Since Day One, President Donald J. Trump has been laser-focused on delivering for the forgotten men and women of this country. While reversing four years of open borders, high taxes, and weak leadership isn't instantaneous, the early results are undeniable - and they're getting bigger every week.
From reclaiming spots for American students on college campuses to the largest tax-refund season in history on the horizon, here is some good news you may have missed:
🧑🎓 New foreign student enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities is down by 17% over last year: "American universities have suffered one of the sharpest ever declines in foreign enrollments in the face of tough policies from President Donald Trump, with the number of new international students falling 17 percent this year."
💰 Tax refunds in 2026 are projected to be the largest ever: "Tax filers could expect an extra $1,000 bump to their tax refund next year, in what could be a record-breaking tax refund season. In total, the working families tax cuts will give American taxpayers $191 billion in net new tax relief… For the 2026 tax filing season, taxpayers are expected to take home an additional $91 billion in refunds and keep an additional $30 billion in their paychecks from reduced withholdings."
📚 Public schools are seeing a dramatic drop in immigrant students: "From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families. In some cases, parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their home countries, driven out by President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown… In many school systems, the biggest factor is that far fewer families are coming from other countries. As fewer people cross the U.S. border, administrators in small towns and big cities alike are reporting fewer newcomer students than usual."
🦃 Prices for the Thanksgiving meal are down over last year: "Cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for your friends and family will cost less than last year… The centerpiece on most Thanksgiving tables - the turkey - dramatically decreased in price, which helped bring down the overall cost of dinner. The average price for a 16-pound frozen turkey is $21.50. That is $1.34 per pound, down more than 16% from last year."
📉 The trade deficit nosedived in the most recent data: "The US trade deficit shrank in August as imports declined by the most in four months, official data showed Wednesday after a lengthy delay due to a government shutdown. The goods and services trade gap narrowed almost 24% from the prior month…"
👥 The number of foreign-born immigrants in the country has plummeted: "…the trend had been upward in the preceding four years. However, since January 2025 the trend has been in the other direction, declining nearly 2.23 million since the start of this year. This is a huge and statistically significant decline, indicating something has fundamentally changed. This is by far the largest six-month decline that has ever occurred within the same year."
