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Latest Promises
Donald Trump
Create a 10-percent repatriation tax
The new repatriation tax rate isn’t 10 percent, but it’s close
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December 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Develop a plan to defeat ISIS in 30 days
Experts say Trump deserves some credit for ISIS decline, but it’s not completely defeated
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Approve the Keystone XL project and reap the profits
Keystone XL pipeline: Unbuilt, opposed by Biden, mired in lawsuits
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January 15, 2021
Donald Trump
Open up libel laws
Trump failed to ‘open up our libel laws’
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January 14, 2021
Donald Trump
Expand mental health programs
Trump’s mixed record on mental-health services
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Impose death penalty for cop killers
Trump makes no move on promised death penalty for those who kill police officers
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton
No special counsel was ever appointed to investigate Hillary Clinton
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Close parts of the Internet where ISIS is
Trump didn’t close parts of the internet to ISIS
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January 15, 2021
Donald Trump
Eliminate wasteful spending in every department
The President can’t change the organization of every department
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Eliminate gun-free zones at schools and military bases
Trump has made scant progress on eliminating gun-free zones
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Bring back manufacturing
No overall improvement for manufacturing sector under Trump
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Enact 5-year ban on White House and congressional officials from lobbying
Provisions of lobbying restrictions considered underwhelming
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Triple ICE enforcement
Donald Trump breaks promise to triple number of ICE deportation officers
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Dramatically scale back the EPA
Trump rolls back EPA rules, but the agency is far from gone
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July 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Eliminate the estate tax
Final bill raises threshold for estate tax rather than eliminating it
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December 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Reverse Barack Obama’s 2016 gun executive order
Trump signs resolution to reverse Obama’s executive order on gun control
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April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Stop the AT&T Time Warner Merger
Trump didn’t manage to stop AT&T, Time Warner deal
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Replace J-1 Visa with Inner City Resume Bank
Trump proclamation amid COVID-19 suspends some visas
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Reverse Barack Obama’s Cuba policy
Trump has largely kept promise to reverse Obama’s Cuba policy
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July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Administer Medicaid through block grants
No block grants for Medicaid
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January 4, 2019
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