It’s day of the Trump administration with days left in his term. We’re tracking the progress of 60 pledges he made during his campaign — and whether he achieved his goals.
Trump promise status totals
Promises kept14
Promises broken15
Launched15
Stuck8
Compromise8
Not yet rated0
What do these ratings mean?
Promise keptTrump mostly or completely achieved his stated goal
Promise brokenTrump failed to achieve his goal through inaction, congressional or legal obstacles or a reversal of policy
LaunchedTrump has taken action, such as proposing a bill or issuing an order, toward achieving this promise
StuckTrump has taken action, but Congress or the courts have put up roadblocks
CompromiseTrump did not achieve his goal, but accepted a deal that partially achieved his promise
During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump made more than 280 promises, though many were contradictory or just uttered in a single campaign event. But on Oct. 22, Trump issued what he called his “Contract with the American Voter.” This was a specific plan of action that would guide his administration, starting from the first day, and listed 60 promises. He even signed it with his distinctive signature. During Trump’s term, The Washington Post Fact Checker will track the progress of each pledge – and whether Trump has achieved his stated goal. Sign up for the weekly Fact Checker newsletter here.
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Propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 15, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In Trump's first year, no action has been taken. So we are labeling this as struck.
government process
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Impose a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce the federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety and public health)
Status:
Compromise
Updated Apr. 12, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On the day Trump took office, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus sent a memo to federal agencies instructing the bureaucracy to enact a federal hiring freeze. Then, on Jan. 23, Trump signed an order that formally froze hiring. But it later emerged the hiring ban is scheduled to last just 90 days. On April 12, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said the freeze would be ended and the White House would seek to embark on a government-wide effort to overhaul the executive branch and significantly reduce its workforce. This promise has thus been shifted from "kept" to "compromise" and we will continue to monitor it.
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Require that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 30, Trump said he had signed an executive order making this official policy. Regulatory experts said it would be impossible to carry out, but for the time being we will label this as a promise kept. But we will monitor to see if this proposal actually takes root. Update: Trump has claimed he has even exceeded this target but experts says his math is fishy. Still, he has clearly kept up an attack on regulations.
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Impose a five-year ban on White House and congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Jan. 29, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 13, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 28, Trump signed an order that he said would impose a five-year ban on lobbying after government service by executive-branch officials. This appeared broader than the language in the contract, which said it would apply to White House officials, but it fails to fulfill his repeated pledge to "drain the swamp." There is no reference in an executive order to a ban on congressional officials. The five-year ban applies only to lobbying one’s former agency — not becoming a lobbyist. Moreover, Trump weakened some of the language from similar bans under Obama and George W. Bush, and reduced the level of transparency. Given that this action in many ways is a step backward, we will label this as a promise broken. (On April 12, Bloomberg News reported that Trump also granted a waiver to a White House aide who had signed the pledge but left to join a business lobbying association.)
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Impose a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Jan. 28, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 28, Trump signed an order that he said would result in a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for foreign governments.
government process
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Impose a complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for U.S. elections
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 15, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In Trump's first year, no action has been taken. So we are labeling this as struck.
trade
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Announce the U.S. intention to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw from the deal under Article 2205
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Apr. 27, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 22, Trump said he will begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement when he meets with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. He did not mention withdrawing from the deal, under the Article 2204 clause of the agreement, if he did not get what he wanted. On April 26, Trump tweeted that he had spoken the presidents of Mexico and Canada about renegotiating NAFTA. "I agreed, subject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA," he wrote. This appears to fulfill his promise to announce this threat, so we will label this as kept.
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Direct the secretary of the treasury to label China a currency manipulator
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Aug. 6, 2019
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
This was a promise broken at first -- and then suddenly kept. On April 12, 2017, Trump announced he would not label China a currency manipulator -- a promise he had pledged to do on his first day in office. Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he had changed his mind because China is not currently manipulating his currency, though that was already apparent during the election season. But then on Aug. 5, 2019, he tweeted that China was manipulating its currency after the yuan fell below 7 to the dollar after Trump announced additional tariffs. The Treasury Department a few hours later applied the largely symbolic label.
