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The 2024 election between former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris has been an increasingly hot topic across the nation. It is very important to stay educated on each candidate’s policies and plans for their term. No matter who is elected, they will be the ones shaping our lives for the next four years. While we wait for the elections, on Tuesday, November fifth, here are some of the important policies to know of both Trump and Kamala from their official websites.

Donald Trump

Former President Donald J. Trump was in office from 2017 to 2021. He is now the leading Republican nominee for this year’s election. Trump’s plan for the next four years is to change the identity and future of American citizens, triumphing through hardships caused by inflation, and overall creating a nation built on “Truth, Justice, and Common Sense”. His commitment is to ensure safety across all American citizens.

To complete this, Trump’s Agenda 47 includes many policies that he plans to boost American dignity and pride, making it clear to address the core threats to our country.

Economy

Inflation has raised many issues to most U.S. citizens, increasing the overall cost of living. Because of this, Trump plans to use Impoundment Power, an act by the president to not spend more money than what has been appropriated by the U.S. congress, to cut wasteful spending in the federal government. This will save a lot of money and create tax reductions for everyone, quickly lowering inflation rates. 

Another set goal of Trump is to have the number one lowest cost of energy and electricity of any industrial country on Earth. The oil and gas industry supports millions of American jobs, and it provides lower energy costs to consumers. He would end delays in federal drilling permits and leases needed to unleash American oil and natural gas production; along this creating another tax relief on American oil, gas, and coal producers. 

Government Safety

If Trump were to win this election, day one in office he would re-issue the 2020 executive order to restore the president’s authority to fire dishonest and untrustworthy bureaucrats. From this, he will fire all corrupt actors in National Security and Intelligence systems. He would also launch major investigations on government leakers who create false narratives to the public, ensure intelligence agencies are not spying on citizens, and make sure there are no dishonest campaigns towards American people. Trump also wants to obliterate the deep state; secret people in power that control government policy, who have wanted wars across the globe.

International Peace

The conflict and war between Ukraine and Russia is very dangerous, explosive, and it escalates everyday. As president, Trump says he would be able to negotiate an end to this war in 24 hours. He believes it’s time for all parties involved to pursue a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine before it turns into a World War III. 

Take Down Drug Cartel and Human Trafficking at the Border

If elected, it would be the official policy of the U.S. to take down drug cartels, just as they took down ISIS when Trump was previously president. Last year, enough fentanyl was secured at the border to kill every U.S. citizen; the number of Americans killed due to fentanyl has increased by 94% since 2019 and has been the leading cause of death for Americans between ages 18-45. Trump also plans on taking down the cartel by fully securing the border, imposing a full naval embargo on the cartels, cutting the cartel’s access to the global financial system, and ordering the Department of Defense to make covert and overt actions to inflict maximum damage on cartel leadership, infrastructure, and leadership. 

Drug cartels have seized an estimated 60% of unaccompanied Latin American children trying to cross the border, and they are abused through the system of trafficking. Trump will ask congress to ensure anyone caught trafficking children across the border will receive immediate death penalty. 

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris has been the Vice President of the United States since 2021 under President Joe Biden. She is now the Democratic presidential candidate for the 2024 election. For the next four years, she plans on creating an “Opportunity Economy”. Harris’s plan to build the economy is to invest in small businesses and build up the middle class. She believes that when the middle class is strong, America is strong.

As a prosecutor, district attorney, and attorney general, Kamala Harris has fought to ensure people have the right to safety, to dignity, and to justice. She wants everyone to not just get by, but to get ahead.

Economy

Kamala Harris wants to bring down costs across the nation and increase national security for all Americans. With that she will fight to cut taxes for more than 100 million workers, and she wants to help lower the costs of healthcare, housing and groceries. 

She will bring together organized labor and workers, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and American companies to create good paying jobs and grow the economy. 

As part of her Opportunity Economy agenda, she has put forward a plan to help small businesses and entrepreneurs innovate and grow. She has set a goal of 25 million new business applications by the end of her first term. 

Reproductive, Civil, and LGBTQI+ Freedoms

Harris is adamant on defending reproductive freedoms and safe-guarding the privacy of patients and providers. If congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedoms nationwide, she will sign it.

Kamala Harris will also continue to protect Americans from discrimination. She will build on securing two billion in funds to give to the Offices of Civil Rights.

Harris will fight to pass the Equality Act to preserve anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQI+ Americans in healthcare, housing, education, and more into law. As president, she would always defend the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride. 

Standing with Allies

Vice President Harris is ready to be Commander in Chief on day one, being responsible for the safety and security of U.S. citizens. She has worked with our allies to ensure NATO is strong. 

Vice President Harris will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself. She and President Biden are said to be working on the end to the war in Gaza, such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination.

Border, Drug and Gun Safety

Harris wants to secure the border, keep communities safe, and reform the broken immigration system. As President, she would bring back the bipartisan border security bill and sign it into law. 

Vice President Harris is committed to ending the opioid epidemic and tackling the scourge of fentanyl. As President, she will sign the bipartisan border bill that will fund detection technology to intercept even more illicit drugs and she’ll keep fighting to end the opioid epidemic. 

If elected, she’ll ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require universal background checks, and support red flag laws that keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. She will also continue to invest in funding law enforcement, including the hiring and training of officers and people to support them.