An rantsar da Mahathir Mohamad a matsayin Firayim Minista na bakwai a Malaysia a watan Mayun 2018, wanda ya gaji Najib Razak, wanda wa'adinsa ya gurgunta sakamakon badakalar 1MDB, harajin Kayayyaki da Ayyuka na 6% da ba a so, da kuma kara tsadar rayuwa.A karkashin jagorancin Mahathir, an yi alkawarin dawo da bin doka da oda, tare da mai da hankali kan binciken gaskiya kan badakalar 1MDB.Anwar Ibrahim, wani jigo a siyasance, an yi masa afuwar sarauta tare da sake shi daga gidan yari, da nufin ya gaji Mahathir kamar yadda kawancen ya amince.Gwamnatin Mahathir ta dauki muhimman matakan tattalin arziki da diflomasiyya.An soke harajin Kayayyaki da Sabis mai cike da cece-kuce tare da maye gurbinsu da harajin tallace-tallace da harajin hidima a watan Satumba na 2018. Mahathir ya kuma yi nazari kan yadda Malesiya ta tsunduma cikin ayyukan samar da hanyar Belt da na kasar Sin, inda ya bayyana wasu a matsayin "yarjejeniyoyin da ba su daidaita ba" tare da danganta wasu da badakalar 1MDB.An sake yin shawarwari da wasu ayyuka, kamar hanyar layin dogo ta Gabas, yayin da wasu kuma aka ƙare.Bugu da kari, Mahathir ya nuna goyon baya ga shirin zaman lafiya na Koriya ta 2018-19, da niyyar sake bude ofishin jakadancin Malaysia a Koriya ta Arewa.A cikin gida, gwamnatin ta fuskanci kalubale lokacin da take magance matsalolin launin fata, kamar yadda aka tabbatar ta hanyar yanke shawarar kin amincewa da yarjejeniyar kasa da kasa kan kawar da duk wani nau'i na wariyar launin fata (ICERD) saboda gagarumin adawa.A karshen wa'adinsa, Mahathir ya kaddamar da Ra'ayin Ra'ayin Ci Gaba na 2030, da nufin daukaka kasar Malaysia zuwa kasa mai karfin tattalin arziki nan da shekarar 2030 ta hanyar karfafa kudaden shiga na dukkanin kabilu tare da jaddada fannin fasaha.Yayin da 'yancin 'yan jarida ya ga ingantacciyar ci gaba a lokacin mulkinsa, rikice-rikicen siyasa a cikin kawancen Pakatan Harapan mai mulki, hade da rashin tabbas game da mika mulki ga Anwar Ibrahim, a karshe ya kawo karshen rikicin siyasa na Sheraton Move a watan Fabrairun 2020.