15675 Political Factoid

Political Factoid

Donald Trump's (and other Republican) Promises
(Just some of them)

How would you rank these promises?

Drain the swamp. *

Avoid using Washington insiders. *

Eliminate crony capitalism. *

Follow the rule of law. *

Follow the U.S. Constitution. *

Release Trump federal tax returns

Release proof of Melania Trump's citizenship being legal.

Before taking office, negotiate the release of all U.S. prisoners held in Iran.

On the first day in office, terminate all of President Obama's executive orders related to immigration

On the first day in office, eliminate of gun-free zones at military bases and in schools.

Immediately fully repeal Obamacare on day one.

Immediately cancel all of President Obama's executive orders regarding Cuba and re-instate the five-decades long trade embargo.

Immediately deport the almost 11 million undocumented immigrants illegally living in the United States.

Immediately withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Immediately withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement or renegotiate the terms of NAFTA.

Sign an executive order calling for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of killing a police officer.

Institute a 100% ban on Muslims coming into the U.S.

Create a registry, i.e., database, of Muslims in the United States

Heavily surveil mosques in the United States

Bar Syrian refugees from entering the country and kick out any who are already living here.

Refuse to call Iran's leader by his preferred title.

Cancel the Iran deal.

Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.

Ban executive officials from lobbying for five years.

Ban for life senior administration officials from lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

Demand that Congress prohibit its members and staff from lobbying for five years.

Sign an executive order calling for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of killing a police officer.

Fully-fund construction of a wall along the entire southern border of the United States, with the full understanding (i.e., assumption) that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall.

Build a solid impregnable wall along the complete southern U,S, border.

Make Mexico pay for the wall.

Fire the leaders of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Eliminate the Department of Education.

Cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs

Eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency.

Eliminate the Department of Energy.

Eliminate the Consumer Protection Agency.

Get rid of the Consumer Protection Act.

Eliminate NASA and stop spending money on space exploration.

Allow Russia to deal with the Islamic State in Syria.

Carpet Bomb the s--- out of ISIS.

Target and kill the relatives of terrorists.

Bring back waterboarding,

Strengthen the military.

Increase U.S. military presence in the East and South China Seas.

Make NATO members pay their full dues.

Make NATO members help pay for U.S. Military activities overseas.

Put billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn in charge of trade negotiations with China and Japan,

Crack down on China's "lax labor and environmental standards."

Bring back all of the manufacturing jobs from China, Mexico, Japan and elsewhere.

Create at least 25 million new jobs.

Ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.

Replace "free trade" with "fair trade."

Force Nabisco to once again make Oreos in the United States.

Impose new taxes (32-35%) on many imports into the country.

Buy the Chinese president a McDonald's hamburger instead of throwing him a state dinner.

Allow concealed-carry permits to be recognized in all 50 states.

Fix the background check system used when purchasing guns to ensure states are properly uploading criminal and health records.

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.

Take the oil from ISIS.

Never take a vacation while serving as president.

Prosecute Hillary Clinton.

Make medical marijuana widely available to patients.

Leave Social Security as is.

Propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

Cancel all federal funding to Sanctuary Cities.

Expand vocational and technical education.

Eliminate the authority of state insurance commissions.

"Close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisers when we all know they are lobbyists."

Prevent generals (and former generals) from going onto television news shows to explain their military strategy.

Stop foreign lobbyists from raising money for U.S. elections.

Get rid of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform.

Simplify the U.S. tax code to Max of 25% (15% for corporations).

Eliminate income tax for individuals earning less than $25,000 per year or couples earning less than $50,000.

Get rid of most corporate tax loopholes or incentives,

Reduce taxes on the upper classes.

Eliminate the top four tax brackets.

Reduce taxes on the upper middle class.

Reduce taxes on the lower middle class.

Eliminate income tax for individuals earning less than $25,000 per year or couples earning less than $50,000.

Ensure that Americans can still afford to golf.

Grow the nation's economy by at least six (6) percent.

Reduce the $18 trillion national debt.

Cut the budget by 20 percent by simply renegotiating (lower wages, cheaper materials, meeting fewer regulations, etc.)

Allow corporations a one-time window to transfer money being held overseas without paying regular tax rate.

Provide more funding for police training.

Provide more funding for drug treatment, especially for heroin addicts.

Triple the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Continue to allow lowly paid foreign workers to come to the United States on temporary works visas.

End birthright citizenship.

Cut budgets of infrastructure projects by two-thirds.

Defund women's health care through Planned Parenthood.

Direct Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator.

Withdraw from his (Trump's) personal business investments.

Order a hiring freeze on all government employees (except military, public safety, and public health)

Stop doing business deals for his personal business ventures around the world.

Have nothing future to do with his personal business ventures.

No cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid.

Put my opponent (Hillary) in Jail

NOTE:

Additional promises could have
been included here, but this list
is enough to think about for now.

*	Promises already broken (or headed that way).

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Collected by students of	Zo^o University
Last updated *	2022-08-24