{ "name": "Donald John Trump", "party": "Republican", "role": "U.S. President", "state": "Florida", "district": null, "birthDate": "1946-06-14", "startDate": "2025-01-20", "bio": "Donald Trump is a businessman and television personality who served as the 45th President of the United States from January 2017 to January 2021, and was elected as the 47th President in November 2024. He secured the Republican nomination in 2016 as a political outsider, running on platforms of immigration restriction, trade protectionism, and economic nationalism. Trump is the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice and the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes, though sentencing was deferred. He returned to the presidency after defeating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.", "promises": [ { "type": "promise", "text": "Build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and have Mexico pay for it", "status": "broken", "analysis": "Approximately 452 miles of border barrier were constructed during Trump's first term, the vast majority replacing existing fencing rather than covering new ground. Mexico never paid for any construction; funding was diverted from U.S. military appropriations after Congress refused full authorization. The signature pledge of his 2016 campaign was not fulfilled in its stated form.", "category": "Immigration", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)", "status": "broken", "analysis": "Despite Republican control of Congress in 2017, the American Health Care Act failed in the Senate, most notably when Senator John McCain cast the deciding 'no' vote. The ACA remained law throughout Trump's first term, though the individual mandate penalty was eliminated via the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The core pledge to repeal and replace the ACA was not achieved.", "category": "Healthcare", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the TPP on January 23, 2017, his first week in office. This fulfilled a major 2016 campaign pledge on trade protectionism. The remaining TPP nations restructured the deal without the U.S. as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Renegotiate or withdraw from NAFTA", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump renegotiated NAFTA, resulting in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which was signed into law in January 2020. The new agreement included updated provisions on automotive labor, digital trade, and dairy market access. This fulfilled his core pledge to revise the trade framework, though critics debated how substantively it differed from NAFTA.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement in June 2017, and the formal withdrawal took effect in November 2020. This directly fulfilled his campaign promise, framing the agreement as harmful to American economic interests. President Biden rejoined the agreement on his first day in office in January 2021.", "category": "Environment", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December 2017 and the U.S. Embassy relocated to Jerusalem in May 2018. This fulfilled a long-standing campaign promise that previous presidents had pledged but deferred. The move was widely praised by Israeli and American Jewish supporters but drew significant criticism from Palestinian leaders and Arab nations.", "category": "Foreign Policy", "year": 2018 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Appoint conservative, originalist justices to the Supreme Court", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices: Neil Gorsuch (2017), Brett Kavanaugh (2018), and Amy Coney Barrett (2020), all of whom aligned with conservative judicial philosophy. The appointments shifted the Supreme Court to a 6-3 conservative majority. The Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which overturned Roe v. Wade, was a direct consequence of this ideological shift.", "category": "Civil Rights", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Impose tariffs on Chinese goods to address trade imbalance", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Beginning in 2018, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The tariffs escalated into a prolonged trade dispute and partial 'Phase One' trade deal signed in January 2020. This action directly followed his 2016 campaign rhetoric about Chinese trade practices, though economists debated the economic impact.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2018 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Withdraw U.S. troops from 'endless wars' in the Middle East", "status": "broken", "analysis": "Trump pledged to end military involvement in the Middle East but troop levels fluctuated rather than consistently declining during his first term. While he reduced troops in Syria and Afghanistan and withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, he also increased deployments to Saudi Arabia. A full withdrawal from Afghanistan was not completed during his tenure and was ultimately executed by President Biden in 2021.", "category": "Foreign Policy", "year": 2021 }, { "type": "promise", "text": "Implement a travel ban on nationals from select majority-Muslim countries", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed Executive Order 13769 in January 2017, initiating travel restrictions on nationals from several Muslim-majority countries. After legal challenges invalidated earlier versions, a revised policy was upheld by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii (2018). The policy fulfilled his campaign pledge of enhanced vetting, though critics argued it amounted to the 'Muslim ban' he had proposed during the campaign.", "category": "Immigration", "year": 2018 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1) into law", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017, delivering the largest overhaul of the U.S. tax code since 1986. The law reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and lowered individual income tax rates, consistent with his campaign platform. The legislation added an estimated $1.5 trillion to the national deficit over ten years according to the Congressional Budget Office.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Signed the CARES Act (H.R. 748) providing $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 economic relief", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act on March 27, 2020, the largest economic stimulus package in U.S. history at the time. The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and provided direct payments to Americans, expanded unemployment benefits, and loans to businesses. The action was consistent with his stated goal of protecting the American economy.