Trump Promise Tracker is dedicated to neutrally reviewing the actions of Donald Trump and comparing these actions to the promises he made as a candidate. You can learn more about us and our methodology by clicking here. You can also suggest new promises by clicking here or suggest edits by clicking "edit" on the detail page for any promise on the list below.
Pledge | Source | Status |
Rewrite the tax code to allow parents to fully deduct child-care expenses for up to four children and elderly dependents. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create Dependent Care Savings Accounts for low-income families. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Provide matching Dependent Care Savings Account funds for low-income families. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Add incentives for employers that offer on-site child care to employees. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave by amending the conditions of unemployment insurance employers are required to carry. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Quickly end inner-city violence. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Largely eliminate crime and violence on January 20, 2017. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Stop the surge of violent crime and homicides in Chicago within one week of becoming President. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Dismantle every criminal gang and cartel threatening our cities. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Immediately stop the killing of police officers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Sign an executive order calling for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of killing a police officer. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Provide more funding for police training. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure that firefighters are not shot at when they are responding to a fire. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand the use of "stop and frisk." | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Eliminate the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations like churches from formally endorsing or opposing political candidates. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Sign legislation, if it passes Congress, that would prevent any federal agency from denying a tax exemption, grant, contract, license or certification to an individual, association or business that discriminates against gays. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Defund Planned Parenthood. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reallocate Planned Parenthood's funding to community health centers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Sign a law that would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make permanent the Hyde Amendment, an annually passed law banning the use of federal dollars for abortion, except in the case of rape, incest or a threat to the mother's life. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Be unpredictable in military matters, keeping all military strategy a secret. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Put different generals in place. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Trim military bureaucracy. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Do not allow generals to explain their military strategy to the media. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Immediately ask Congress to repeal the defense sequester that limited the military's budget. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Modernize the nuclear weapons arsenal. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Grow the Army from its current size of 470,000 active-duty soldiers to 540,000. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Grow the Navy fleet from its current size of 272 deployable battle-force ships to 350. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Grow the Air Force to 1,200 fighter aircraft. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Grow the Marine Corps to 36 battalions, increasing the active-duty force from its current target of 182,000 to 200,000. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Involve all 50 states in rebuilding the military and developing new technologies. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create thousands of jobs building new Navy ships in Philadelphia. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create thousands of jobs building new Navy ships in Portsmouth, NH. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create thousands of jobs building new Navy ships in Hampton Roads, VA. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Develop a state-of-the-art missile defense system. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Modernize naval cruisers to provide Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Leave troops in Afghanistan. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Increase the U.S. military presence in the East and South China Seas. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Keep the military prison at Guantanamo Bay open. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Continue use of drone strikes but put a renewed emphasis on human intelligence in information gathering. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Assemble a "cyber review team" of the best cybersecurity experts to comprehensively review all systems and technology, remain current on new methods of attack, and set up protocols for each agency and government officials. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Establish a training program for government employees to make certain they understand what defenses are available and how to utilize them. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Punish government employees who violate classification rules, holding them responsible to the fullest extent of the law. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Develop better cyberweapons. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Immediately ask the generals to present a plan within 30 days to defeat the Islamic State. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Frequently use the term "radical Islamic terrorism." | Source | Unfulfilled |
Call an international conference focused on how to halt the spread of the the ideology of radical Islam. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow Russia to deal with the Islamic State in Syria and/or work with Putin to wipe out shared enemies. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Work with allies to cut off funding to the Islamic State. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Work with allies to expand intelligence sharing against the Islamic State. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Work with allies to use cyberwarfare to disrupt and disable Islamic State propaganda and recruiting. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Significantly bomb ISIS and bomb oil fields controlled by the Islamic State. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Seize ISIS-controlled oil. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Give the profits from seized ISIS-controlled oil to military veterans who were wounded while fighting. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Target and kill the relatives of suspected terrorists. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Shut down parts of the Internet so that Islamic State terrorists cannot use it to recruit American children. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Bring back waterboarding. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Use interrogation techniques that are signficantly worse than waterboarding, regardless of their efficacy. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Establish a Commission on Radical Islam, including reformist voices in the Muslim community, that will identify the warning signs of radicalization. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Have the Commission on Radical Islam educate the American public. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Have the Commission on Radical Islam develop protocol for police officers, federal investigators and immigration screeners. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Heavily surveil mosques in the United States. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Encourage Muslim communities to cooperate with law enforcement by turning in potential criminals or terrorists. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Aggressively investigate and prosecute anyone who lends material support to terrorism. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Encourage profiling and targeting people that look suspicious. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Force other NATO countries to pay for more of their defense, refusing to come to the aid of nations who have not fulfilled their obligations to us. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Convince Germany to pay more for the security the United States provides. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Convince Japan to pay more for the security the United States provides. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Convince South Korea to pay more for the security the United States provides. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Convince Saudi Arabia to pay more for the security the United States provides. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Call a summit with NATO allies to discuss a rebalancing of financial commitments. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Call a summit with NATO allies to discuss updating NATO's outdated mission and structure. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Call a separate summit with Asian allies to discuss a rebalancing of financial commitments. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Open communication with North Korea's Kim Jong Un about his nuclear program. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Stay out of the Syrian civil war. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reverse Obama's executive orders and concessions towards Cuba until freedoms are restored, specifically political and religious freedoms. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Help the Haitian people rebuild their country. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Do not throw a lavish state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. | Source | Unfulfilled |
