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- Main article: Donald Trump achievements
This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by U.S. President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congress related to the military, United States national security, and anti-terrorism actions.
For national security actions directly related to U.S. trade policy, see Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy. For national security actions directly related to immigration and border security, see Donald Trump achievements: Immigration and border security.
Contents
2017
It was observed relatively early in his presidency that President Trump had developed a strong position on fighting terrorism, making good on his campaign promises.[1] It was reported in June 2017 that public trust in the Trump Administration in protecting the nation from terrorism increased to 70%, up from 55% in 2015.[2] Due to the policies of President Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, the U.S. had made major gains against ISIS in Iraq, Syria,[3] and Afghanistan by the first year of Trump's presidency, and it oversaw the first steps of military expansion.[4] President Trump's strategy on defeating ISIS differed from that of Obama's,[5] and gains against ISIS increased during the Trump Administration.[6] By the end of 2017, ISIS lost 98% of the terrirtory it once held, and most of its losses occurred during the Trump Administration.[7] On December 9, 2017, Iraq declared final victory over ISIS.[8] President Trump's first year in office coincided with a nearly 25% decrease in worldwide terrorist attacks and their deadliness compared to the previous year.[9]
President Trump had several former military generals in his administration and relied on them substantially for advice.[10] The Department of Homeland Security gained influence during Trump's presidency.[11] Secretary Mattis also put his effort into increasing and maintaining military effectiveness and fiscal responsibility.[12] National security was one of the areas that President Trump prioritized when making political appointments, as seen by the fact that by December 2017, he was ahead of the Obama Administration in filling Defense Department positions despite being behind overall.[13]
Legislation signed, 2017
- H.R. 244, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2017, and funded the government through September 30, 2017, expanded military spending by about $21 billion without an identical increase in domestic spending and fulfilled several of the military's requests.[14]
Executive actions, 2017
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to the U.S. military:
- January 27, 2017—President Trump signed a memorandum to begin the expansion and rebuilding of the U.S. military.[17]
- February 3, 2017—The Trump Administration and Lockheed Martin reached a tentative deal that would purchase 90 F-35 jets at the lowest price in the program's history.[18] The first 90 planes were about $725 million below budget, with billions of more dollars of savings expected, and it saved at least one U.S. ally, Japan, $100 million.[19]
- June 30, 2017—The Department of Defense announced it would delay an Obama Administration plan to have the military recruit transgender people for six months in order to ensure the military's readiness would not be affected by the change.[20] On July 26, 2017, President Trump announced he would reverse Obama's policy and disallow transgender people from serving in the military.[21] President Trump formally signed an order banning transgenders from joining the military on August 25, 2017.[22] President Trump signed a final order on March 23, 2018, that banned transgender individuals from military service but with certain exceptions.[23]
- The Trump Administration gave wider powers to the Department of Defense than it had under Obama.[24] In April 2017, President Trump gave Mattis authority to set troop levels in Iraq and Syria for the fight against ISIS,[25] and it gave military commanders authority to perform military actions without approval from Washington.[26] The U.S. military made large advances against ISIS under their autonomy.[27] In June 2017, the Trump Administration authorized the Defense Department to set troop levels in Afghanistan,[28] and in October 2017, it relaxed the rules of engagement for its troops in the country by ending a requirement for soldiers to be in contact with the enemy before opening fire.[29] The expanded authority given to the military could also be seen in U.S. operations in Somalia.[30]
- July 21, 2017—Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered a department-wide review of its military training requirements, particularly that which is irrelevant to actual warfighting such as political correctness exercises, in order to make the military more effective and lethal.[31]
- July 2017—Defense Secretary Mattis took a strong stance on reducing waste in the military when he criticized a program that spent tens of millions of dollars on camouflage uniforms that turned out to be ineffective.[32]