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Direct the secretary of commerce and U.S. trade representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact American workers
Status:
Launched
Updated Apr. 1, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump administration officials have taken action against foreign trading abuses but it's hard to see much difference than other administrations so far.
trade
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Direct the secretary of commerce and U.S. trade representative to use every tool under American and international law to end foreign trading abuses immediately
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Apr. 1, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On March 31, Trump signed executive order 13785, which established enhanced procedures for imposing antidumping and countervailing duties for trading abuses. This does not quite match the promise but it is relatively close, so we will mark it as kept.
energy
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Lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion worth of job-producing American energy reserves, including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On March 28, Trump signed an order that instructed federal regulators to rewrite key Obama-era rules curbing U.S. carbon emissions — namely the Clean Power Plan, which was intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s electric plants. It also sought to lift a moratorium on federal coal leasing and remove the requirement that federal officials consider the impact of climate change when making decisions. Trump's tax bill includes an historic measure to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
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Lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Jan. 24, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 24, Trump signed an order clearing the way for the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines to move forward. He also signed a memorandum that would expedite environmental reviews of "high-priority" infrastructure projects
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Cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure
Status:
Compromise
Updated Jun. 2, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On June 1. Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Accord on climate change. He made clear he would not deliver the remaining $2 billion the United States has committed to the Green Climate Fund. On one level, this is a promise kept, but Trump specifically said he would devote the funds to fixing environmental and water structures in the United States, so we will monitor to see if that is the case. His budget overall has reduced funding for environmental initiatives. Update: We can find no evidence the money saved in UN payments was used for environmental projects. So this mix of promise kept and promise broken is labeled a compromise.
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Cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama
Status:
Compromise
Updated Jan. 16, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump has certainly attacked Obama's legacy and tried hard to reverse it but he has not canceled every order. The use of the term "unconstitutional" suggests wiggle room on this pledge so we will mark this as a compromise.
government process
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Begin the process of selecting a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia (from list of 20 issued during campaign)
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Jan. 31, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 24, Trump told reporters: "I’ll be making my decision [on a Supreme Court justice] this week and we’ll be announcing next week." We will monitor to see whether he chooses a nominee from the list of 20 possibilities released during the campaign. On Jan. 31, Trump announced the selection of Neil Gorsuch, one of the names on his original list. Gorsuch was ultimately confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 54-45.
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Cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 25, Trump issued an executive order that declared that sanctuary cities that refused to comply were not eligible for federal grants, except those deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes. This is much more timid than Trump's promise to cancel all federal funding -- and the order will be tested in the courts. So we cannot label this yet as "kept." On April 25, a federal judge imposed a nationwide injunction against the executive order. In June, the House passed a bill that would fulfill Trump's promise but no action has ben he Senate.
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Begin removing the more than 2 million criminal illegal immigrants from the country
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The Department of Homeland Security issued memos that considerably broaden the pool of undocumented immigrants prioritized for removal, including those who have been charged with crimes but not convicted, those who commit acts that constitute a “chargeable criminal offense,” and those who an immigration officer concludes pose “a risk to public safety or national security.” The crackdown has not yet rounded up 2 million criminal illegal immigrants -- and experts doubt there are that many in any case.
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Cancel visas to foreign countries that won’t take back criminal illegal immigrants
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 25, Trump signed an executive order that said: "The Secretary of State shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, ensure that diplomatic efforts and negotiations with foreign states include as a condition precedent the acceptance by those foreign states of their nationals who are subject to removal from the United States." This is much less sweeping than his pledge to immediately cancel visas from those countries. On April 8, The Washington Post reported that the State Department had not acted on that order and that "Trump is confronting the same diplomatic and legal challenges as his predecessors, including whether to jeopardize national security and economic interests so that a nation such as China will accept all Chinese citizens that U.S. authorities want to deport." In September, the Trump administraion announced visa restrictions against four relatively small countries -- Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, and Sierra Leone -- but against other countries not cooperating, such as China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Iran, Burma, Morocco and South Sudan.
