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Trump Shares Top 3 Accomplishments of First Year Back in Office

The president responded to a question from The Epoch Times at a White House press briefing.
Trump Shares Top 3 Accomplishments of First Year Back in Office
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing marking the first year of his second term, at the White House on Jan. 20, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump shared his top three accomplishments of his first year back in office in response to a question from The Epoch Times.

“I think the building of a really powerful military has been a great achievement, and that would include the Venezuela thing,” Trump said during a White House press briefing on Jan. 20 that ran for more than 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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