President Donald Trump has always been a mixed bag on policy, especially on economic policy. In his first term, the president made several fiscally sound moves to stimulate growth and ease the burden on taxpayers, particularly the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act , which provided a tax cut to most families and made America more competitive via a sizable reduction in the corporate tax rate. Trump also slashed regulations, unleashed American energy production, and appointed judges who are skeptical of broad administrative power.

On the flip side, he instituted tariffs, which led to a farm bailout, blew out spending at levels that would make Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush blush, and, of course, printed enough money during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to kickstart

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