Karoline Leavitt: White House Press Briefing on Trump's First 100 Days Achievements

Embracing New Media and First Amendment Rights

• 💡 The White House is fully embracing new media, recognizing the decline in trust in mass media and welcoming independent journalists, podcasters, and influencers.
• ✅ President Trump's administration has restored press passes for hundreds of journalists whose passes were wrongly revoked by the previous administration, upholding the First Amendment.

Economic Rebuilding and Job Growth

• 🚀 The primary focus is on rebuilding the world's greatest economy, with 345,000 jobs created since January, exceeding economists' predictions.
• 🏭 Manufacturing jobs have seen significant growth, adding 9,000 jobs in 100 days compared to losses under the previous administration.
• 📉 The US unemployment rate remains at historic lows, with improvements in labor force participation for those without a high school diploma and a decrease in veteran unemployment.
• 🏢 Remote work among federal employees has fallen significantly, emphasizing the initiative to bring government workers back to the office.

Price Relief and Deregulation

• 💰 Americans are experiencing price relief with the first consumer price decline in years, including decreases in energy and prescription drug prices.
• 🥚 The cost of wholesale eggs has decreased by over 50%, attributed to the administration's response to the bird flu crisis.
• 📑 President Trump is launching the largest deregulation campaign in American history, saving over $180 billion by blocking unfinalized Biden-era rules and rolling back existing federal regulations.

Global Trade and National Security

• 🌍 Investments from companies worldwide are pouring into the US, creating jobs and revitalizing the middle class and manufacturing industry.
• 🛡️ The administration is leveraging trade deals to onshore manufacturing jobs and protect national security, aiming to produce critical goods like chips and pharmaceuticals domestically.

Border Security and Foreign Policy

• 🔒 The administration claims to have created the most secure border in American history with a mass deportation campaign of illegal aliens underway.
• 🕊️ President Trump's "peace through strength" foreign policy approach aims to make the world a safer place, with efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Future Policy Initiatives

• 💸 Tax cuts are a major focus, including proposals for no tax on tips, social security, and overtime pay, with efforts to pass the largest tax cuts in American history.
• 🏡 The administration plans to tackle the lack of home ownership by increasing the supply of homes, bringing down costs, and lowering mortgage and interest rates, referencing successes from the first term.
• 🧑‍💼 Policies are being implemented to uplift young families and entrepreneurs, including support for independent contractors and small businesses through reduced regulation, lower taxes, and energy costs.
• 🤝 The president is working to end the war in Ukraine through negotiation, expressing optimism for a peace deal and frustration with the prolonged conflict.