President Trump’s second term began on January 20, 2025. Over the roughly 21 months through early October 2026, major claimed and reported results center on border enforcement, crime declines, tax and energy policy, military/foreign actions, and federal workforce reductions. Figures below draw from White House summaries, agency reports, FBI data, Census Bureau estimates, and analyses from Brookings/AEI and others. Some economic and investment totals are administration claims; independent verification of the largest aggregates is limited.
### Immigration and border
– Catch-and-release ended; the administration states no illegal aliens apprehended at the border were released into the U.S. for 15 consecutive months.
– Southwest border encounters fell sharply (reports cite declines on the order of 94% year-over-year in some periods).
– Brookings/AEI economists estimated net migration in calendar 2025 was between roughly –10,000 and –295,000—the first negative or near-zero year in at least half a century. Census Bureau data show net international migration dropped from 2.7 million (July 2023–June 2024) to 1.3 million (July 2024–June 2025), with further declines projected.
– Center for Immigration Studies and administration figures describe a multi-million reduction in the foreign-born or illegal-alien population (CIS estimated a 2.3 million drop in the illegal population over the first 18 months), driven by lower arrivals, deportations, and self-departures. Deportation and detention numbers rose substantially; ICE capacity and 287(g) agreements expanded.
– Asylum grant rates fell to about 7%. Hundreds of thousands of visas were revoked. Cartels including Tren de Aragua and MS-13 were designated terrorist organizations. The Laken Riley Act and related measures increased detention of certain criminal aliens.
### Crime
– FBI data released in August 2026 showed the 2025 homicide rate at its lowest since the mid-1950s (tied with 1955–56; an 18.1% drop from 2024) and overall violent crime down 9.3%. Independent analysts described the decline as among the largest on record and noted the rate was lower than at any point in the lifetimes of most living Americans. Preliminary 2026 figures continued downward in many categories.
– The administration highlights captures of multiple FBI Most Wanted fugitives and localized drops (including in Washington, D.C., after federal deployments). Crime was already falling before 2025 in many cities; attribution is debated.
### Taxes, economy, and investment
– The One Big Beautiful Bill (Working Families Tax Cuts), signed July 4, 2025, made the 2017 individual rate cuts and higher standard deduction permanent, added “no tax on tips,” an overtime deduction (through 2028), a senior deduction, and Trump Accounts (government seed deposits for eligible children, with tens of millions reportedly enrolled).
– Private-sector job gains continued; Treasury and White House figures cite hundreds of thousands to over one million private jobs in the term, with manufacturing and construction hiring noted in several months. The federal deficit for calendar 2025 was reported lower than 2024.
– The S&P 500 set dozens of record highs in 2025. The administration claims more than $11 trillion in announced domestic and foreign investment commitments (examples cited include large UAE, Apple, and Amazon figures). Tariff rates rose substantially (effective rates moving from low single digits into the teens or higher at peaks), accompanied by bilateral deals or frameworks with multiple partners and a later China truce at elevated tariff levels.
– Prescription-drug price measures (Most Favored Nation initiatives) were credited with downward pressure; fentanyl-linked deaths fell about 22% from 2024 to 2025 per CDC figures cited by the White House.
### Energy
– U.S. oil and natural-gas production reached record levels; LNG exports exceeded 100 million metric tons in 2025, a first. The prior LNG export pause was reversed and additional export capacity approved.
– Drilling permits on federal lands rose; large acreage was reopened; coal and nuclear support increased. The administration revoked or revised prior climate and efficiency rules (including the 2009 Endangerment Finding) and withdrew from the Paris Agreement and related bodies. After the January 2026 capture of Nicolás Maduro, the administration claimed majority control arrangements over large Venezuelan oil reserves.
### Foreign policy and national security
– June 2025 strikes (Operation Midnight Hammer) targeted Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Further U.S.-Israeli strikes in February 2026 killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and hit additional military sites; the administration states Iranian enrichment capacity was destroyed.
– U.S. forces captured Maduro in Caracas on January 3, 2026 (Operation Absolute Resolve) and transferred him for prosecution.
– The administration claims roles in ending or freezing multiple conflicts (Gaza hostage releases and a Board of Peace framework, Israel-Iran fighting, DRC-Rwanda, Armenia-Azerbaijan, India-Pakistan, and others). All living Gaza hostages were reported returned.
– NATO allies agreed to a path toward 5% of GDP defense spending by 2035. Military recruiting met or exceeded goals; selected base names were restored.
### Government operations
– The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and related actions produced large federal workforce reductions (OMB figures cited roughly 260,000 departures in 2025 and a drop from about 3.0 million to 2.7 million employees). Spending rescissions, contract cuts, and fraud reviews were reported in the tens to hundreds of billions.
– DEI programs in federal contracting and agencies were curtailed via executive action. Hundreds of executive orders and related directives were issued.
These outcomes coincide with ongoing legal challenges (tariffs, immigration detention and status revocations, birthright-citizenship orders), labor-market effects from lower immigration, and debate over the durability of crime and investment figures. Official White House compilations from September–October 2026 provide the most expansive administration lists.