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Signed the First Step Act (S. 756) criminal justice reform bill into law", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed the First Step Act on December 21, 2018, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that reduced mandatory minimum sentences and expanded prisoner rehabilitation programs. The legislation was a notable break from traditional Republican tough-on-crime posturing. Thousands of federal prisoners received reduced sentences as a result of the law.", "category": "Criminal Justice", "year": 2018 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Signed executive orders rolling back dozens of environmental regulations", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed Executive Order 13783 in March 2017 directing federal agencies to review and revise the Clean Power Plan and other Obama-era environmental rules. His administration rolled back over 100 environmental rules during his first term, consistent with his campaign stance against what he called overregulation. These actions drew lawsuits from environmental groups and state attorneys general.", "category": "Environment", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Refused to sign the bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill initially, demanding larger checks, before signing a reduced version", "status": "broken", "analysis": "In December 2020, Trump surprised Congressional Republicans by refusing to sign the $900 billion COVID relief bill they had negotiated, demanding $2,000 direct payments instead of $600. He ultimately signed the original $600 version on December 27, 2020 after days of inaction that briefly threatened government shutdown. This episode contradicted his stated platform of economic relief and disrupted his own party's legislative agenda.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, providing a Space Force and military pay raises", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed the FY2020 NDAA in December 2019, which established the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the military, fulfilling one of his administration's defense priorities. The bill also included military pay raises and funding increases aligned with his pledge to rebuild the military. This was consistent with his campaign platform emphasizing military strength.", "category": "Defense", "year": 2019 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2021, which was overridden by Congress", "status": "broken", "analysis": "Trump vetoed the FY2021 NDAA in December 2020, objecting to provisions requiring renaming of Confederate-named military bases and opposing Section 230 liability protections for tech companies. Congress overrode the veto with bipartisan supermajorities in both chambers, the first override of his presidency. Vetoing the defense authorization bill conflicted with his stated platform of strong military funding.", "category": "Defense", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "vote", "text": "Signed the Abraham Accords normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states", "status": "kept", "analysis": "The Trump administration brokered normalization agreements between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco in 2020, signed at the White House. This was a significant foreign policy achievement consistent with his pro-Israel platform and regional stability goals. The Abraham Accords were widely praised across party lines as a meaningful diplomatic breakthrough.", "category": "Foreign Policy", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Signed Executive Order 13767 ordering construction of a border wall and enhanced interior immigration enforcement", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed EO 13767 on January 25, 2017, directing federal agencies to plan and construct a border wall and increase immigration enforcement. The order initiated the process of wall planning, though full construction never achieved his stated goals. It represented an early and direct action on his signature campaign issue.", "category": "Immigration", "year": 2017 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) and reimposed sanctions on Iran", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018 and reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran. This fulfilled his campaign pledge to exit what he called a 'horrible deal' negotiated by the Obama administration. Iran subsequently expanded its nuclear enrichment activities, and the deal's future remained contested under Biden and then Trump's second term.", "category": "Foreign Policy", "year": 2018 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Signed executive orders creating a 'zero tolerance' immigration policy leading to family separation at the border", "status": "in_progress", "analysis": "Attorney General Sessions announced a zero-tolerance policy in April 2018 that resulted in over 2,700 migrant children being separated from their parents at the border. Public outcry prompted Trump to sign an executive order ending family separation in June 2018, though reunification efforts extended for years. The policy remains controversial and subject to ongoing litigation and federal review.", "category": "Immigration", "year": 2018 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Issued executive orders banning TikTok and WeChat, which were blocked by federal courts", "status": "broken", "analysis": "Trump signed executive orders in August 2020 seeking to ban TikTok and WeChat in the United States on national security grounds. Federal courts issued preliminary injunctions blocking the bans before they took effect, and the orders expired when Biden entered office. The actions did not achieve their stated goal of removing the apps from U.S. app stores.", "category": "Foreign Policy", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Sponsored and signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act into law", "status": "kept", "analysis": "Trump signed the USMCA Implementation Act on January 29, 2020, replacing NAFTA with a renegotiated trade framework. The agreement passed with bipartisan support in both chambers and incorporated labor, environmental, and digital trade provisions. This represented one of his most substantive legislative achievements on trade reform.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Launched Operation Warp Speed to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development", "status": "kept", "analysis": "The Trump administration announced Operation Warp Speed in May 2020, committing $10 billion in federal investment to accelerate vaccine development and distribution. Two vaccines received Emergency Use Authorization by December 2020, less than a year after the pandemic began. The initiative is widely credited with achieving unprecedented vaccine development speed, though distribution rollout faced logistical challenges.", "category": "Healthcare", "year": 2020 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Signed executive orders in early second term reinstating Schedule F for federal employees and withdrawing from WHO", "status": "kept", "analysis": "On his first day back in office in January 2025, Trump signed executive orders reinstating Schedule F, which reclassifies federal workers to make them easier to dismiss, and initiated withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Both actions were explicit campaign promises for his second term. These actions face ongoing legal challenges from federal employee unions.", "category": "Government Reform", "year": 2025 }, { "type": "action", "text": "Signed executive orders in second term imposing broad tariffs including 25% on Canada and Mexico and sweeping 'reciprocal' tariffs globally", "status": "kept", "analysis": "In early 2025, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries, citing trade deficits and national security. The tariff actions matched his 2024 campaign promises of aggressive protectionist trade policy. Global financial markets experienced significant volatility and trading partners announced retaliatory measures.", "category": "Economy", "year": 2025 } ], "score": 76, "scoreBreakdown": { "kept": 19, "broken": 6, "inProgress": 1 } }