ISO code: CCD) - Value pegged to a basket of the CAD and USDNatural resources: Extensive reserves of lumber and minerals, fisheries, as well as abundant arable land suitable for wine, produce and, in the eastern parts of North Cascadia, ranchingKey industries: High technology, retail, forestry/natural resources/mining, aerospace & defense, agriculture, energy, real estate, tourismKey trading partners: (1) USA; (2) Canada; (3) China; (4) European Union; (5) JapanEconomySo, as you can see, the independent Republic of Cascadia is quite a wealthy, well-diversified economy. Many of the world's most recognizable companies are headquartered in Cascadia, particularly in the two southern regions of Duckland and Huskyland: Microsoft, Amazon.com, Nike, Nordstrom, Costco. Many other industries, including aerospace/defense, high tech and biotechology, have very significant research or manufacturing presences clustered in and around both the capital district of Seattle, and Vancouver, the economic center of North Cascadia.This is in large part due to a well-educated, highly productive work force and a legal system that is considered somewhat friendly to corporations with a high proportion of white collar workers. Huskyland, however, is experiencing a rapid decline in manufacturing jobs, as Boeing, a large American defense concern, has shifted most of its heavy industry to America. The Obama administration, both in deference to its unionized constituents and because of national security concerns, has pressured the company to close down much of its old presence in Seattle and relocate to Illinois. This has caused certain areas of Seattle to decay.Political independence from Washington DC has, however, proven to be a boon for Cascadia's robust technology industry. Companies both foreign and homegrown have sprung up to take advantage of the country's young and tech-savvy work force; a small, but highly experienced venture capital community has underwritten much of the innovation in Cascadian startup companies; most of the foreign investment in Cascadia's tech firms comes from the US state of California, which borders Duckland to the south and has a much larger and deeper venture capital market.Amazon and Microsoft, two of the world's largest tech firms, have benefited from being able to assuage foreign customers' worries about data privacy. and many foreign companies, like Google Inc., Facebook and Oracle have chosen Cascadia to build data centers, capitalizing on tax breaks and North Cascadia's cold, drenching climate to reduce energy costs from cooling. Cascadian independence has also had the effect of tamping down global concerns about an "American-dominated" internet: Much of the internet's infrastructure is now maintained in a country which, although friendly with America, has staunchly opposed the US National Security Agency's electronic surveillance programs. Indeed, Cascadia's sitting Prime Minister, Ron Wyden (who hails from Duckland), was the US Senator who spearheaded congressional resistance to these schemes.SocietyOn the political front, Cascadia is, as you might imagine, rather a progressive country in the same vein as the Nordic countries or the Netherlands. Upon independence, the marijuana trade was legalized and regulated, marriage equality was instituted throughout the country, the old USA's misguided attempts to combat narcotics in a "war on drugs" was dropped, and the social safety net was significantly expanded.The latter of these measures was made necessary in part because while North Cascadia had been one of the most prosperous Canadian provinces, both Huskyland and Duckland had in fact been net importers of tax revenue from the US federal government. Some of this was due to the defense industry's presence in Huskyland, but most of it was due to programs like Medicaid, Welfare, Social Security and VA benefits; with the evaporation of these federal outlays, the two southern regions' middle and working classes suffered a bit. To combat this problem, early in 2015, Prime Minister Wyden, with surprising political backing from luminaries such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Phil Knight, pushed a bill through the House of Commons that raised tax revenues and established a single nationwide health insurance plan, but did away with quite a bit of regulation and totally eliminated import duties. The bill itself is nothing extraordinary, but in the long term it would became symbolic of the new Cascadian nation's relationship with business: As in Scandinavia, Cascadia's government and companies embrace a concept of "stakeholders" value, recognizing that companies' responsibilities extend beyond simply a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders to include labor, the environment, government and the rest of society. Most Cascadians openly acknowledge the benefits of living in a business-friendly welfare state, and do not feel that this impinges unduly on their personal or economic freedoms.Despite their mostly leftist bent, in a constitutional convention, the people of Cascadia voted to protect the right to bear arms. There were three main reasons for this. First, much of Cascadia--just like much of Canada and America--are rural areas with little or no police protection, and large populations of dangerous animals. Second, Cascadia's long history of outdoors lifestyle and hunting meant that there were many guns already within the territory, and thus confiscatory laws were deemed impractical and unjust. Indeed, Cascadia would become an important export market for American and European gun-makers, and a prime destination for hunters from around the world seeking moose, deer, bear and wolf (the latter having been reintroduced by the previous Canadian government, much to the dismay of North Cascadia's ranchers).Among the few nasty traits that society in southern Cascadia inherited from its American heritage is a sharp divide between urban progressives and suburban andrural conservatives. When Huskyland belonged to the US, for example, it was possible to drive a few hours east of Seattle and encounter communities where the old Rebel flag was proudly displayed (although Washington itself had not been around during America's Civil War); upon secession, this defiance continued, with some defiant Huskylanders swapping the Stars & Bars for the Stars and Stripes.