Tracking politicians' promises
The Obameter
Tracking Obama's promises
GOP Pledge-O-Meter
Tracking the promises of the GOP Leadership in Congress
Trump-O-Meter
Tracking Trump's Campaign Promises
Promises we’ve rated recently
Balance the federal budget 'fairly quickly'
"It can be done. ... It will take place and it will go relatively quickly. ... If you have the right people, like, in the agencies and the various people that do the balancing ... you can cut the numbers by two pennies and three pennies and balance a budget quickly and have a stronger and better country."
Terminate Barack Obama's immigration executive orders 'immediately'
"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."
Add additional federal investment of $20 billion toward School Choice
"Immediately add an additional federal investment of $20 billion towards school choice."
Save the coal industry
"We're going to put our miners back to work."
Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it
"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."
Create private White House veterans hotline
"I will create a private White House hotline – that is answered by a real person 24 hours a day – to make sure that no valid complaint about the VA ever falls through the cracks. I will instruct my staff that if a valid complaint is not acted upon, then the issue be brought directly to me, and I will pick up the phone and fix it myself, if need be."
Not take vacations
"I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.”
Limit legal immigration
“We will reform legal immigration to serve the best interests of America and its workers, the forgotten people. Workers. We’re going to take care of our workers.”
Repeal Obamacare
“Real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing the disaster known as Obamacare."
Take no salary
"If I'm elected president, I'm accepting no salary."
Suspend immigration from terror-prone places
“And if people don't like it, we've got to have a country folks. Got to have a country. Countries in which immigration will be suspended would include places like Syria and Libya. And we are going to stop the tens of thousands of people coming in from Syria.”
Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it
"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."
Repeal Obamacare
“Real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing the disaster known as Obamacare."
Eliminate Common Core
“We're cutting Common Core. We're getting rid of Common Core. We're bringing education locally."
Build a safe zone for Syrian refugees
“They should build a safe zone. Take a big piece of land in Syria and they have plenty of land, believe me. Build a safe zone for all these people, because I have a heart, I mean these people, it’s horrible to watch, But, they shouldn’t come over here. We should build a safe zone.”