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Suspend immigration from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur
Status:
Compromise
Updated Sep. 26, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Jan. 27, Trump signed an executive order that contained a temporary entry ban that would affect citizens of seven countries — Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. The order also halted all refugees from Syria, and suspended all refugee admissions for 120 days. This is somewhat different from his promise to "suspend immigration from terror-prone region" so we will continue to evaluate this promise. But within days this action was blocked nationwide by a federal district court in Washington state, and then by the a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. So we have switched this to "stuck." Trump on March 6 issued a revised order, this time not including Iraq and making numerous other changes. But it also was blocked by the courts. Then, on June 26, the Supreme Court permitted a scaled-back version of the ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect, while deciding to hear the merits of the case in the fall. The court’s unsigned order said the government may not bar those with a “bona fide” connection to the United States, such as having family members here, or a job or a place in an American university. When the Trump administration narrowly defined a "bone fide" connection to exclude grandparents, the Supreme Court on July 19 rejected that narrow interpretation. On Sept. 25, Trump issued a revised order that blocks even visits from residents of Syria and North Korea, immigrants from Somalia and Iran, while placing other restrictions on Chad, Libya, Yemen and Venezuela. Some 65,000 visas a year would likely fall under the ban. As such, we are moving this ration from stuck to compromise.
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Impose “extreme vetting” on all people coming into our country
Status:
Launched
Updated Sep. 26, 2017
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In August, Trump gave a speech in which he called for including an ideological screening test to weed out those who don't "share our values and respect our people." He added that "only those who we expect to flourish in our country — and to embrace a tolerant American society — should be issued immigrant visas." Yet thus far the administration has not acted to put this vision in place.
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Create at least 10 million jobs in the first term
One-month net change in jobs
Net change in jobs since Jan. 2017:
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 15, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 19, 2021
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump says he will create 25 million jobs over ten years, so we will track a prorated figure of 10 million in four years, or 2.5 million a year. In his first year, job growth has not kept pace at a level for Trump to meet his goal.
economy
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Propose and pass tax simplification bill in which the largest tax reductions are for the middle class
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The conference report approved by House and Senate negotiators was largely a corporate tax cut. Individual tax cuts were included by many expire within ten years.
economy
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Give a middle-class family with two children a 35 percent tax cut
Status:
Compromise
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The conference report approved by House and Senate negotiators would initially cut taxes for a average family of four making $59,000 a year but the provisions expire over the next ten years so that by 2024 this family would face an increase in taxes. Lawmakers claim the tax cuts will be extended but there is no guarantee.
economy
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Reduce the number of tax brackets from seven to three, and likewise greatly simplify tax forms
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On April 26, Trump unveiled a plan that would reduce the number of tax brackets to three. But the conference report approved by House and Senate negotiators left the number of tax brackets at seven and introduced new complexity.
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Lower the business tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent
Status:
Compromise
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On April 26, Trump unveiled a plan that would cut corporate taxes from 35 percent to 15 percent. But the conference approved by House and Senate negotiators reduced the rate to 21 percent. That's still a big cut, but less than what the Trump had promised.
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Grow the economy 4 percent a year
Percent change in GDP from previous quarter
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 26, 2018
Deadline: Jan. 19, 2021
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Fact Checker analysis:
We will track this over four years. For 2017, the gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.3 percent, well short of Trump's promised target. For 2018, the GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.9 percent, still far short of Trump's 4 percent goal.
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Allow trillions of dollars of American corporate money overseas to be brought back at a 10 percent tax rate
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Dec. 20, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The tax bill signed into law by Trump allows corporations to repatriate assets at 8 percent and liquid assets at 15.5 percent. That's an average slightly higher than 10 percent but it is close enough we will mark this as kept.
trade
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Establish tariffs to discourage companies from laying off their workers in order to relocate in other countries and ship their products back to the U.S. tax-free
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Apr. 30, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum products on March 23, saying the imports threatened national security. The EU, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea were given temporary waivers, which are slated to expire on May 1.
economy
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Leverage public-private partnerships and private investments through tax incentives to spur $1 trillion in infrastructure investment over 10 years
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Sep. 27, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The Washington Post reported that Trump told lawmakers that he was abandoning a key element of his planned $1 trillion infrastructure package, complaining that certain partnerships between the private sector and federal government simply don’t work. Now the administration wants to force states and localities to foot most of the bill.