[The US flag with 50 stars rather than 48, a symbol of resistance to the Cascadian federation]Support for the Ancien Regime in Duckland and Huskyland remains high in certain places, and in some cases, particularly the east and south, many people think of themselves not as Cascadians, but as Americans. For the time being, these communities feel adequately served by their representation in parliament in Seattle, but only time will tell if their American identity can remain subordinate to loyalty to Cascadia.Military & International RelationsUpon secession, Cascadia inherited formerly American military installations at Ft. Lewis and Bremerton, Huskyland. As a result, it became the third-largest nuclear power on Earth, with roughly 1,000 nuclear warheads deployed aboard 8 ballistic-missile submarines (more than the USA proper). In addition, Cascadia inherited Carrier Strike Group 3, comprising USS John C. Stennis and supporting surface vessels, and a powerful submarine force including all three of the US Navy's Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarines.[CFNS John C. Stennis, the largest ship in the Cascadian Federal Navy]On land, Cascadia inherited a very powerful mechanized force comprising the US Army I Corps. Certain units based at Ft. Lewis were deployed abroad at the time of secssion, in places as varied as Afghanistan, South Korea, Japan, and Germany; Seattle declared, however, that it would not be party to Washington DC's military commitments, however, and so these Lewis-based units were repatriated immediately.Soon after independence, Cascadia came under considerable pressure from the international community to get rid of its nuclear weapons. Because the Cascadian Constitution requires that all matters relating to military deployments, security and trade be ratified by popular referendum, the issue of denuclearization of the Pacific Northwest was put to a vote. The Cascadian people voted overwhelmingly to dispose of their nuclear weapons; but rather than turn them over to the original owner, the United States, the referendum's organizers stipulated that the weapons had to be destroyed. This was done in due course and today the country is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, pledging never to build, obtain or use nuclear weapons, and allowing for international inspection of its nuclear power generation facilities. Although much of the Cascadian Federal Navy is nuclear-powered, it has been decided that these capital ships will be leased for 20 years from the US Navy, after which they will revert to American possession. The Cascadian government's latest defense white paper has set forth requirements for a modest-sized military, with some focus on peacekeeping efforts around the globe, and supplemented at home by an armed citizen militia modeled after that of Switzerland. [2]On the global stage, Cascadia tends to align itself with wealthy, trade-dependent rich countries such as Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and places high emphasis on human rights advocacy. Cascadia's large and liberally-minded community of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese ex-pats (concentrated in wealthy districts of Vancouver) are frequently critical of China, which sometimes causes diplomatic problems. Generally, however, these frictions don't interfere with trade relations: China is heavily dependent on Cascadian goodwill to ensure the flow of Canadian and American timber, fertilizer, coal, natural gas and metals from the interior to the large export terminals in Vancouver and Seattle.What the Future HoldsCascadian prosperity and peace are largely a result of the peaceful secession process it underwent. The progressive nature of Cascadia's society is thanks largely to its economic prosperity, which is built on both abundant natural resources, and many decades' worth of human capital formed through skilled industries. This, in turn, has been possible in no small part thanks to Huskyland and Duckland's previous membership in the United States of America, whose government invests significant resources in infrastructure, law enforcement, court systems and other services to support its constituent states; the US government is also the single largest underwriter of scientific research anywhere on the planet. It is unclear, then, whether the nearly-utopic prosperity of Cascadia could continue without maintaining very close links to America, financially and politically. If America were to impose duties on Cascadian goods and services, for example, Cascadia's economy would suffer significant damage. If Cascadia were to become a high-tax overly restrictive environment for multinational corporations, it is almost certain that the country's standard of living would fall dramatically--America and Canada are right next door, after all, and as a former CEO of ExxonMobil once infamously remarked, businesses do not have nationalities.[1] CIA World Factbook, 2015 Edition; source: Edward Snowden.[2] See: Kyle Murao's answer to Which nations have firearms training for civilians?