If not properly welcomed into a foreign country, turn around and leave. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Shake up foreign policy by inviting new voices into the fold. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Renegotiate the Iran nuclear deal. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Negotiate the release of all U.S. prisoners held in Iran before taking office. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Refuse to call Iran's leader by his preferred title, "Supreme Leader." | Source | Unfulfilled |
Refuse to allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Provide more funding for drug treatment, especially for heroin addicts. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow states to decide if they want to fully legalize pot. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Create at least 25 million jobs. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Encourage manufacturers to build or grow factories in the United States with tax incentives. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Refuse to eat another Oreo until Nabisco fully moves production back to the United States from Mexico. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Get Apple to start building their products in the USA. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Bring back the steel industry to Pennsylvania. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Use American-made steel in all federal infrastructure projects. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make the auto industry in Michigan bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Revive the coal industry in the Appalachian Mountain region. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Require employers to recruit from domestic unemployed workers instead of from the pool of foreign immigrants. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Leave the federal minimum wage at $7.25 per hour. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Raise the federal minimum wage to $10 per hour. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow states to set their own minimum wage. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Grow the nation's economy by at least 4 percent per year. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Grow the nation's economy by at least 6 percent per year. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the $19 trillion national debt within eight years. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Never default on the national debt. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Cut the budget by 20 percent by negotiating better prices or renegotiating existing deals. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Implement the "Penny Plan" which each year would reduce net spending by 1 percent of the previous year's total. Defense and public safety spending would be exempt. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Immediately institute a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce the workforce through attrition, with exceptions for those in the military, public safety and public health. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Order every federal government department head to provide a list of wasteful spending projects that can be eliminated in his first 100 days. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Review each federal agency to then decrease the size of the government. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Encourage private space-exploration companies to expand. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Stop so-called zombie spending, in which the government funds programs that have had their congressional authorization lapse. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Collect unpaid taxes, which Trump says could be as much as $385 billion per year. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Crack down on improper government payments. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Dismantle the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure that jobs are waiting for high school graduates. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure that jobs are waiting for college graduates. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create economic opportunities for African Americans. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create economic opportunities for Hispanic Americans. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reduce the number of people receiving welfare. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Bring back manufacturing jobs from abroad. | Source | Mostly Fulfilled |
Convince Carrier to scrap plans to close a plant in Indiana. | Source | Fulfilled |
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Limit the influence of the Department of Education, giving more control to local school districts. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Get rid of Common Core. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Be the nation's biggest cheerleader for school choice. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Campaign for expanded school choice in all 50 states. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Support the election of local, state and federal officials who agree with school choice. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow families to redirect their share of education spending to a private, charter, magnet, religious or homeschool. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Provide $20 billion in federal funding to establish block grants that states could use to help children in low-income families enroll at private or charter schools. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Support merit pay for teachers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand vocational training programs. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Take away federal tax breaks and other perks from postsecondary instutions that do not make a good faith effort to reduce the cost of tuition and the amount of student debt. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology-enriched delivery models. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Push universities to spend their multibillion-dollar endowments on things that will benefit students. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Cap repayment of federal student loans at 12.5 percent of a person's discretionary income. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Forgive any remaining federal student loan balance after 15 years. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reduce or end the government's role in student loans. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Scrap the Clean Power Plan. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Oppose a carbon tax on fossil fuels. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Revoke restrictions on new drilling technologies. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Support safe hydraulic fracturing. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Lease more federal land for drilling, including vast areas of offshore energy resources. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ease federal regulations on coal mining. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate Obama's moratorium on new leases for coal mined from federal lands. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Become the world's dominant leader in energy production, attaining complete American energy independence. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Lower energy prices for consumers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ask TransCanada to renew its permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline so that it can be approved. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Gut or eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Rescind all environmental executive actions signed by Obama. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the Clean Water Rule. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Cancel all funding for climate change programs both domestic and international, spending the savings on domestic infrastructure projects. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Pull out of the Paris Agreement. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Restore and protect the Florida Everglades. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure the country has immaculately clean air. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure the country has crystal-clear water. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Boost American agriculture by lessening environmental regulations. