The election was a blowout. Trump has the mandate to take his policies forward. We might as well get started with the list and see how he does against these promises over the next four years. I will keep this updated with how he is doing as his term unfolds. Here are the main promises I heard (I’m not including smaller ones), please feel free to add more below and I will update this list.
Immigration:
- Deport 15-20 million people (including the Haitians here legally)
- Finally build the border wall
- End birthright citizenship
Economy:
- Add a 10-20% tariff on all non-American goods
- Add a 60% tariff on all Chinese made goods
- Eliminate inflation
- Drill baby drill. Increase domestic oil production so as to cut US energy prices in 1/2 in 12 months
Taxes:
- Eliminate taxes on overtime
- Eliminate taxes on tips
- Cut corporate tax rate to 15%
- Extend the 2017 tax cuts
- Further reduce taxes on virtually all income groups, with largest cuts for highest brackets
Foreign policy and military:
End the Ukraine/Russia war in 24 hours (or prior to taking office)
- Hold China financially responsible for Covid
- Provide record funding to our military
- Tariffs up to 100% if Mexico does not close the border
Healthcare:
- Have RFK lead a task force overseeing our healthcare bureaucracy and investigate vaccines, autism, etc.
Others:
- Abolish the education department
- Pardon the January 6 felons
- Appoint a special prosecutor to look into Biden
- Sign legislation recognizing only 2 genders assigned at birth and banning former males from women’s sports, ban trans from the military
- Appoint Elon Musk to oversee how we downsize our bureaucracy (Elon said we can cut $2 trillion in spending)