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Make sure the $1 trillion infrastructure plan will be revenue neutral
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 15, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In Trump's first year, no action has been taken. So we are labeling this as struck.
education
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Redirect education money to give parents the right to send their kid to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their choice
Status:
Launched
Updated Mar. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump's budget plan proposed to shift $1.4 billion toward expanding charter schools, private-school vouchers and other alternatives to traditional public schools. But it must be approved by Congress.
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End Common Core
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 15, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In Trump's first year, no action has been taken. So we are labeling this as struck.
education
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Expand vocational and technical education
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Mar. 16, 2017
Deadline: Jul. 17, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump in June signed an executive order that ordered the Labor Department to roughly double to $200 million the taxpayer money spent on learn-to-earn programs. The money would come from existing job training programs.
education
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Make two- and four-year college more affordable
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump's budget contains deep cuts in aid for low-income and first-generation college students. The budget would eliminate the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant program, a 50-year-old program, for a savings of $732 million, which goes to more than a million poor college kids each year. The budget would also reduce Federal Work Study "significantly" though no dollar figure was given. The tax bill that Trump signed raised taxes on four-year universities.
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Fully repeal and replace Obamacare
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Oct. 11, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump's promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to have hit yet another brick wall, though the White House insists he has not given up. On March 24, Republicans pulled the bill since it lacked support, prompting House Speaker Paul Ryan to say Obamacare remains the law of the land. But then on May 4, a revised version of the bill was narrowly approved by the House. But then on July 28 the Senate rejected a variety of different repeal bills, thwarting the establishment of a conference committee and apparently killing the effort. A last-ditch effort to revive a repeal bill failed before Sept. 30, after which the Senate could no longer use a legislative procedure to pass a bill with just 51 votes.
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Replace Obamacare with health savings accounts
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Oct. 11, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump's efforts to replace Obamacare have failed.
health care
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Allow the purchase of health insurance across state lines
Status:
Launched
Updated Nov. 1, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Oct. 12, Trump signed executive order 13813, which is intended to promote the sale of "health insurance association plans" across state lines. Whether this will succeed is unclear, so we can only label as launched.
health care
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Let states manage Medicaid funds
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Oct. 11, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump backed the House Republican plan which would convert Medicaid into a per-capita block grant. Various Obamacare repeal bills also would converted Medicaid to a block grant but they all failed.
government process
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Cut red tape at the FDA to speed approval of new drugs
Status:
Launched
Updated Jul. 1, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On April 12, Trump signed executive order 13789, which is intended to reduce regulatory burdens, inclduing at the Food and Drug Administration.
economy
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Allow Americans to deduct child care and elder care from their taxes
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The GOP tax plan does not include this provision. The White House abandoned it in the face of opposition and instead pressed for a larger tax credit.
economy
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Incentivize employers to provide on-site child-care services
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The GOP tax plan does not include this provision.
economy
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Create tax-free dependent care savings accounts for young and elderly dependents
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The GOP tax plan does not include this provision.
economy
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Provide matching contributions for low-income families to the dependent care savings accounts
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Dec. 16, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The GOP tax plan does not include this provision.
immigration
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Fund the construction of a wall on our southern border
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Apr. 30, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Republican lawmakers signaled a willingness to fund the wall with taxpayer dollars. On Jan. 25, Trump signed an order to the Secretary of Homeland Security to begin planning and designing a southern border wall. But Congress then balked at providing any funding for the wall in the appropriations bill in the spring. The House and Senate, in omnibus legislation passed in 2018, only provided funding for fencing and repairs and specifically refused to allow the use of wall prototypes touted by Trump. So this is now labeled a promise broken.
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Make Mexico reimburse the United States for the full cost of the wall
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Aug. 3, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In a phone conversation with the Mexican president on Jan. 27, provided to The Washington Post and published Aug. 3, Trump indicated he would not fulfill this promise, but would not say so publicly because it would hurt him politically. He pressed the president to not raise the issue or indicate he would not pursue his promise. "You cannot say that to the press,” Trump said, according to the transcript. “The press is going to go with that, and I cannot live with that.” We are thus labeling this as a promise broken because since that conversation, Trump has rarely raised the issue and made no move to force compliance by Mexico.
