Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

Asked about whether he would impose tariffs of 60% on Chinese goods, he said, “Maybe it’s going to be more than that.”

Update: Supreme Court restricts president’s ability to unilaterally set high Chinese tariffs

The Promise:

"I think when companies come in and dump their products in the United States, they should pay automatically, let's say a 10% tax."

Update: Supreme Court deals setback to across-the-board tariffs

The Promise:

"If they charge US, we charge them—an eye for an eye, a tariff for a tariff, same exact amount."

Update: Supreme Court decision throws reciprocal tariff policy for another loop

The Promise:

“I will be asking for the death penalty for child rapists and child traffickers."

Update: Trump’s executive order doesn’t change death penalty precedent

The Promise:

"We’re going to ask that everyone who sells drugs, gets caught selling drugs, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts."

Update: Trump’s effort to impose death penalty for selling drugs faces legal hurdles

The Promise:

"I will provide record funding for our military just as I did four great years. If you think about what we were able to do, four great years of rebuilding our military, and we rebuilt it bigger and better and stronger than ever before."

Update: Military funding is high, but the specific numbers are murky

The Promise:

"To support the growing homeschool movement, in my next term, I will immediately fight to allow homeschool parents the same incredible benefit: $10,000 a year per child, completely tax free to spend on costs associated with homeschool education."

Update: Federal law expands 529 expenses to cover homeschool costs, raises withdrawal limit

The Promise:

"I will make it a personal mission to totally eradicate Veterans’ homelessness in America by the end of next term."

Update: President Trump hasn’t ended veteran homelessness, but he signed legislation aimed at doing so

The Promise:

"We will revoke China’s Most Favored Nation trade status, and adopt a 4-year plan to phase out all Chinese imports of essential goods — everything from electronics to steel to pharmaceuticals."

Update: Trump has not released a four-year plan to phase out China imports

The Promise:

"Instead of growing the size and scope of the federal government, every single year we've been doing that, we will shrink it each year with aggressive cost reduction targets for each federal department."

Update: Did Trump cut the federal budget in 2025? Spending rose, but deficit eased

The Promise:

“Under my administration, we will be seizing the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels, and we will use those assets to create a compensation fund to provide restitution for the victims of migrant crime.”

Update: President Donald Trump stalls on promise to create a fund for victims of ‘migrant crime’

The Promise:

"I will immediately re-issue my 2020 executive order restoring the President's authority to remove rogue bureaucrats. And I will wield that power very aggressively."

Update: Trump fulfills promise to make it easier to fire federal workers

The Promise:

"I will not lay a finger on Medicare or Social Security. ... These are benefits for our seniors. We are not going to touch it. There are many other things we can do."

Update: No direct benefit cuts to Social Security and Medicare, but some changes could have impacts

The Promise:

"I will ask Congress to send a bill to my desk revising Section 230 to get big online platforms out of censorship business. From now on, digital platforms should only qualify for immunity protection under Section 230 if they meet high standards of neutrality, transparency, fairness, and non-discrimination."

Update: Trump hasn’t spoken about Section 230 in more than three years

The Promise:

"We want all votes counted by election night."

Update: Trump’s promise to count all votes on election night stalls as related case heads to Supreme Court