• Not certifying they are in full compliance with the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran Deal.
• Focusing on neutralizing the Government of Iran’s destabilizing
influence and constraining its aggression, particularly its support
for terrorism and militants.
• Revitalizing our traditional alliances and regional partnerships as
bulwarks against Iranian subversion and restore a more stable
balance of power in the region.
• Deny the Iranian regime – and especially the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – funding for its malign
activities and oppose IRGC activities that extort the wealth of the
Iranian people.
• Counter threats to the United States and our allies from ballistic
missiles and other asymmetric weapons.
• Rally the international community to condemn the IRGC’s gross
violations of human rights and its unjust detention of American
citizens and other foreigners on specious charges.
• Deny the Iranian regime all paths to a nuclear weapon.
• The Trump administration has instituted an array of sanctions
against Iran for its destabilizing activities and actions.
President Trump has cracked down on Chemical Weapons users.
• President Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airbase
after the Assad regime used it to launch chemical weapons
attacks against civilians.
• President Trump prevented further chemical weapons attacks
by announcing detection of their preparation and warning Syria
that they would be struck again if the attacks were carried out.
• President Trump placed sanctions on North Korea for its
use of chemical weapons in the assassination of Kim Jong
Un’s stepbrother.
• President Trump placed sanctions on Russia for its use of
chemical weapons in connection to attempted assassination of a
former KGB spy in Britain.
President Trump is supporting Democracy in Venezuela and cracking
down on the Maduro regime.
• President Trump has imposed numerous sanctions on
the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela, targeting the
regime itself, individuals, and entities supporting
Maduro’s dictatorship.
• The new financial sanctions prohibit dealings in new Venezuelan
debt and its corrupt oil company. The regime will no longer be
able finance its debt using US banks.
• The Trump Administration has publicly supported Juan Guaido,
the Democratic elected leader of the Venezuelan General
Assembly, and has led the world in backing Guaido.
• The Trump Administration has approved more than $250
million in regional aid to address the humanitarian crisis
in Venezuela.
NEW ACTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA
President Donald J. Trump announced additional measures to punish
those who seek to undermine American democracy and security.
The Trump Administration has directly confronted Russia for its
threatening behavior to the US and our allies.
The Trump Administration has bolstered allies in the region.
• The Trump Administration has provided the sale of lethal
weapons to Ukraine.
• The Trump Administration has enhanced its support for Ukraine’s
Armed Forces to help Ukraine improve its ability to defend itself.
• The Trump Administration has provided more than a billion
dollars to the European Defense initiative.
• The Trump Administration has pressured NATO allies to meet
their spending commitments and by the year 2019, NATO
allies will have increased their spending by nearly $100 billion
since 2016.
The Trump Administration has pursued an aggressive stance against
Russia for its destabilizing activities.
• The Trump Administration has applied numerous sanctions
against Russia for its malicious cyber activities, its destabilizing
activities in Ukraine and its chemical weapons use.
• The Administration has opposed Vladimir Putin’s largest geoeconomic
project, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
• The Administration has imposed diplomatic penalties on Russia
including the expulsion of more than 50 Russian intelligence
officials and the closing of two Russian consulates.
REGULATION
Rolling Back Job Killing Regulations, President Trump is rolling
back wasteful and costly regulations that have stood in the way of
hardworking Americans.
President Trump signed an Executive Order, mandating that two
regulations must be eliminated for every regulation created to reduce
compliance costs.
• The Administration eliminated 22 regulations for every new
regulatory action.
• The Administration issued 67 deregulatory actions while only
imposing three new regulatory actions.
• In FY 2017, the Administration saved $8.1 billion in lifetime net
regulatory cost savings, equivalent to $570 million per year.
Throughout 2017, President Trump has made good on his promise
to cut red tape, and in doing so has reenergized the United States’
agricultural, energy, and infrastructure sectors by freeing them from
oppressive and stifling regulations.
President Trump has signed 15 Congressional Review Act resolutions
into law, more than any other president, ending burdensome Obamaera
rules and regulations.
• According to a study by NERA Economic Consulting,
implementing the Obama Administration’s plan under the Paris
Climate Agreement could have cost the United States economy
nearly $3 trillion and 6.5 million industrial sector jobs by 2040.
President Trump signed 15 Congressional Review Act resolutions into
law that is estimated to save American taxpayers $3.7 billion.
According to a study by NERA Economic Consulting, if we
implemented the Obama Administration’s plan under the Paris Climate
Agreement, it could have cost the US economy more than $3 trillion
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