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How America Has Changed During Trump's First Year In Office, By The Numbers

The economy has improved, health insurance prices continued to climb and far fewer people have been stopped at the southwestern border. However, not all of it is Trump's doing.
Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of President Trump's inauguration.

Over President Trump's first year in office, the U.S. underwent some changes that he would probably cheer. The economy continued strengthening (including, yes, the stock market, as the president likes to emphasize), and the number of people apprehended while trying to enter the country illegally fell sharply. However, some changes are less promising: The nation's carbon dioxide emissions rose, and the amount of student debt grew by $47 billion.

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