Thursday, 10 November 2016

President Elect Donald J. Trump made a lot of very large boisterous campaign promises that need to be followed and evaluated throughout his Presidency. Anyone who talked as big as he did set themselves up for the highest level of scrutiny. Let's see how he does with all his big talk now that he has to deliver on it, cause it should just be that easy, right?

Courtesy of the Washington Post here is the starter list of the 76 campaign promises but this was compiled January 22, 2016 by Jenna Johnson.

Check out the full list with all the details.


1. Build a wall along the southern border 
2. Make Mexico pay for the wall. 
3. "If I become president, we're all going to be saying 'Merry Christmas' again."
4. Get rid of Common Core 
5. The Environmental Protection Agency might also disappear.
6. Get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something "terrific" 
7. Knock down the regulatory walls between states for health insurance
8. Rebuild the country's aging infrastructure  -- for one-third of what the United States is currently paying for such projects.
9. Save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cutting benefits.
10. Defund Planned Parenthood.
11. "I will take care of women, 
12. Frequently use the term "radical Islamic terrorism."
13. Temporarily ban most foreign Muslims from entering the United States 
14. Bar Syrian refugees from entering the country and kick out any who are already living here. 
15. Heavily surveil mosques in the United States. 
16. Create a database of Syrian refugees. 
17. Never take a vacation while serving as president.
18. Prosecute Hillary Clinton 
19. Make medical marijuana widely available to patients, and allow states to decide if they want to fully legalize pot or not.
20. Stop spending money on space exploration 
21. Pick Supreme Court justices who are "really great legal scholars."
22. Ensure that Iowa continues to host the nation's first presidential nominating contest.
23. Strengthen the military, nobody's going to mess with us."
24. Be unpredictable. 
25. Allow Russia to deal with the Islamic State in Syria 
26. "Bomb the s--- out of ISIS." 
27. Target and kill the relatives of terrorists.
28. Shut down parts of the Internet 
29. Bring back waterboarding, 
30. Leave troops in Afghanistan because it's such "a mess." Protect Israel. And increase U.S. military presence in the East and South China Seas.
31. Find an "out" clause in the Iran deal 
32. "I promise I will never be in a bicycle race. 
33. Refuse to call Iran's leader by his preferred title. 
34. Negotiate the release of all U.S. prisoners held in Iran before taking office. 
35. Oppose the killing of journalists: 
36. Find great generals -- like the next Gen. Patton or Gen. MacArthur -- and do not allow them to go onto television news shows to explain their military strategy: 
37. Drop that "dirty, rotten traitor" Bowe Bergdahl out of an airplane into desolate Afghanistan without a parachute.
38. Fire "the corrupt and incompetent" leaders of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 
39. Invest more heavily in programs that help military veterans transition back to civilian life
40. Bring back jobs from China 
41. "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created."
42. Students at Wofford College in South Carolina, where Trump attended a town hall, will all have jobs at graduation.
43. Aggressively challenge China's power in the world 
44. Rather than throw the Chinese president a state dinner, buy him "a McDonald's hamburger and say we've got to get down to work."
45. Replace "free trade" with "fair trade." 
46. Put billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn in charge of trade negotiations with China and Japan
47. Tell Ford Motor Co.'s president that unless he cancels plans to build a massive plant in Mexico, the company will face a 35 percent tax on cars imported back into the United States. 
48. Force Nabisco to once again make Oreos in the United States. 
49. Impose new taxes on many imports into the country.
50. Grow the nation's economy by at least 6 percent.
51. Reduce the $18 trillion national debt 
52. Cut the budget by 20 percent by simply renegotiating.
53. Get rid of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
54. Simplify the U.S. tax code and reduce the number of tax brackets from seven to four. 
55. No longer charge income tax to single individuals earning less than $25,000 per year or couples earning less than $50,000. 
56. Ensure that Americans can still afford to golf.
57. Allow corporations a one-time window to transfer money being held overseas
58. Get rid of most corporate tax loopholes or incentives,
59. On his first day in office, Trump would get rid of gun-free zones at military bases and in schools.
60. Use "common sense" to fix the mental health system and prevent mass shootings. 
61. Impose a minimum sentence of five years in federal prison for any violent felon who commits a crime using a gun
62. Fix the background check system used when purchasing guns 
63. Allow concealed-carry permits to be recognized in all 50 states.
64. Sign an executive order calling for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of killing a police officer.
65. Provide more funding for police training.
66. And provide more funding for drug treatment
67. On the first day in office, terminate President Obama's executive orders related to immigration. 
68. Deport the almost 11 million immigrants illegally living in the United States.
69. Triple the number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
70. Continue to allow lowly paid foreign workers to come to the United States on temporary works visas 
71. End birthright citizenship.
72. Say things that are politically incorrect,
73. Make America great again 
74. Be a cheerleader for America and bring the country's spirit back. 
75. Bring back the American Dream.
76. Start winning again.