- President Trump elevated the Department of Defense's Cyber Command to the status of Unified Combatant Command, showing the Trump Administration's increased focus on cyber security.[33]
- It was reported in October 2017 that the Department of Defense had stopped using resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization, for training on extremism.[34]
- December 7, 2017—The Department of Defense announced it would begin its first-ever agency-wide financial audit.[35] The Pentagon completed and released the audit in November 2018.[36]
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to U.S. national security:
- March 21, 2017—The DHS instituted an electronics ban on 10 foreign airports for flights into the U.S.[37] Due to this ban, many of the affected airports[38] and airlines[39] improved their screening methods enough to remove them from the list. The laptop ban was lifted from all ten airports by July 20, 2017, when all the airports met the DHS's first phase of new security measures.[40]
- May 11, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order to review U.S. cyber security and hold the various federal departments accountable for ensuring the protection of valuable information.[41]
- May 11, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order creating a commission, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence and vice-chaired by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, to review the extent of voter fraud and suppression in the United States.[42] On January 3, 2018, President Trump dissolved the commission due to its work being slowed down by many Democrat lawsuits, and he ordered the DHS to conduct the investigation into voter fraud instead.[43] Despite this, the DHS announced it would not be taking up the investigation.[44]
- June 28, 2017—The DHS announced new measures to increase security in international airports an to protect flights to the U.S. from terrorist attacks.[45]
- July 11, 2017—The Trump Administration limited the governmental use of Kaspersky Lab software due to suspicions that the Russian government was using it for cyber espionage.[46] The Trump Administration ordered the full removal of the software from government computers in September 2017.[47] On December 12, 2017, President Trump signed into law a ban on Kaspersky Lab software in the U.S. government.[48]
- July 21, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order requiring a government-wide review of the U.S. defense industry and supply change in order to improve national security, described as one of the most significant such reviews since Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency.[49] On October 5, 2018, the Trump Administration released the review's findings and took actions based on those findings.[50]
- September 13, 2017—The Trump Administration blocked the purchase of a U.S. superconductor maker firm to a Chinese company supported by the nation's government.[51] This was the fourth time in 27 years that a U.S. president had blocked a foreign takeover of an American company.[52]
- October 13, 2017—The Department of Defense instituted increased security vetting measures for the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program letting noncitizens serve in the U.S. military in exchange for expedited citizenship.[53]
- October 16, 2017—The DHS ordered all federal agencies to adopt measures to increase their cybersecurity for their email and websites.[54]
- October 26, 2017—The Trump Administration instituted tougher security screenings for people flying to the U.S.[55]
- December 18, 2017—President Trump released his national security strategy,[56] something which he – unlike his predecessors – was able to complete within his first year in office.[57] While the strategy continued to promote several of the globalist ideas of Trump's predecessors – something which pleased "Never Trump" globalists[58] – the NSS also promoted several conservative policies. The Trump Administration applied its "America First" philosophy in the strategy, and it emphasized economic prosperity and border security.[59] It also emphasized trade.[60] The Trump Administration also took a strong stance on immigration, border security, and national sovereignty in the strategy, and these issues were placed prominently in the document.[61][62] In the strategy, the Trump Administration rejected the Obama Administration's emphasis on promoting democracy and human rights, and it reversed the Obama Administration's decision to list climate change as a national security threat,[57][59][62][63] even suggesting that the climate change lobby is a national security threat.[64] Unlike the Obama Administration's NSS, the Trump Administration emphasized Islamic terrorism, called it out by name, and noted their desire to force others to follow Sharia law,[62][65] and it argued against the notion that Israel is to blame for problems in the Middle East.[66] The Trump NSS also took a tough stance on China.[67] The strategy was the first NSS to call for protecting the U.S. electric and power grid from an EMP attack.[68] President Trump criticized previous American leaders in his speech announcing his strategy, stating that "They lost sight of America's destiny, and they lost their belief in American greatness. They surrendered our sovereignty to foreign bureaucrats in far away and distant capitals."[69]