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress, limiting House members to three terms and senators to two terms. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Institute a five-year ban on White House officials becoming lobbyists after they leave office. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Institute a five-year ban on congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave office. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Institute a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ban foreign lobbyists from raising money for American elections. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Appoint an attorney general who will reform the Department of Justice. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Instruct the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Instruct the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the ways in which the Clinton Foundation raised money. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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On the first day in office, get rid of gun-free zones at military bases, recruiting centers and, in some cases, schools. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand mental health treatment programs. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reform mental health laws to make it easier to take preventive action. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Rescind Obama's executive actions related to gun control. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reform the background check system used when purchasing guns to ensure states are properly uploading criminal records. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reform the background check system used when purchasing guns to ensure states are properly uploading health records. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow concealed-carry permits to be recognized in all 50 states. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Impose a minimum sentence of five years in federal prison for any violent felon who commits a crime using a gun, with no chance for parole or early release. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand programs that lock up criminals possessing illegal guns for years in federal prisons far from their homes. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Replace the Affordable Care Act with a plan that provides great health care at a lower cost. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the individual mandate. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Knock down the regulatory walls between states for health insurance, making plans available nationally instead of regionally. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow Health Savings Accounts to accumulate. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow Health Savings Accounts to be passed on to heirs. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow Health Savings Accounts to be used by any member of a family. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Encourage states to establish high-risk pools to cover individuals who have not maintained continuous coverage. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Preserve Medicaid but encourage states to root out fraud, waste and abuse. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Preserve Medicare but encourage states to root out fraud, waste and abuse. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Block grant Medicaid funding to states. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reduce the number of individuals in need of Medicaid. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reduce the number of individuals in need of the Children's Health Insurance Program. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reform the Food and Drug Administration to focus on the need for new and innovative medical products. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow for the importation of cheaper medications from overseas. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Require price transparency from health-care providers so patients can shop for the best prices. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Build an impenetrable physical wall along the southern border with Mexico. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make the border wall aesthetically pleasing. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Construct the border wall with hardened concrete, rebar and steel. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make Mexico pay for the complete cost of a border wall or, in the case of refusal, take more than one of the following steps: impounding remittance payments taken from the wages of undocumented immigrants, cutting foreign aid, instituting tariffs, canceling visas for Mexican officials or businessmen, or increasing fees for visas, border-crossing cards and port use. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Charge Mexico $100,000 for every illegal that crosses into the United States. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate tunnels along the border. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Hire an additional 5,000 Border Patrol agents | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand the number of Border Patrol stations. | Source | Unfulfilled |
End "catch-and-release," instead detaining anybody who enters the country illegally. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Terminate President Obama's executive orders related to immigration on the first day in office. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Triple the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Cancel federal funding to "sanctuary cities" that choose to not prosecute undocumented immigrants for being in the country illegally. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create a Deportation Task Force. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Immediately deport undocumented immigrants who have committed a crime, are a member of a gang, or pose a security threat. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Deport the millions of undocumented immigrants who are in the United States on an expired visa. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Deport undocumented immigrants who are benefiting from government assistance programs such as food stamps or housing assistance. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Issue detainers for undocumented immigrants who are arrested for any crime to immediately begin removal proceedings. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Do not grant amnesty to immigrants who are in the country illegally, instead forcing those wanting legal status to return to their home country and apply for reentry. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Restore the Secure Communities deportation program, a partnership among law enforcement agencies that worked together to deport undocumented immigrants. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand use of Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows the Department of Homeland Security to deputize non-federal law enforcement officers to perform the functions of federal immigration agents. | Source | Unfulfilled |
On the first day in office, ask Congress to pass a law to ensure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal reentry face receive strong mandatory minimum sentences. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Introduce legislation that would hasten the removal of criminal immigrants. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Stop issuing visas to countries that refuse to take back citizens who immigrated illegally to the United States. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow large numbers of legal immigrants based on a merit system that selects immigrants who will help grow the country's economy. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reduce the number of legal immigrants. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Expand the number of H-1B visas for highly skilled workers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Get rid of the H-1B visa program. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Continue to allow lowly paid foreign workers to come to the United States on temporary work visas to work in agriculture or seasonal tourism. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Institute extreme vetting of all immigrants. | Source | Unfulfilled |
End birthright citizenship, only granting citizenship to newborns whose parents are legally in the country. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Sunset visa laws, forcing Congress to periodically review and revise them. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Strongly enforce visa expiration dates. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Complete the biometric entry-exit visa tracking system. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Strengthen and expand the use of E-Verify, which allows employers to check an employee's eligibility to work. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make illegal immigration a "memory of the past." | Source | Unfulfilled |