This list is a few months old, and is not my work, but it pretty much says everything.Well, here is a short list, I am sure you lefties will poke holes in some of it but at the end of the day, you will see that trump gets more done in a day on the golf course than Obama got done in a year in the Oval Office. Compliments of WOR Radio in NY:The List Of President Trump's Accomplishments So Far | Mark Simone | 710 WOR·(GDP) growth exceeded 3 percent over the last four quarters.·Real GDP grew at annual rates of 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and 4.2 percent in the second quarter.·More than 5 million jobs have been created since President Trump’s election and the unemployment rate remains below 4 percent.·This is the eighth time this year that the unemployment rate has been below 4 percent.·Prior to this year, the unemployment rate had fallen below 4 percent only five times since 1970.·The unemployment rate for African Americans in May fell to 5.9 percent, which is the lowest rate on record.·Asian and Hispanic-American unemployment rates have reached record lows this year.·Initial weekly jobless claims have hit a nearly 50-year low under President Trump.·Under President Trump, job openings outnumber the unemployed for the first time on record.·Recently, more than two-thirds of Americans rated “now” as a good time to find a quality job, tying a record high in a poll by Gallup.·In recent months, workers have seen their largest nominal year over year wage growth in nearly a decade.·In 2017, real median household income rose to a post-recession high.·African-American and Hispanic-American poverty rates reached record lows of 21.2 percent and 18.3 percent, respectively, in 2017.·Since the election, 4.6 million Americans have been lifted off of food stamps.·Consumer confidence has soared under President Trump, recently reaching an 18-year high.·The National Association of Manufacturers’ Outlook Index had the highest annual average in its history over the past year.·Manufacturing added 284,000 jobs in 2018, the most added in a year since 1997·Small Business optimism jumped to a record high under President Trump, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).·The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index broke a 35-year record in August.·President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, ushering in the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history.·More than 6 million workers received tax cut bonuses and benefits.·More than 100 utility companies have announced lower rates.·President Trump signed an executive order establishing the National Council for the American worker.·More than 185 companies and associations have signed our “Pledge to America’s Workers,” promising more than 6.4 million new training and career opportunities.·The President signed legislation that reauthorized the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, making more than $1 billion available for career education programs.·The women’s unemployment rate recently reached its lowest rate in 65 years.·The Small Business Administration lent approximately $500 million more in capital to women-owned businesses in 2017 compared to 2016.·The Administration helped launch the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative, which could leverage more than $1 billion to support women entrepreneurs.ROLLING BACK RED TAPE: President Trump is rolling back costly regulations that have burdened hardworking Americans and stifled innovation.·President Trump’s Administration surpassed the 2:1 ratio in 2018, eliminating 12 regulations for every new one in 2018.·In 2017, the Trump Administration eliminated 22 regulations for every new one.·Since taking office, President Trump’s deregulation efforts have achieved $33 billion in regulatory savings.·In 2018, these efforts alone delivered $23 billion in benefits to American families and business owners.·President Trump has signed 16 Congressional Review Act resolutions into law, eliminating burdensome Obama-era rules and regulations.·President Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which would have harmed America’s economy and cost American workers millions of jobs.·President Trump signed an executive order to streamline the permitting process for infrastructure projects with a goal of cutting approval time from up to 10 years to an average of 2 years.·President Trump signed legislation to roll back burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations that harmed community banks.NEGOTIATING BETTER DEALS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is negotiating fair and balanced trade deals that protect American industries and workers.·President Trump negotiated a new trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to replace the disastrous and outdated North American Free Trade Agreement.·USMCA will incentivize billions of dollars in auto and auto parts production in the United States and create a freer and fairer market for American agriculture.·USMCA also includes the strongest-ever provisions on labor, environmental, digital, and intellectual property protections to reflect the realities of the 21st century economy.·The President renegotiated the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement to preserve and grow jobs in the American auto industry and increase American exports.·The United States and Japan are set to begin negotiations on a United States–Japan Trade Agreement.