Politicians have always made promises, but The Donald takes it to another level. Let’s start a list of all the things he is going to deliver if he gets back in power.
• Fixing McDonalds ice cream machines.
• Free generators
• Deporting aliens
• Replacing income tax with tariffs
He better un tax snake oil or he will be going back to court! Because he sells plenty of it !
Trump claimed Americans are "flushing their toilets “10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once.”
So … resolving the vexing American Crapper Problem has to be somewhere on that list.
I think he made comparable statements about dishwashers and showers, so … maybe just domestic plumbing issues, writ large.
Remove taxes on tips, overtime, and social security. Yes, this conflicts with his promise to replace tariffs
Free IVF
No border wall was built.
Well, if you’re Christians, he’s promised you won’t have to do that tiresome thing of voting again, as long as you do in 2024…
Of course, it’s the sort of promise a smart (or even half-smart) individual would WORRY about…
Didn’t he also promise to end the war in Ukraine with a phone call to Putin or something?
In 24 hours!
Fire Jack Smith, 2 Seconds
Dictator, Day One
Health Care, Two Weeks
There’s a lot, like an overflowing toilet, so it’s hard to focus on just one thing:
Remember to take breaks if you are going to try and get thru the whole thing. It hurts.
Some lowlights:
Didn’t he promise he would negotiate a deal with Iran to get them to give up their nuclear weapons program?
Drill baby drill!
Trump’s threats against the press are more than just asking questions, but worded so that I guess you could argue whether they are promises. But he has come pretty close to promising prison rape for journalists:
Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he’d do to the media if elected
Here a clear promise:
What Trump says he’d do to the media if elected (same link as my last post)
A bad fate to all his enemies. Jack Smith gone 2 seconds after he is sworn in.
Well, Hillary is still waiting to be locked up.
And yeah that wall. If the Mexicans complain about paying for it, it will just get bigger.
Trump 2: Electric Boogaloo will be so awful, Americans will be fleeing south in such numbers that Mexico will be forced to build a wall, and pay for it. Promise kept!
Back in '20 in the debate when Biden called him out on his nonsensical remarks about using antiseptic cleansers against Covid, he bellowed “I was being sarcastic and you know it!” So expect that defense (and his similar Access Hollywood defense of his remarks having been just locker-room bragging) to come into play if you ever call him on these promises.
Sure, in the middle of a dangerous pandemic when the general public is looking to the government for leadership and medical advice, and you’re standing up there with your top medical advisors, that’s the time for sarcasm. Not to mention, it didn’t sound like sarcasm. Can he even manage to sound sarcastic?
Edited to add, I’m trying to remember if Deborah Birx (the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator) actually did a forehead slap or just shook her head.