Continuing with responses to the following post circulating on social media. There are more accurate statements in this batch, but it should be noted that several were taken directly from Trump’s twitter account and/or the top searches on Google:

* Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.

Ok.  Some of this was a good thing, but the only thing Trump did was sign the bill.  This was a bipartisan effort and Congress should get all the credit.  Also, if you look at his executive actions, he has removed far more protections than this bill creates.  The bill also allows for the continued displacement of land and wildlife for oil interests.

* Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.👀

Nope.  This is a misinterpretation of the act (and determined by a number of fact-checking sites as such).

* He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down.

Um…no. There is a proposal for this, but there are also a great many concerns within the administration that will likely water down the proposal or prevent it from ever seeing a vote.

* Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies.

True.

* When signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance.

True.

* Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.

True.

* In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month.

This depends on how you measure drug prices but in any case, Trump had nothing to do with it.

* He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.👀👀

He did.  There are lots of problems with it, though, and they are not being escalated to Trump, as was his promise.

* VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.

True, although they were held accountable before – even before the Trump administration.

* Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.

This is true.

* Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years.

Trump’s proposal was different and the bill signed only because Congress passed the higher 3.1%.

* Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.

True.

* Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.👀👀

True.
* All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.

Not entirely true.  While sales records were high, some retailers saw high(er) sales in previous years.

* Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price👀👀

True.