Biden, Trump hold different views on key domestic policy issues

US President and Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Joe Biden and former President and presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump hold completely different views on major domestic and foreign issues. Each nominee’s domestic policy positions are summarized below.

reproductive rights

Biden: The Biden Administration protects abortion, including: FDA-approved medication abortion; Defends access to emergency medical care; Supports the ability to travel to reproductive health care; Strengthens access to high-quality, affordable contraceptives; By March 2024 7-Day White House Fact Sheet to protect the privacy of patients and health care providers and ensure access to accurate information and legal resources.

On March 26, 2024, Biden said, “If America sends me a Democratic Congress, I guarantee you that Kamala and I will reinstate Roe v. Wade and make it the law of the land again.” He Also warned on March 8, 2024, “States are passing bans, criminalizing doctors, forcing rape and incest victims to leave their states for treatment. Now, MAGA Republicans and Donald Trump want Pass a national ban on the option, that’s it. Okay. Seriously, guys, because that’s what they’re going for. Please hear me loud and clear. That won’t happen on my watch. “

trump card: The three Supreme Court justices Trump nominated during his presidency shifted the balance of the court, leading to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and sending the decision to legalize abortion back to the states.

Trump announced on April 8, 2024, that he believed abortion legislation should be left to the discretion of each state. He previously suggested a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks, saying: “Fifteen weeks seems to be the number that people agree on.”

economy

Biden: On December 5, 2023, Biden said in a speech in Boston that the economy created 14 million new jobs—more jobs than any president has created in a four-year term; record economic growth ——It exceeded 5% in the last quarter alone; the unemployment rate has been below 4% for 20 consecutive months, and the inflation rate is the lowest among major economies in the world. Biden signed the Inflation Lowering Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, authorizing $550 billion in new spending.

trump card: During his presidency, “President Donald J. Trump passed record tax cuts for the middle class, doubled the child tax credit and cut more than any previous administration,” according to his campaign website There are many job-killing regulations. As a result, real wages have increased rapidly, median household income is the highest in our country’s history, and poverty rates are at record lows.”

Immigration/Border Security

Biden: President Biden supports a bipartisan Senate border security bill that would provide billions of dollars in additional funding for security and allow him to close the U.S.-Mexico border if daily and weekly border encounters exceed certain targets. Former President Trump pressured Republican lawmakers to reject the border security deal, which led to the deal failing to pass the U.S. Congress. On March 9, 2024, Biden said, “On my first day as president, I laid out a comprehensive, comprehensive plan to fix our immigration system, secure our borders, and work for Dreamers and their Families, farmworkers, essential citizens provide pathways to citizenship.” The workers who are helping us get through this pandemic are part of the fabric of our communities. “

trump card: On the 2024 campaign trail, Trump promised to carry out the largest deportations in U.S. history, shift “much of federal enforcement toward immigration enforcement,” and end visas for Hamas sympathizers on college campuses.

Trump said on his campaign website that in partner states, he would deputize the National Guard and local law enforcement to help quickly remove illegal alien gang members and criminal elements. He also pledged to create a merit-based immigration system that protects the American workforce and promotes American values.

As president, Trump issued an executive order suspending entry into the United States for 90 days for everyone from Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, and indefinitely for Syrian refugees. He began building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

criminal justice

Biden: In multiple executive orders, the president directed the Department of Justice not to renew contracts with private criminal detention facilities; directed billions of dollars in public funds toward community safety initiatives; and expanded community grants to keep guns off the streets.

In his State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, Biden said: “I demand a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Pass universal background checks. None of that. None of that. I taught the Second Amendment 12 years. None of this violates the Second Amendment or defames responsible gun owners.”

trump card: During his presidency, Trump launched Operation Legend to combat a surge in violent crime in cities, resulting in more than 5,500 arrests, and signed a “Safe Communities Safe Policing” executive order to incentivize local police departments to enact reforms under the law. .

The former president provided hundreds of millions of dollars worth of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement, signed an executive order to help prevent violence against law enforcement officers and signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law , the first landmark criminal justice reform legislation designed to reduce recidivism and help former prisoners successfully reintegrate into society.

On the campaign trail this year, Trump said he would crack down on crime against undocumented immigrants.

“I get along well with suburban housewives because they want to stay safe. But they [undocumented immigrants] They looted jewelry, took wallets, electronics, watches and all cash. People came back and asked, what happened? If you don’t want illegal alien criminals crawling through your windows and ransacking your drawers, then you have to vote for the fact that we must get Crooked Joe Biden out as soon as possible,” he said on April 2, 2024.

Climate/Energy Production

Biden: The Democratic president rejoined the Paris climate accord and signed the Inflation Lowering Act, investing hundreds of billions in clean energy, electric vehicles and environmental justice. His government also met a target of cutting emissions by at least 50% by 2030 and was one of the leaders in launching a global methane pledge to tackle super-pollution.

trump card: During his term as president, Trump withdrew from the Paris climate accord and claimed that Earth’s temperatures were “going to start getting colder.” Trump appointees have scrapped fossil fuel deals, kept coal-fired power plants open and launched antitrust investigations into automakers that agreed to clean air standards.

“President Trump will unleash the production of domestic energy resources, reduce skyrocketing prices for gasoline, diesel and natural gas, promote energy security for friends around the world, dismantle the socialist Green New Deal, and ensure that America is never in trouble again,” according to him. The campaign website said it was at the mercy of foreign energy suppliers.