- December 20, 2017—President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to increase the production of important minerals that the U.S. is dependent on Chinese and Russian imports for, in order to reduce U.S. dependence on the countries.[70]
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to anti-terrorism actions and operations:
- April 13, 2017—Under the increased autonomy President Trump gave the Defense Department,[71] the U.S. dropped a GBU-43B (also known as MOAB or the "Mother Of All bombs"), the largest non-nuclear bomb in existence at 21,000 pounds on a complex of Islamic State tunnels in Afghanistan. Although tested in 2003, the bomb had never been used in combat before.[72] It caused much damage,[73][74] being estimated to have killed at least 94 ISIS fighters, including four commanders – no civilians were killed.[75] It also destroyed several of the tunnels as well as weapon stockpiles.[76][77] The attack was reported as having dealt a heavy blow to ISIS's Afghanistan branch.[78]
- Unlike former President Obama, the State Department under President Trump described the Afghanistan Taliban as a terrorist organization without hesitation.[79]
- May 26, 2017—President Trump made clear his stance against terrorism in a statement wishing Muslims a joyful Ramadan.[80] President Trump did not hold a Ramadan dinner, breaking the annual tradition held since Bill Clinton's presidency, and instead issued a statement greeting Muslims for Eid al-Fitr on June 24, 2017.[81][82] Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also refused to host a Ramadan event at the State Department.[83]
- June 25, 2017—It was reported that the DHS defunded several Islamic organizations supported by the Obama Administration and that were set to be funded under it.[82]
- In July 2017, DHS Secretary Kelly was able to get the head of the DHS Office for Community Partnerships to resign, symbolizing the shift in strategy from the Obama Administration in countering Islamic radicalism.[84]
- The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against Islamic terrorists in Somalia beginning in early November 2017.[85] One of these airstrikes, conducted against al-Shabab on November 21, 2017, killed over 100 militants alone.[86] Another airstrike, also carried out against al-Shabab on December 12, 2017, removed what the U.S. military called "an imminent threat to the people of Mogadishu."[87]
Failures, 2017
Many of these failures and setbacks to the MAGA agenda, if not all of them, were caused by Congress or officials in the Trump Administration, rather than President Trump himself:
- Although President Trump did not proclaim the month of June, in 2017, as "LGBT Pride month,"[88] the Pentagon continued its annual "LGBT pride celebration."[89] Despite this, the Department of Defense delayed an Obama Administration plan to open up the military to transgender recruits.[20]
2018
Secretary of Defense James Mattis took a more visible role in the Trump Administration in 2018,[90] and he helped advance the Trump agenda on several fronts.[91] According to Mattis, the Defense Department began focusing on countering Russia and China, "strategic competitors" of the U.S., rather than the War on Terror.[92] As an indication of the Trump Administration's successful fight against ISIS,[93] the U.S. deactivated its command in charge of American ground operations against the terrorist organization.[94] According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Trump Administration also ended the Obama Administration's "downward trend in U.S. military spending."[95] The Trump Administration took numerous actions to protect U.S. election security and national security from Russia,[96] massively increased spending for espionage activities against Russia, China, and North Korea, among other intelligence operations.[97] By 2018, President Trump had made some moves to promote reforming Islam to eradicate its radical elements.[98] The Trump Administration worked to develop new low-yield nuclear weapons.[99]
Legislation signed, 2018
- February 9, 2018—President Trump signed a government funding bill that allowed for increasing military spending by $165 billion over two years.[100]
- March 23, 2018—President Trump reluctantly signed[101] an omnibus spending bill because it contained a massive military spending increase, with nearly $700 billion allotted to the military plus another $10 billion for military construction projects.[102]
