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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Trump is neither republican or democrat, he is Trump and he is shaking things up from the normal bullshit that we are sooo use to, that's his thing and he's good at it. It's like Ross Perot in the sense that if he became president, everything would change, and that's what Obama promised and never delivered.
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Obama sucks, blah blah blah, nothing has changed, blah blah blah, death and sorrow and sadness, etc.....
Here's just some of what he has done:
Within his first week, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse.
Executive Order -- Economy in Government Contracting | whitehouse.gov
Created the post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more efficient to save the federal government money.
Obama Names Chief Performance Officer : NPR
On his first full day, he froze White House salaries.
MSNBC: news, video and progressive community. Lean Forward.
He appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT spending.
CIO Council - Chief Information Officers Council
He signed the Democratic-sponsored Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act,
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Prevented a Bush Depression and Improved the Economy
Signed an order banning gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the Executive Branch.
http://bit.ly/fsBACN
Ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money.
http://huff.to/eAi9Qq
passed Dodd-Frank, one of the largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression.
http://bit.ly/hWCPg0http://bit.ly/geHpcD
By signing Dodd-Frank legislation, created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
http://1.usa.gov/j5onG
Created rules that reduce the influence of speculators in the oil market.
http://bit.ly/MDnA1t
Established a Consumer Protection Financial Bureau designed to protect consumers from financial sector excesses.
http://bit.ly/fnTayj
Enhanced Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination
Extended benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
http://1.usa.gov/g2RLCj
Appointed more openly gay officials than anyone in history.
http://bit.ly/g1lA7D
Appointed first openly transgender Cabinet Official in History.
http://bit.ly/58zUp7
Made it illegal for federal contractors with more than $1 million in contracts to force employees into arbitration to settle workplace discrimination accusations.
http://1.usa.gov/V54qY3
Created new rules to improve fair housing rules and make more affordable housing available to more people.
http://cnn.it/1JcR3qB
Negotiated the framework for an agreement with Iran that would end their nuclear weapons program.
http://bit.ly/1y5aD97
Created a comprehensive new strategy for dealing with the international nuclear threat.
http://1.usa.gov/gDX1nE
Authorized a $1.4 billion reduction in Star Wars program in 2010.
http://1.usa.gov/gLFZl2
Restarted nuclear nonproliferation talks and built up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols to where they had been before Bush.
http://lat.ms/gkcl3i
Took steps to severely weaken al Qaeda and limited their ability to terrorize the world.
http://yhoo.it/n5lXs6
Negotiated and signed a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with India.
http://1.usa.gov/aHp0Cn
etc etc etc