·President Trump is establishing a new trade relationship with the European Union (EU), working toward the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to transatlantic trade.·President Trump has established a Trade and Investment Working Group to lay the groundwork for post-Brexit trade with the United Kingdom (UK) and has notified Congress of his intent to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK.·This year, President Trump filed a withdrawal notification with the Universal Postal Union, launching a one-year negotiation to secure fair international postal rates for American mailers.·President Trump has expanded market access for American agricultural producers.·Argentina has opened to American pork and beef, Brazil to American beef, Japan to lamb and Idaho chipping potatoes, South Korea to American poultry, and more.·The Administration authorized $12 billion to aid farmers affected by unfair retaliatory tariffs.·The Trump Administration has begun the process to expand the sale of E15, or gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, to year round.·One of the President’s first actions after taking office was withdrawing the United States from the terrible Trans-Pacific Partnership, which incentivized outsourcing.·In 2017, the Administration oversaw 82 antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.·President Trump is holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices, such as the theft of intellectual property, by imposing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods.·Following President Trump’s successful meeting with President Xi in Buenos Aires, both agreed to conduct negotiations over 90 days to address the United States concerns.·American steel and aluminum jobs are coming back following President Trump’s tariffs to protect domestic industries that are vital to national security.·President Trump imposed tariffs to protect American-made washing machines and solar products that were hurt by import surges.UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY:President Trump is rolling back costly and burdensome regulations to unleash America’s incredible energy resources.·After years of stifling regulation under the last Administration, President Trump is unleashing America’s energy potential.·America is the largest crude oil producer in the world and production has hit a record high.·President Trump’s policies are helping to boost American energy exports.·The Administration has streamlined Liquefied Natural Gas terminal permitting.·In 2017, the United States became a net natural gas exporter for the first time in 60 years.·American coal exports increased by more than 60 percent in 2017.·President Trump is expanding access to our country’s abundant natural resources.·The President signed legislation to open up energy exploration in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.·In July 2018, the Department of the Interior announced it would hold the largest oil and gas lease sale in history.·In 2017, the Administration approved construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and the cross border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.·The Administration issued permits for the New Burgos Pipeline that will export American petroleum products to Mexico.·The President has ended the war on coal, cutting Obama-era regulations such as the “Stream Protection Rule” which was estimated to cost industries $81 million a year.·President Trump is replacing the Clean Power Plan, a flawed Obama-era regulation that the Supreme Court ordered halted.·President Trump rescinded the hydraulic fracturing rule, which was expected to cost the oil and gas industry $32 million per year.·The Trump Administration curbed the burdensome Obama-era rule on methane, saving American energy developers hundreds of millions of dollars in regulatory costs.EXPANDING OPTIONS FOR QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE:President Trump is expanding access to affordable healthcare choices and taking action to lower drug prices.·President Trump’s Administration is working to provide Americans with affordable alternatives to Obamacare.·The Administration expanded short-term, limited duration health insurance plans that are expected to be nearly 50 percent cheaper than unsubsidized Obamacare plans.·President Trump has expanded association health plans, allowing more employers to join together across State lines and affordably offer coverage to their employees.·The Administration proposed a reform to Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) regulations that will give consumers more freedom to purchase benefits that fit their needs.·Roughly 800,000 employers are expected to provide HRAs for more than 10 million employees once the rule finalized.·Americans have more healthcare freedom thanks to the President signing legislation that ended Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty.·While healthcare premiums had been steadily increasing as a result of Obamacare, the average benchmark exchange premium will decline for the first time in 2019 thanks to President Trump’s policies.·Next year, Americans will benefit from more insurer participation on the exchanges.·Medicare Advantage plans offer more benefit options than ever before, and average premiums in 2019 will be 6 percent lower than in 2018.·President Trump launched an unprecedented campaign to drive down drug prices, leading more than a dozen drug manufactures to enact price freezes, reductions, or rollbacks.·In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a record number of generic drugs, breaking the previous record set by the Administration in 2017.·The FDA’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 generic drug approvals are expected to bring nearly $9 billion in savings in 2017 alone.