- August 13, 2018—President Trump signed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act into law,[103] which, among other reforms, banned the U.S. government from using products from the Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei, strengthened the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), took measures to counter Chinese government influence in domestic U.S. society, and allowed Defense Secretary Mattis to waive sanctions on countries that had bought Russian weapons in the past but now wanted to buy American weapons.[104] While the bill took a tough stance on China, some of its measures were more lenient than originally proposed.[104]
- September 28, 2018—President Trump signed a spending bill substantially increasing military spending to $674 billion, making it the first time in 10 years that Congress passed such a bill before the beginning of the new fiscal year.[105]
- November 16, 2018—President Trump signed a bill into law making the DHS the most important agency for cybersecurity and organizing the agency's cybersecurity division.[106]
Executive actions, 2018
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to the U.S. military:
- February 14, 2018—The Defense Department announced a new policy to remove service members who have been undeployable for over 12 months, with certain exceptions – when the policy was announced, nearly 300,000 service members, or about 14% of U.S. forces, were undeployable.[107]
- March 23, 2018—President Trump signed an order banning transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military except in "limited circumstances."[23] On January 22, 2019, the Supreme Court allowed the ban to temporarily go into effect pending hearings in lower courts.[108]
- May 4, 2018—The U.S. Navy announced it would recreate the Second Fleet in response to increased Russian activity in the north Atlantic Ocean.[109] The fleet was formally re-established on August 24, 2018.[110]
- June 2018—The Department of Defense did not issue a memo commemorating LGBT Pride Month, a change from previous years.[111]
- June 18, 2018—President Trump announced he was directing the Department of Defense to begin the process of creating a new "space force" as a co-equal sixth branch of the military.[112] On August 9, 2018, Vice President Mike Pence announced the Trump Administration's plans to establish the Space Force.[113]
- June 2018—The U.S. Army issued several service-wide memorandums to improve readiness training, which among other changes made formerly mandatory training on political correctness issues, such as transgender and drug abuse training, optional.[114] Early the next month, the Army revealed an updated and improved fitness test, the first time it had been updated since the 1980s,[115] and roughly the same time, it moved forward in completing the largest reorganization of the department in 45 years, establishing its Army Futures Command.[116] The Army took other steps in 2018 to improve its training and readiness.[117]
- September 17, 2018—Secretary Mattis issued a memo ordering the Air Force and Navy to make 80% of their aircraft mission-capable in one year.[118]
- November 15, 2018—The Pentagon completed and released its first-ever department-wide audit.[36]
- December 18, 2018—President Trump signed a memorandum officially creating a U.S. space command.[119]
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to U.S. national security:
- January 19, 2018—The Department of Defense released its National Defense Strategy, which shifted its strategic focus away from the main focus on counterterrorism adopted by previous administrations and toward effectively countering the threats posed by nation states – such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.[120] The strategy took a significantly harder line on China compared to the Obama Administration,[121] and it emphasized the need for U.S. allies to pay a greater share for their defense to reduce the U.S.'s burden.[122] Additionally, the strategy removed climate change as a security threat.[123]
- January 30, 2018—President Trump signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp open – reversing an order signed by Obama in 2009.[124] As stated in the order, on May 2, 2018, the Pentagon announced that Defense Secretary Mattis had sent new criteria to the White House for when to send individuals to Guantanamo.[125]
- February 2, 2018—The Trump Administration released its Nuclear Posture Review, which called for expanding U.S. nuclear capabilities and developing low-yield nuclear weapons in order to counter Russia and, to a lesser extent, China, Iran, and North Korea.[126]
- February 15, 2018—The Securities and Exchange Commission blocked a Chinese attempt to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange.[127]
- March 12, 2018—President Trump blocked Broadcom, a Singapore-based microchip company, from taking over Qualcomm, an American company, due to national security reasons.[128]
