Republicans do not have an accomplishment problem. They have an information problem. Midterms are coming, and too many Republican voters cannot easily name even three things President Trump has accomplished. Fortunately, he has done more in a year and a half than most presidents do in four years.
The mainstream media buries the victories. Fake news pretends nothing happened. This column brings the receipts: laws, court wins, policies, agreements, and results.
A rancher who cannot name three things that went right this year is about to lose the place. The herd is growing. The fences are up. The wolves are being pushed back. But a few of the crew still complain the barn is not painted. Problems are easy to see. Wins get buried. Learn five wins. Share them. Show up and vote in the general election. You’ll have your ballot mid-October.
Taxes, rules, and the cost of living
Olympia sets most of the price you pay at the pump. Washington, D.C., still sets regulations and determines whether this country produces its own energy. Inflation and high interest rates have made refinancing a ranch, a house, or a shop a hard chore. That is why this federal record matters in Eastern Washington.
Trump made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, and better. The One Big Beautiful Bill locked in the doubled standard deduction, the expanded Child Tax Credit, and 100 percent expensing. It added No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and relief from most taxes on Social Security. Every Democrat voted “no.”
So far, he has repealed 129 regulations for every new one. Repeal of Obama’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, the foundation for vehicle mandates, is estimated to save more than $1.3 trillion. Trump also killed the federal EV mandate. People can now buy the trucks they actually drive.
Trump shifted energy dominance from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of America. America now outproduces Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. After four decades of nuclear paralysis, five new reactors came online in a single year. Cheap power keeps a ranch, a mill, and a small town alive.
Law, land, and local control
You cannot run a ranch, or a republic, if the gate is left open and the people in charge cannot be fired.
Trump made the border a real border again. Illegal crossings fell to their lowest level in half a century. Catch-and-release is finished. Remain in Mexico is back. Releases dropped 99.9 percent. America recorded negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in fifty years.
He signed the Laken Riley Act. Criminal illegal aliens arrested for theft, burglary, assaulting police, or crimes causing death or serious injury must be detained.
The Supreme Court ruled that the President may fire policy bureaucrats for misconduct, incompetence, or defying lawful directives. It limited nationwide injunctions. Federal employment is its smallest since 1966. DEI is out of the federal government. Hiring returns to merit.
Faith, family, and schools
Rural people still know there are two sexes, that girls deserve their own teams, and that parents raise the children.
Trump honors life. He already delivered the judges who overturned Roe. Since returning to office he has enforced the Hyde Amendment, expanded the Mexico City Policy, and done everything within executive power to defund Planned Parenthood.
He is working to get men out of women’s sports. The government again recognizes two sexes. He ended federal support for the chemical and surgical gender mutilation of children. Title IX is being enforced as written. He enacted the first nationwide school-choice program and launched Trump Accounts with a $1,000 seed for eligible newborns.
Ranching and beef
This section lands in the corral. The national herd is at a 75-year low. Beef demand is up almost 10 percent in a decade. On Sept. 4 the President signed Supporting America’s Ranchers.
A voluntary “Product of USA” label now covers meat born, raised, and processed here. Interior mapped more than 2 million additional grazing acres. The Forest Service opened nearly 1.6 million acres of vacant allotments across the West. Biden-era ranch rules were withdrawn.
The Death Tax exemption was permanently doubled so a ranch can pass to the next generation. Ranchers can expense new assets in year one. Drought sales of livestock can defer capital gains. For the first time since 2018, the U.S. cattle inventory is rising. Ranchers are keeping more heifers.
Grazing on Interior land is being used to cut fine fuels and fire. USDA put $500 million toward American made fertilizer and more American beef into school meals.
The newest order puts wolves on the clock. Within 90 days, Interior must decide whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves meet recovery criteria and, if they do, start delisting or downlisting. States are to be pressed to ease lethal-take rules. Depredation pay is supposed to get faster and fairer. Emergency removal is supposed to be available when wolves threaten people or cattle.
That is a federal government treating cattle country as food security, not a scenic backdrop.
Help us do the work
The receipts are in. The changes are in law, land, taxes, energy, and the herd. The midterms are turnout elections. We must send Republicans to Congress this year to keep Trump’s agenda moving.
In the 5th District, re-elect Rep. Michael Baumgartner. He has backed the turnaround on the border, taxes, and crime, and fought to keep the Lower Snake River dams. He brought home water storage in Republic and Springdale, a fire station in Fruitland, and farm research equipment in Pullman.
In the 4th District, Rep. Dan Newhouse is retiring. Amanda McKinney is running to replace him. She is a Yakima County commissioner from an ag family. She stands with Trump on the border, energy, spending, and rural communities. She has defended water rights, pushed back on one-size-fits-all farm rules, and wants Title IX enforced so girls keep their own sports.
In the 3rd District, John Braun is running to unseat Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. He is a retired Navy captain, a Chehalis manufacturer with 350 employees, and the former Senate Republican leader who fought Olympia’s tax surge. He wants a finished border, less waste, cheaper energy, American manufacturing, and police who can do the job.
Action, action, action: If possible, send at least $50 to each of these Republican candidates so the Trump wins can continue for two more years. Talk to friends, family and neighbors. Vote AS SOON AS you get your ballot. Your vote will help decide whether the wins keep coming or the wolves come back through the gate.
Don’t just sit there and yell at the TV. The harvest is ready. Help us get it in the barn.
Nancy Churchill is a writer, educator, and conservative activist in rural eastern Washington state. She chairs the Ferry County Republican Party and advocates for effective citizen influence through Influencing Olympia Effectively. She may be reached at [email protected]. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. Dangerous Rhetoric is available on Substack and X.
