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Nov 1, 2020 · Donald Trump hasn't fulfilled every promise he made on the campaign trail in 2016, but the U.S. president has kept enough of them to fundamentally change the country.
While most polls and analysts said Trump would lose in 2016, a handful of forecasters foresaw Trump's defeat of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Mar 2, 2023 · To many of Trump’s GOP skeptics, the biggest difference from 2016 is the possibility that DeSantis might unify the party’s anti-Trump forces more thoroughly than anyone did then.
Jan 19, 2021 · A president who, before the pandemic, presided over an economic boom, re-oriented America's opinion of China, removed terrorist leaders from the battlefield, revamped the space program, secured an...
- Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it. The U.S.- Mexico border spans approximately 2,000 miles, and about a third of it already had barriers erected by the U.S government over the past few decades.
- Repeal Obamacare. The promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the sweeping health insurance law also known as Obamacare, regularly drew roars of approval at Trump campaign rallies.
- Bring back manufacturing. Despite Trump's aggressive pro-business agenda, the results on his watch were mediocre for the manufacturing sector, even before the coronavirus pandemic drove the U.S. economy into its first recession in a decade.
- Grow the economy by 4% a year. The economy didn't hit an annual 4% increase in 2017, 2018, or 2019, the three years under Trump for which data is available.
Mar 26, 2024 · When Trump first ran for president in 2016, he was the ultimate political outsider — lacking both governing experience and a network of support in Washington and within the Republican party.
Feb 2, 2023 · In 2016, the GOP’s preference for primaries and caucuses that were “winner-take-all” — or at least “winner-take-most” — helped Trump win the Republican nomination even though he won ...