- April 16, 2018—The Commerce Department instituted a seven-year ban on the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp. for not punishing employees who violated U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea, banning American companies from selling parts to it.[129] In May 2018, the Defense Department banned stores on its military bases from selling products made by ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. due to concerns that those products could be used to spy on American servicemen.[130] On May 7, 2018, however, the Commerce Department announced it had reached an agreement with ZTE to lift its ban in exchange for a $1 billion fine and hiring a compliance team selected by the U.S. government,[131] and the ban was officially lifted on July 13, 2018.[132]
- June 20, 2018—NASA, working with the White House, released a new plan to protect the Earth from nearby asteroids.[133]
- April 17, 2018—The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to ban wireless carriers from using federal subsidies to buy from companies determined to pose a national security threat.[134]
- July 2, 2018—The Trump Administration moved to block China Mobile from expanding operations to the U.S., recommending the FCC to reject its application.[135]
- July 31, 2018—The DHS announced the creation of the National Risk Management Center to help protect the private sector from cyber threats.[136]
- August 15, 2018—President Trump signed an order reversing an Obama-era directive limiting how the U.S. can launch cyber attacks against foreign nations.[137] On September 20, 2018, the Trump Administration announced it had implemented a new national cyber strategy.[138]
- September 12, 2018—President Trump signed an executive order authorizing sanctions on any foreign individual or entity believed by the U.S. government to have meddled in U.S. elections.[139]
- September 18, 2018—It was reported that the DOJ had ordered two Chinese state media companies to register as foreign agents.[140]
- September 18, 2018—President Trump signed a memorandum ordering a new comprehensive biodefense strategy.[141]
- October 5, 2018—The Trump Administration released a report discussing vulnerabilities in the U.S. defense industry, including reliance on foreign rivals such as China or susceptibility to hacking, and President Trump and his administration took steps to counter those vulnerabilities.[50]
- October 9, 2018—The DHS took its first steps to protect the U.S. from an EMP attack, releasing an initial plan on the topic.[142]
- October 11, 2018—The Trump Administration enacted restrictions on nuclear technology exports to China in order to prevent the country from using those exports to strengthen its military.[143]
- October 24, 2018—Defense Secretary Mattis issued a memo creating a task force to find ways to protect the U.S. defense supply chain and prevent China, Russia, and other enemies from stealing important technologies.[144]
- October 29, 2018—Citing national security concerns, the Commerce Department restricted U.S. exports to a Chinese semiconductor company.[145]
- November 1, 2018—Attorney General Sessions announced the creation of a new DOJ initiative to crack down on Chinese espionage and its economic theft of intellectual property.[146]
The Trump Administration made several achievements related to anti-terrorism actions and operations:
- January 20, 2018—During a partial government shutdown, the U.S. military showed its strength by launching several airstrikes that killed about 150 Islamic State fighters in Syria.[147]
- March 2018—The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on al-Qaeda terrorists in southern Libya for the first time ever,[148] killing a high-ranking al-Qaeda terrorist.[149]
- June 6, 2018—When hosting his first Ramadan (or Iftar) dinner, President Trump disinvited Muslim organizations tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, something in contrast to Obama when he hosted the dinners.[150]
- October 4, 2018—The Trump Administration released its counterterrorism strategy, the first one since 2011.[151] The strategy strongly differed from the Obama Administration's policies,[152] and it emphasized targeting "radical Islamic terrorist groups."[153]
- The U.S. military continued conducting airstrikes against al-Shabab in Somalia, and one notable airstrike in October 2018 killed 60 militants without any known civilian casualties.[154] The U.S. later announced that it killed 62 al-Shabab militants in several airstrikes on December 15–16, 2018.[155]
Proclamations, 2018
- September 11, 2018—In his proclamation commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks, President Trump condemned the "radical Islamist terrorists" who conducted the attacks.[156]
Other achievements, 2018
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:
- Even when President Trump disbanded the voter fraud commission he created the previous year because of its ineffectiveness due to numerous left-wing lawsuits, he voiced his strong support for voter ID legislation.[157]
- The Trump Administration significantly increased its use of attributing cyberattacks to specific countries, rather than withholding the culprit's identity, compared to the Obama Administration. In eight years, the latter blamed the government of four countries for cyber attacks while the Trump Administration had blamed six by April 19, 2018.[158]