Temporarily ban most foreign Muslims from entering the United States, with exceptions granted for important foreign officials. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Temporarily suspend immigration from dangerous and volatile regions with a history of exporting terrorism. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create an ideological screening test for all immigration applicants with the goal of keeping radical Islamic terrorists out of the country. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Deport foreigners who are preachign radical Islam. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Bar Syrian refugees from entering the country. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Deport Syrian refugees who are already living in the country. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create a database of Syrian refugees. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Set up safe zones in Syria that are financed by wealthy Persian Gulf nations. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Spur the spending of $1 trillion in public and private dollars on infrastructure projects over 10 years without adding to the national debt. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Negotiate rates for infrastructure projects that are one-third of what the United States is currently paying. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reform the permitting process for infrastructure spending. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Provide tax incentives to encourage public-private infrastructure partnerships. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Employ incentive-based contracting to ensure infrastructure projects are on time and on budget. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Triple funding for revolving loan fund programs to help states and local governments upgrade drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create thousands of new American jobs in industries supporting infrastructure construction. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Modernize airports. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Modernize air traffic control systems. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reform the Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration to reduce wait times and hassle for travelers. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Liberalize libel laws to allow for successful lawsuits against media outlets or journalists. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Oppose the killing of journalists. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Change the name of North America's tallest mountain back to Mount McKinley. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Stop AT&T from buying Time Warner. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure that Iowa continues to host the nation's first presidential nominating contest. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Push federal regulators to increase the amount of ethanol blended into the nation's gasoline supply. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Fully protect Social Security benefits. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Behave so presidentially that the nation becomes bored. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Pass on the president's annual salary of $400,000. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Never take vacations or time off, only playing golf to advance the nation's interests. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Never take part in a bicycle race. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Put his three oldest children in charge of running his company. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Release his tax returns as soon as an Internal Revenue Service audit is complete. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Receive over 95 percent of the African American vote in the 2020 election. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct or assault. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Sue the New York Times for publishing accusations from women who say Trump groped them. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reopen Trump University. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Issue a moratorium on new federal regulations that are not compelled by Congress or public safety. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Implement a rule that for every new regulation that is added, two existing regulations must be eliminated. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Order agency and department heads to remove all unnecessary regulations that hurt employment. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Pick Supreme Court justices who are both opposed to abortion and supporters of the Second Amendment. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Select a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia from a list of more than 20 contenders that has already been released. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Reduce the number of tax brackets from seven to four. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Lower income taxes for all. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Charge the highest earners a 25 percent tax. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Individuals earning less than $25,000 per year or couples earning less than $50,000 will not have to pay income tax. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Lower the corporate tax rate to 15 percent. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Get rid of most corporate tax loopholes and incentives. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow corporations a one-time window to transfer money being held overseas, charging a much-reduced 10 percent tax. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the carried interest loophole for Wall Street. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the federal estate tax. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the alternative minimum tax. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate the so-called marriage tax penalty. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Continue to allow taxpayers to deduct mortgage interest from their taxes. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Continue to allow taxpayers to deduct charitable donations from their taxes. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Implement the largest tax cuts since Ronald Reagan. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure family farms aren't double taxed. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement or withdraw from the deal. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the first day in office. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Negotiate trade deals with individual countries instead of regions. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Put hedge fund manager Carl Icahn in charge of trade negotiations with Japan. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Put hedge fund manager Carl Icahn in charge of trade negotiations with China. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Crack down on sweatshops in Mexico. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Impose a 35 percent tariff on imports into the country from companies that used to be based in the United States. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Impose a 45 percent tariff on Chinese products imported into the United States. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Direct the Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Instruct the U.S. trade representative to bring trade cases against China in the WTO. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Instruct the U.S. trade representative to bring domestic trade cases against China. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Adopt a zero-tolerance policy for those who steal American intellectual property and ideas. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Crack down on China's lax labor and environmental standards. | Source | Unfulfilled |
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Fire the current leaders of the VA. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Make it easier for the VA secretary to fire people. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Reward VA employees who highlight wrongdoing. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create a commission to investigate wrongdoing that has taken place in the VA, and present these findings to Congress to spur legislative reform. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Create a White House hotline that is active 24 hours a day and is answered by a real person who will handle veterans' complaints of wrongdoing at the VA. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow veterans to take their military identification card to any medical facility that accepts Medicaid patients to receive care. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Allow veterans to seek care at a private service provider of their own choice. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure that no veteran dies while waiting for service. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Embed satellite VA clinics in rural hospitals in underserved areas. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Ensure that every VA hospital is permanently staffed with obstetrics and gynecology doctors. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Increase funding for the treatment of mental health issues. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Increase the number of mental health professionals in the VA system. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Veterans who apply for a job at a VA facility will have five points added to their qualifying scores. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Invest more heavily in programs that help military veterans transition back to civilian life, such as career services. | Source | Unfulfilled |
Eliminate waiting backlogs in the VA system. | Source | Unfulfilled |