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Establish a two-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The House of Representatives, largely along party lines. passed a bill on June 29 that would impose stricter penalties for deported immigrants convicted of crimes who re-enter the country. One of the provisions would allow up to two years in prison for any immigrant who returns to the country after previously he or she was denied admission or deported. But no action has been taken in the Senate.
immigration
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Establish a five-year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The House of Representatives, largely along party lines. passed a bill on June 29 that would impose stricter penalties for deported immigrants convicted of crimes who re-enter the country. But no action has been taken in the Senate.
immigration
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Reform visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying
Status:
Compromise
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In response to a Trump executive order, the State Department in August issued new guidance that called for a crackdown on immigrants who don't return home as promised and urged a more skeptical look at new visa applicants. Penalties have not been enhanced, as promised, so we are labeling this as a compromise.
immigration
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Reform visa rules to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump signed an executive order on April 18 that encouraged "Buy American and Hire American." The order asked for suggested reforms to the H-1B program, which allows employers to temporarily hire foreign workers in specialty fields, such as computer-related. But the administration has not acted on any recommendations yet.
crime
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Reduce surging crime, drugs and violence
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
During the campaign, Trump frequently hyped crime statistics. He has announced many new policies, but not enough data has been released in order to make an assessment.
crime
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Create a task force on violent crime
Status:
Launched
Updated Feb. 9, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Feb. 9, Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to form a task force on violent crime. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has from time to time announced that he is folloiwing recommendations from the task force, but DOJ has never released information on it or a list of members. So we cannot really list this as promise kept.
crime
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Increase funding for programs that train and assist local police
Status:
Launched
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The Trump budget would have increased funding for Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grants by $32 million, or 17 percent. But the House of Representatives planned to eliminate the funding until an amendment allowing for $100 million was passed. That would have been a reduction. The final outcome will not be clear until there is a budget agreement.
crime
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Increase resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders behind bars
Status:
Promise kept
Updated May. 1, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In February, Trump signed three executive orders that called for action against transnational gangs. The Justice Department designated MS-13 as a priority for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. A six-week operation from March 26 to May 6 was the largest gang surge to date by Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, and it netted 1,378 arrests across the country, according to ICE.
national security
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Eliminate the defense sequester
Status:
Compromise
Updated Apr. 30, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
The defense sequester was part of the 2011 Budget Control Act, a bill designed to force cuts if Congress did not pass budgets reducing the deficit. Technically, the law remains in place and budget caps on defense spending for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 remain at their original level. For 2018 and 2019, a budget agreement between Trump and Congress renders the sequester effectively moot. For now it's a success but because this could become an issue in the future, we will label this a compromise.
national security
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Expand military investment
Status:
Promise kept
Updated Apr. 30, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
On Nov. 16, the Senate backed Trump’s expanded vision for the military when lawmakers sent him a defense policy bill, authorizing a significantly increased military budget. The budget, which tops Trump’s initial proposal, includes funding for new equipment and strengthened nuclear defenses. The elimination of the defense sequester allowed for a big increase in military funding.
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Provide veterans with the ability to receive public VA treatment or attend the private doctor of their choice
Status:
Launched
Updated Oct. 11, 2017
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In August 2017, Trump signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, authorizing $2.1 billion in additional funds for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to get health care in the private sector if they face a long wait time or live far from the nearest VA Medical Center. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the new funds “represent a short-term, temporary funding solution for VCP that will enable VA to increase the number of appointments scheduled and ensure payments are made to community providers.” The VA is working to find a more permanent source of funding for this program and other community-care programs, which allow veterans to receive health care outside of VA medical clinics when the services are not readily available.
national security
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Pass a law to protect our vital infrastructure from cyberattack
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 15, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In Trump's first year, no action has been taken. So we are labeling this as stuck.
immigration
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Establish new screening procedures for immigration to ensure those who are admitted to our country support our people and our values
Status:
Stuck
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
In an August speech, Trump said "the time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today." But the administraion has not implemented such a screening test, which Trump claimed would identify "any who have hostile attitudes towards our country or its principles."
government process
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Enact new ethics reforms to reduce the corrupting influence of special interests
Status:
Promise broken
Updated Jan. 1, 2018
Deadline: Apr. 29, 2017
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Fact Checker analysis:
Trump has taken no action on this pledge so far in his administration. We are labeling this has "broken" because news reports have documented many instances of special interests have significant impact over regulations, tax policy and other issues during the Trump administration.
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