Trump lists 25 'top achievements' as midterms loom

Trump lists 25 'top achievements' as midterms loom. AFP Published September 19, 2026 Updated September 19, 2026 10: 10pm.

Key points

• "ZERO illegal aliens admitted to the United States in the past 16 months, " he wrote, adding that his administration had slashed refugee admissions from "dangerous places".
• He additionally maintained the US had "obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity" to ensure the Islamic republic "will NEVER have a nuclear weapon".
• Trump has presided over an often violent immigration crackdown which involves frequent deportations and shipping individuals whom the US cannot legally send home to third countries.
• Trump additionally flaunted hefty tariffs slapped on US trading partners.

As tough midterm elections loom, president Donald Trump asserted he halted all refugee admissions and produced English the official language of the United States in a long list of what he called his top achievements.

Trump is scrambling to boost his low approval ratings ahead of November's vote, with polls showing the unpopular war in Iran and the fuel and other cost rises it has caused are hurting his Republican Party.

Polls say the party could well lose control of the House and perhaps even the Senate, a setback which would pose a major challenge for Trump and his America-first agenda in the last two years of his second term.

Trump remarked Friday he "achieved the most secure border in history" in a lengthy social media post on Truth Social that focused on immigration, foreign policy and the economy.

Trump has presided over an often violent immigration crackdown which involves frequent deportations and shipping individuals whom the US cannot legally send home to third countries. It are sometimes compensated with capital.

He additionally maintained the US had "obliterated Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity" to ensure the Islamic republic "will NEVER have a nuclear weapon". This was one of Trump's often-changing justifications for going to war in February.

In practice, the US-Israeli strikes on Tehran have rocked the global economy and engulfed the Middle East in war, proving a quagmire for a president who promised not to obtain America involved in any more foreign wars.

Trump additionally flaunted hefty tariffs slapped on US trading partners. It he stated were to "bring back American manufacturing".

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