2019
Among other actions, the Trump Administration continued working to develop low-yield nuclear weapons.[159] Contrary to much of the mainstream media's coverage of President Trump's criticism of intelligence agencies, he respected those agencies while Obama politicized them during his presidency.[160]
Executive actions, 2019
- January 1, 2019—President Trump and the U.S. government announced that an airstrike carried out on this day killed Jamal al-Badawi, a terrorist tied to the attack on the USS Cole in 2000.[161]
- January 16, 2019—President Trump signed four memorandums to strengthen the U.S. defense supply base.[162]
- January 17, 2019—President Trump unveiled the administration's Missile Defense Review, the first such review since 2010.[163]
- January 19, 2019—The U.S. announced it killed 52 al-Shabab members in an airstrike.[164]
- February 1, 2019—The Energy Department issued a memo stating it would ban its personnel, including its scientists, from participating in foreign talent-recruitment programs sponsored by "sensitive" countries such as China in order to protect U.S. national security.[165]
References
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- Chenery, Ellysa (October 19, 2017). Trump’s DHS Moves to Increase Border Protection and Crack Down on Illegal Immigrants. Western Journalism. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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- Fabian, Jordan (May 5, 2017). Trump signs spending bill to avoid shutdown. The Hill. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- Wong, Kristina (May 1, 2017). Congress Unveils Bill That Includes Boost in Defense Spending. Breitbart News. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- Judson, Jen (May 5, 2017). How did the Army’s wish lists fare in final budget deal? Defense News. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
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- Ciaccia, Chris (July 19, 2017). Take a look at the USS Gerald R. Ford, America's new $13B aircraft carrier. Fox News. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- Wong, Kristina (July 11, 2017). President Trump Closer to 12-Carrier Navy Goal with USS Gerald R. Ford’s Commissioning. Breitbart News. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- Wong, Kristina (July 26, 2017). Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier is First to Have Gender-Neutral Bathrooms. Breitbart News. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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- Trump Helps Commission New Warship, Says Vessel Sends ‘Message to the World’. Voice of America. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- Boyer, Dave (July 22, 2017). Trump commissions USS Gerald R. Ford, calls on Congress to boost defense spending. The Washington Times. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- Manchester, Julia (July 22, 2017). Trump promises change from 'very, very bad' time for military. The Hill. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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- Mora, Edwin (January 27, 2017). Trump Signs Order to Rebuild Military After Mattis Takes Oath of Office. Breitbart News. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- Miller, S.A. (January 27, 2017). Trump takes action to rebuild military, start 'extreme vetting' at border. The Washington Times. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- Hagen, Lisa (January 27, 2017). Trump signs directive spurring 'great rebuilding' of armed forces. The Hill. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- Brook, Tom Vanden; Korte, Gregory (January 27, 2017). Trump signs orders on rebuilding military and 'extreme vetting'. USA Today. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- Herb, Jeremy (January 27, 2017). Trump order sets military buildup in motion. Politico. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
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- Pentagon strikes new F-35 deal with Lockheed after Trump involvement. Fox News. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- Lockheed trims costs for F-35, most expensive plane ever. Breitbart News. February 3, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- Pentagon Chief Orders Review of F-35 Fighter Program. Breitbart News'. January 29, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
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- Davis, Jack (April 25, 2017). Trump: F-35 Cost Reductions Helped An American Ally Save Money. Western Journalism. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- Mitchell, Ellen (April 21, 2017). Lockheed CEO: Trump 'absolutely' contributed to F-35 savings. The Hill. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Multiple references:
- Munro, Neil (June 30, 2017). Pentagon Halts Obama’s Transgender Endorsement Plan. Breitbart News. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
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