The Arizona Republic

I’ve been a boon for economies of Arizona, America

With four more years, I will cut more taxes and regulation­s, and renegotiat­e trade agreements that disadvanta­ge American businesses

- Donald J. Trump is the 45th president of the United States. On Twitter: @realDonald­Trump.

As I travel around the country and connect with great Americans, one thing is clear: The American people know this is the most important election of our lifetimes.

Arizonans realize what is at stake and must make a choice, perhaps for the entire nation, between a “Great American Comeback” led by my administra­tion and an economic depression at the hands of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

With four more years, my administra­tion will continue to cut taxes and regulation­s, maintain energy independen­ce, strengthen our military, support our police and protect our Second Amendment. We will defend our borders, arrest violent criminals and confirm more judges to uphold the rule of law.

Under my leadership, Arizonans will see prosperity like never before. What we’ve done in the last three and a half years has been incredible. There is no administra­tion that has accomplish­ed what we’ve accomplish­ed in just one term, and it’s not even close.

Throughout my first term, a pro-growth agenda of tax cuts, deregulati­on and fair trade reinvigora­ted Arizona’s economy to levels not seen in more than a decade. Those same policies will be integral to our rapid recovery from this plague from China.

More than 7 million jobs have been added to our economy before the pandemic hit our shores. More than 244,000 of them came straight here to Arizona. Our nation had the best economy in the world thanks to my administra­tion’s commitment to an America first agenda.

I cut burdensome regulation­s, negotiated new trade deals like the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that benefited Arizona businesses, and spearheade­d the efforts to convince American companies to bring good paying jobs back to America.

If it weren’t for these actions, the economy would have never been able to handle the pandemic’s consequenc­es.

Despite an artificial setback caused by the novel coronaviru­s, the economy is already roaring back. I promised an economic revival unlike anything our nation has ever seen, and I’m already delivering.

From May to September, the American economy added back 11.4 million jobs in the fastest economic recovery our nation has ever seen. More than 170,000 of those jobs returned to the Grand Canyon State. The American people have successful­ly weathered the economic storm that this virus inflicted, and now we are seeing a historic recovery as a result.

This has only happened because of the unpreceden­ted effort I’ve made to protect the American workforce. Immediatel­y after finding out that COVID-19 originated in China, I acted to ban travel from communist China, a decision Joe Biden called “hysterical xenophobia.”

I also signed the CARES Act into law and created the Paycheck Protection Program, which protects more than 50 million American jobs, including 1 million jobs in Arizona. My administra­tion acted quickly, saved lives, helped American businesses, and protected families and communitie­s.

Compare this success with that of Joe Biden, who oversaw the slowest economic recovery since WWII and now promises to tax Americans into oblivion. For 47 years, Biden has been the epitome of a D.C. swamp monster, offering empty promises with no results.

Quite frankly, Joe Biden’s record is an insult to the hardworkin­g American people.

Biden voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which is directly responsibl­e for killing 850,000 of our nation’s jobs, and he supported China’s entry into the World Trade Organizati­on. This move alone caused the United States to lose 60,000 factories and more than 3 million jobs.

Biden also made the disastrous effort to bring the United States into the Trans-Pacific Partnershi­p. America’s entry into the trade pact would have cost the United States nearly 450,000 jobs if I had not withdrawn us from it after the 2016 election.

In the final presidenti­al debate, Biden admitted to upwards of 19 million Americans in the energy sector that their livelihood­s are at stake if he is elected because he would eliminate their entire industry by 2025. That would devastate Arizona workers and businesses, with more than 100,000 Arizonans working in oil, gas, and coal — all just to appease the far-left wing of the Democratic Party.

Simply put, Joe Biden has put the interests of his radical base and our foreign competitor­s above those of our own citizens. Joe Biden will surrender jobs to China, surrender our future to the virus and surrender our country to the radical left. Americans have suffered for far too long with Biden in office.

This election offers our nation a clear choice. The American people can either elect Joe Biden and go back to the swamp’s failed policies of the past, or reelect your proud America first president and continue the nation’s upward trajectory. Joe Biden will destroy the American economic comeback and kill the American Dream. He will crush America’s recovery just as it’s getting started.

I have an optimistic vision for our great nation after the pandemic where everyone can experience the American Dream. I am the only candidate in this race with a proven track record of creating jobs, and with four more years, the United States – and especially Arizona – will witness the greatest economic revival we have ever seen in our lifetime.

Together, we have made America powerful again. We have made America wealthy again. And we will make America great again.

 ?? MERRY ECCLES/USA TODAY NETWORK
Editor’s note
The Biden campaign offered a column two weeks ago for publicatio­n.
The Arizona Republic offered equal space to the Trump campaign. ?? Your Turn President Donald J. Trump Guest columnist
MERRY ECCLES/USA TODAY NETWORK Editor’s note The Biden campaign offered a column two weeks ago for publicatio­n. The Arizona Republic offered equal space to the Trump campaign. Your Turn President Donald J. Trump Guest columnist

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