Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

“A Trump administration will renegotiate NAFTA and if we don't get the deal we want, we will terminate NAFTA and get a much better deal for our workers and our companies. 100 percent."

Update: Trump comes through on pledge to rewrite NAFTA

The Promise:

"We’ve got to get rid of the $19 trillion in debt. ... Well, I would say over a period of eight years. And I’ll tell you why.”

Update: Federal debt is up, not down, under Trump's watch

The Promise:

"If I'm elected president, I'm accepting no salary."

Update: Trump donates 2019 salary to USDA, surgeon general

The Promise:

"Instruct the Treasury Secretary to label China a currency manipulator."

Update: Trump delivers on promise as Treasury brands China a ‘currency manipulator’

The Promise:

“The president’s one-sided deal for Cuba and with Cuba benefits only the Castro regime but all the concessions that Barack Obama has granted the Castro Regime was done through executive order, which means they can be undone and that is what I intend to do unless the Castro Regime meets our demands.”

Update: Trump travel restrictions continue rollback of Obama’s Cuba policy

The Promise:

“I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.” 

Update: Democrats say latest Trump budget cuts Medicare, but it’s not that simple

The Promise:

"I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall."

Update: Donald Trump stalls on promise to build a wall, have Mexico pay for it

The Promise:

"We will end the sanctuary cities that have resulted in so many needless deaths. Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars, and we will work with Congress to pass legislation to protect those jurisdictions that do assist federal authorities.”

Update: Despite efforts, Donald Trump fails to cut funding from sanctuary cities

The Promise:

“The insurance companies are getting rich off health care and health insurance and everything having to do with health. We’re going to end that. We’re going to take out the artificial boundaries, the artificial lines. We’re going to get a plan where people compete, free enterprise.”

Update: Some new rules, but the lines remain

The Promise:

"Immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal executive amnesties (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). All immigration laws will be enforced -- we will triple the number of ICE agents. Anyone who enters the U.S. illegally is subject to deportation. That is what it means to have laws and to have a country."

Update: DACA remains, but Trump administration eliminated DAPA

The Promise:

“One of my first acts as president will be to establish a commission on radical Islam which will include reformist voices in the Muslim community who will hopefully work with us."

Update: No signs of a commission

The Promise:

"On my first day in office, I am also going to ask Congress to pass 'Kate’s Law' – named for Kate Steinle – to ensure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal re-entry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences."

Update: No new public push from Trump for mandatory minimum sentences for illegal re-entry

The Promise:

“A Trump administration will stop illegal immigration, deport all criminal aliens, and save American lives.”

Update: More criminals in the country illegally are deported

The Promise:

 "I think NATO's great. But it's got to be modernized. And countries that we're protecting have to pay what they're supposed to be paying."

Update: Trump furthers NATO's spending trend

The Promise:

"We will build a Navy of 350 surface ships and submarines as recommended by the bipartisan National Defense Panel."

Update: Naval fleet expansion stays the course