·President Trump signed legislation eliminating contractual gag clauses that stopped pharmacists from informing patients about lower drug prices.·The President put forth an initiative to stop global freeloading that drives up prices for American patients.·The Administration provided Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans with new negotiating tools to drive down drug costs for American patients.·The Administration implemented reforms to the amount Medicare pays hospitals for drugs that are purchased under the 340B program, saving seniors $320 million in 2018.·President Trump signed “Right to Try” legislation to expand access to experimental treatments for terminally ill patients.FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE CRISIS NEXT DOOR: President Trump mobilized his entire Administration to combat the opioid crisis that has devastated communities across the country.·President Trump launched an Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand, introducing new measures to confront the driving forces behind this crisis.·The President signed the landmark SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the largest and most comprehensive legislative package addressing a single drug crisis in history.·The President helped secure a record $6 billion in funding to fight the opioid epidemic.·The Administration provided more than $2 billion in grants in 2018 to help States, territories, tribes, and local communities prevent and treat opioid abuse.·The Administration pursued scientific solutions to prevent and treat addiction through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative.·The President launched a national public awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction and youth opioid usage.·Last year, President Trump created a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which recommends ways to tackle the opioid crisis.·The Administration declared the opioid crisis a nationwide Public Health Emergency in 2017.·President Trump is working to cut off the flow of deadly opioids into our country and to disrupt the networks that distribute them to our communities.·The Administration secured first-ever indictments against Chinese nationals for fentanyl trafficking.·The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a surge to target fentanyl and heroin dealers in the districts with the most severe overdose death rates.·The DOJ formed a Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team and shut down the biggest Darknet distributor of drugs.·Last year, the DOJ announced the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, arresting more than 120 defendants with opioid-related crimes.·The President launched a Safer Prescribing Plan that seeks to cut nationwide opioid prescription fills by one-third within three years.·The Administration has led four National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days, collecting a record-breaking 1,837 tons of expired and unneeded prescription drugs.STANDING UP FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND PROTECTING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: The President is committed to defending the right to life and religious liberty.·Shortly after taking office, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy.·President Trump defunded a United Nations (UN) agency for colluding with China’s brutal program of forced abortion and sterilization.·The Administration withdrew guidance that constrained State’s ability to exclude family-planning providers that provide abortion services from the Medicaid program.·The Trump Administration proposed new regulations to ensure Title X family planning funding does not go to projects that perform, support, or refer patients for abortion.·The Trump Administration issued regulations establishing new or expanded exemptions from the Obamacare contraceptive mandate based on religious beliefs or moral convictions.·In 2017, the President issued an executive order to promote free speech and religious liberty.KEEPING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SAFE: President Trump has made clear that his first responsibility is to protect the safety and security of Americans.·Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows violent crime decreased under President Trump’s watch in 2017, following two consecutive years of increases.·United States Attorneys indicted the most violent criminals on record last year.·Last year, the DOJ announced nearly $100 million in grant funding to hire hundreds of additional law enforcement officers.·President Trump is cracking down on the vile MS-13 gang that has brought violence to communities across the country.·In 2017, the DOJ worked with international partners to arrest and charge approximately 4,000 MS-13 members.·Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations arrested nearly 800 MS-13 members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the prior year.·President Trump signed an executive order to restore State and local law enforcement’s access to surplus equipment that can be used to help keep our communities safe.·President Trump enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods program.·The DOJ announced the creation of the National Public Safety Partnership in 2017, launching a cooperative initiative with cities to reduce violent crime.·President Trump signed legislation to improve the Federal firearm background check system and keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals.