Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office a year ago as the 47th president of the United States after campaigning on the slogan Make America Great Again and picking up where he left off in his first term.
Over the past 365 days, the Trump administration has enacted significant economic, diplomatic, and social policy changes that have transformed both the US and global landscape.
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In this visual explorer, Al Jazeera breaks down some key figures.
228 executive orders signed
After returning to office on January 20, 2025, Trump signed 26 executive orders and established a new one. record For the most executive orders signed by a president on his first day in office.
Executive orders are directives issued by the President of the United States. They must be related to the management of the federal government and cannot override federal laws. Critics say he often oversteps these boundaries, leading to court challenges to many of his executive orders.
The rapid pace of Trump’s orders continued through the first year of his second term as the president signed a total of 228 executive orders, on top of the 220 he signed during his entire four-year first term from 2017 to 2021.
At least 605,000 people were displaced
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the second Trump administration had deported at least 605,000 people in DHS enforcement operations as of December 10, while an additional 1.9 million had “voluntarily self-deported.”
Over the past year, about 1.6 million people living in the US lost their legal immigrant status, including those affected by the termination of their temporary protected status and various student and high-skilled visa programs.
Furthermore, under Trump’s order, at least 66,886 people were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and an average of 821 people were arrested per day across the country.
On Wednesday, Trump banned citizens of 75 countries from getting immigration visas.
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One of Trump’s favorites the word was in 2025 Ratewhich he imposed on allies, neighbors and enemies alike, disrupted global trade and heightened tensions in international relations.
On average, all US trading partners were hit with a 10 percent tariff, and India was hit the hardest with a 50 percent tax levy.
US-imposed tariffs will generate $287bn in customs duties, taxes and fees in 2025, according to daily data from the Treasury Department. However, Yale University’s Budget Lab estimates that each US household costs an average of $1,500 more per year.
Taking chainsaws to federal jobs
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, was created by Trump by executive order. It had a stated purpose Reduce costs In the federal government, which is the single largest employer in the US.
Just 10 months later, DOGE eliminated at least 317,000 federal jobs; Close all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices; Drastic cuts in the education department; and reduced projects funded by US Agency on International Development Until it stopped working and joined the State Department.
International Diplomacy
For the second time in his presidency, Trump chose Saudi Arabia for his first official state visit after brief stops in Italy and the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis.
So far, Trump has visited 13 countries in his second term, often mixing business deals with international diplomacy.
During his first term, Trump visited 25 countries, but his trips were limited in the second half of that term due to Covid-19.
Seven countries were bombed
At the start of his second term, Trump pledged to end world conflict and establish peace. Since then his administration has attacked at least seven countries, with Venezuela being the latest.
According to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Monitor, the US and its allies conducted at least 658 air and drone strikes between January 20, 2025 and January 5, 2026.
Trump has claimed to have stopped at least eight wars since taking office in January, but claims to have resolved many conflicts. continue grow up
Climate and Environment
Trump has opened up more than 2.5 million square kilometers (965,000 square miles) of ocean to offshore drilling, signaling the end of federal environmental protections, with the slogan “Drill, baby, drill.” He has reversed at least 30 Biden-era climate policies by executive order, including pulling out of the Paris Agreement.
