President-elect Trump on the campaign trail made grandiose promises to voters to bring down costs quickly, to end the war in Ukraine before he even took office and to use tariffs to bolster the U.S…

Summary

Donald Trump has begun tempering his campaign promises, admitting challenges in delivering on pledges to lower grocery prices, resolve the Ukraine war, and implement tariffs without raising consumer costs.

In interviews, Trump acknowledged the complexity of reversing price hikes and ending international conflicts, sparking criticism from Democrats who accuse him of preemptively breaking promises.

Trump allies argue he’s transitioning from campaign rhetoric to governing realities.

His past struggles to fulfill 2016 pledges, such as repealing Obamacare or building a Mexico-funded border wall, underscore the difficulty of enacting sweeping promises.

  • xmunk
    45·
    6 days ago

    The only two actual priorities for Trump are

    1. Making money/Being important to feed his narcissism
    2. Not going to jail

    He literally doesn’t give a fuck about anything else.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago
      1. Or maybe a corollary to 1. Getting revenge on anyone that agent orange thinks wronged him. The guy is such a snowflake with such delicate skin. He’s probably still bleating about Rosie O’Donnell for whatever reason…