·President Trump signed the First Step Act, which includes bipartisan reforms to make our Federal justice system fairer and our communities safer.·The First Step Act will help prepare inmates to successfully rejoin society, reducing recidivism and improving community safety.·This legislation includes commonsense sentencing reforms that will make our Federal justice system fairer while keeping violent criminals and sex offenders off our streets.ENFORCING OUR LAWS AND SECURING OUR BORDERS: From the first day of his Administration, President Trump has worked to uphold the rule of law and secure our borders.·President Trump released an immigration framework that would fix our broken immigration system through merit-based reform and provide the resources needed to secure our border.·This includes closing the legal loopholes that enable illegal immigration, ending chain migration, and eliminating the visa lottery.·President Trump secured funding to begin building the wall and construction has already begun in areas along the southern border.·President Trump deployed the military to assist in securing the southern border.·President Trump and his Administration took action to require aliens seeking asylum to go to a port of entry to make their claim.·Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 17,256 criminals and 1,019 gang members in FY 2018.·ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 158,581 aliens in FY 2018, an 11 percent increase from FY 2017.·90 percent of those arrested had criminal convictions, pending charges, or had been issued final orders of removal.·ICE ERO increased removals by 13 percent in FY 2018 to 256,086, the majority of whom were convicted criminals.·Removals of convicted criminal aliens increased by 14 percent from FY 2017.·Nearly 6,000 known or suspected gang members were removed in FY 2018, a 9 percent increase from FY 2017.·The Department of Justice prosecuted a record number of criminal immigration offenses in FY 2018, and increased the number of prosecutions for illegal entry by 84 percent over FY 2017.·Immigration courts are now completing more cases than at any point since 2011·President Trump kept his promise by launching the office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.·The Administration has more than doubled the number of jurisdictions participating in the 287(g) program, which enables State and local law enforcement to aid immigration enforcement.·President Trump has made our country safer by ordering the enhanced vetting of individuals entering from countries that do not meet our security standards.·These procedures were upheld in a June 2018 Supreme Court ruling.REBUILDING AMERICA’S MILITARY FORCE: President Trump is rebuilding our military and defending America’s interests across the world.·President Trump ended the devastating defense cuts of the past Administration and has secured historic investments to rebuild our military.·President Trump signed legislation providing $700 billion for defense in FY 2018 and $716 billion in FY 2019.·President Trump is supporting America’s men and women in uniform, securing the largest military pay raise in nearly a decade.·The President issued a new National Security Strategy to keep America safe from all threats.·The Administration has also released new strategies specific to cybersecurity, biodefense, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction terrorism.·President Trump directed the first whole-of-government assessment of United States manufacturing and defense supply chains since the Eisenhower Administration.·President Trump initiated the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, improving United States deterrence policy and existing capabilities to counter nuclear threats.·President Trump empowered our military commanders with broad authority in order to take the fight to ISIS, and the results are clear.·ISIS has lost nearly all of its territory, more than half of which has been liberated since President Trump took office.·All of ISIS’ territory in Iraq was successfully liberated.·ISIS’ self-proclaimed capital city Raqqah has been recaptured.·ISIS’ territorial caliphate has been defeated and President Trump has announced that he is bringing America’s troops in Syria home.·President Trump announced a new Iran strategy to confront all of Iran’s malign activities and withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran nuclear deal.·All sanctions that had been lifted or waived under the Iran deal have been reimposed.·The Administration has sanctioned more than 160 individuals tied to the regime’s support of terrorism, ballistic missile program, human rights abuses, and more.·President Trump took decisive military action to respond to the barbaric use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime.·President Trump directed strikes in response to the regime’s chemical weapons attacks in April 2017 and April 2018.·The Trump Administration has also rolled out sanctions targeting those tied to Syria’s chemical weapons program.·President Trump is strengthening America’s cyber defense and directed the elevation of the United States Cyber Command into a major warfighting command.·The President announced that the Department of Defense will work to create a Space Force to serve as an independent branch of the United States military.RESTORING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ABROAD: President Trump is restoring American leadership on the world stage and advancing an America first agenda.·President Trump held an historic summit with Chairman Kim Jong-Un, bringing beginnings of peace and denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula.·Since the summit, the leaders have exchanged letters and high-level officials from both countries have met.·Because of the President’s actions, North Korea has halted nuclear and missile tests.·The remains of POW/MIA service members from the Korean War are being returned to the United States.·Prior to the summit, President Trump’s leadership helped secure the passage of historic UN sanctions on North Korea.·President Trump followed through on his promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American embassy there.·President Trump withdrew the United States from the UN Human Rights Council due to its bias against Israel.·The Administration made clear that it does not accept the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over Americans and will continue to protect America’s sovereignty.·President Trump has successfully advocated for cutting waste at the UN.·Changes made to the organization’s structure allowed the UN to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from their budget, while making the organization more efficient.·The President’s leadership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has encouraged members to increase their defense spending and realign the Alliance’s priorities.·In 2017 alone, there was an increase of more than 4.8 percent in defense spending among NATO allies.·President Trump convinced the Alliance to strengthen counterterrorism activities, and NATO formally joined the coalition to defeat ISIS.·President Trump’s Administration is working to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific through investments and partnerships.·President Trump has imposed tough sanctions on the corrupt regimes in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.·President Trump has taken tough action to combat Russia’s malign activities, including Russia’s efforts to undermine United States elections.·The Administration has imposed sanctions on more than 200 individuals and entities related to Russia’s destabilizing activities.·The Trump Administration has enhanced support for Ukraine’s defense by stepping up sales of weapons to its military.·The Trump Administration has secured the release of numerous American citizens held abroad, including Pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey, Josh Holt from Venezuela, and more.·President Trump attended G20 summits in Argentina and Germany, where he promoted American First policies and encouraged closer cooperation.·In 2017, President Trump conducted tours through Asia to promote America’s interests.HONORING AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO OUR VETERANS: President Trump is honoring America’s commitment to our veterans by ensuring they receive the quality care they have earned.·President Trump secured a record $73.1 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide quality medical care for our veterans.·This funding included $8.6 billion for mental health services, $400 million for opioid abuse prevention, $206 million for suicide prevention, and more.·The President signed the VA MISSION Act, revolutionizing that VA healthcare system and reforming numerous services for our veterans.·This legislation will consolidate and reform existing programs to give eligible veterans better access to healthcare providers in their communities.·Thanks to this legislation, eligible veterans will have access to walk-in community clinics that offer immediate, local care.·President Trump and his Administration have expanded access to telehealth services for veterans, including through the “Anywhere to Anywhere” VA health care initiative.·President Trump issued an executive order requiring the Administration to improve access to mental health treatment and suicide prevention resources for veterans.·President Trump signed the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, making it easier to fire failing employees and protect whistleblowers.·Under President Trump, the VA has removed, demoted, or suspended more than 4,300 employees for poor performance.·President Trump signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, streamlining the process used by veterans when appealing benefits claims.·President Trump fulfilled his promise to create a new White House VA Hotline to provide veterans with 24/7 support.·The VA is providing veterans with online access to wait time and quality of care data.·The President signed the Forever GI Bill, providing veterans, service members, and their families with enhanced education benefits.·Last year, programs at the VA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development helped more than 51,000 veterans find permanent housing and access supportive services.TRANSFORMING GOVERNMENT: President Trump has followed through on his pledge to transform the Federal Government and increase accountability and transparency.·President Trump’s Administration submitted a plan to reorganize the executive branch in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness.·In a historic show of transparency and accountability, the Trump Administration completed the Department of Defense’s first ever audit.·The President implemented a five-year ban on lobbying for White House employees and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign countries.·Each quarter since taking office, President Trump has donated his salary, fulfilling a promise he made to the American people.·President Trump is reshaping our Federal judiciary, appointing judges who will follow the Constitution as written.·The President has appointed Circuit Court judges at a record pace.·President Trump has appointed two Supreme Court justices, Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.3.8k views · View Upvoters