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Republican Party

20 promises on record: 3 in plan, 1 legislated, 2 funded, 10 delivering, 4 unscoreable.

Key promises

Chosen by the same rule for everyone, never by hand: the open promises due next and the latest changes.

Latest changes

Promises over time

Time runs upwards: above today, the deadlines still to come; below it, what was promised and what has happened since, newest first. Each entry links to its promise.

  1. Today
    • Delivering
      • Seal the borderCBP reports 98,708 Border Patrol apprehensions at the southwest border in fiscal year 2026, October 2025 to September 2026 (preliminary)
    • Delivering
      • Cut crime, cartels and gang violenceFBI estimates for 2025: 1,119,768 violent crimes, 9.3% fewer than in 2024 (a rate of 327.6 per 100,000, down 9.7%), and 14,085 murders, down 18.1%
    • Delivering
      • Cut workers' taxes and end tax on tipsTreasury reports that more than 53 million filers claimed at least one of the law's new deductions on 2025 returns, including more than 6 million for tips, averaging more than $7,100
    • Delivering
      • Seal the borderCBP reports 237,565 Border Patrol apprehensions at the southwest border in fiscal year 2025, October 2024 to September 2025; 172,026 of them were in the year's first 111 days, before 20 January 2025
    • Delivering
      • Cut crime, cartels and gang violenceThe President states that a US strike in international waters killed 11 people on a vessel the White House says Tren de Aragua operated: the first of a series of strikes on boats
    • In plan
      • Rebuild cities, including Washington DCExecutive Order 14339 orders more Park Police and prosecutors for Washington, a specialized DC National Guard unit and a standing National Guard quick reaction force for use across the country
    • In plan and delivering
      • Rebuild cities, including Washington DCExecutive Order 14333 declares a crime emergency in Washington, DC and directs the Mayor to provide the Metropolitan Police for federal purposes under section 740 of the Home Rule ActA presidential memorandum mobilizes the DC National Guard; a federal court later records more than 2,000 Guard troops on the city's streets
    • Legislated
      • Keep the dollar as the world's reserve currencyThe GENIUS Act, Public Law 119-27, sets federal rules for payment stablecoins, which must hold reserves of at least one to one, such as Treasury bills maturing in 93 days or less; it takes effect by…
    • Funded
      • Largest deportation operation in American historyPublic Law 119-21 appropriates $45 billion for ICE detention capacity (section 90003) and $29.85 billion for ICE, starting with hiring and training (section 100052), available until 30 September 2029
      • Make the military the strongest in the worldPublic Law 119-21 appropriates defense funds available until 30 September 2029, including $29.2 billion for shipbuilding (section 20002) and $24.4 billion for air and missile defense (section 20003)
      • Prevent world war, restore peace, build missile shieldPublic Law 119-21 appropriates $24.4 billion for air and missile defense (section 20003), including $5.6 billion for space-based and boost-phase interceptors and $7.2 billion for space-based…
      • Seal the borderPublic Law 119-21 appropriates $46.55 billion for the border wall system (section 90001), $6.17 billion for border technology and screening (section 90004) and $10 billion to reimburse border…
    • Legislated
      • Cancel the electric vehicle mandate; cut regulationsPublic Law 119-21 ends the tax credits for new, used and commercial clean vehicles acquired after 30 September 2025 (sections 70501 to 70503) and sets the civil penalty for missing fuel economy…
      • Cut workers' taxes and end tax on tipsPublic Law 119-21 creates a federal income tax deduction for tips of up to $25,000 a year, reduced above $150,000 of income ($300,000 for joint returns), for 2025 to 2028 (section 70201), and a…Public Law 119-21 makes the 2017 law's lower income tax rates permanent (section 70101) and raises the standard deduction (section 70102)
      • Make America the dominant energy producerPublic Law 119-21 requires at least 4 onshore oil and gas lease sales a year in each of nine states (section 50101) and at least 30 offshore lease sales in the Gulf of America region (section 50102)
      • Stop outsourcing; become a manufacturing superpowerPublic Law 119-21 lets factories whose construction begins after 19 January 2025 and before 1 January 2029, and that are in service before 2031, be written off in full in their first year (section…
    • In plan
      • Voter ID, paper ballots and proof of citizenshipExecutive Order 14248 directs the Election Assistance Commission to require documentary proof of US citizenship on the federal voter registration form, sets standards for voter-verifiable paper…
    • In plan
      • Cut crime, cartels and gang violenceProclamation 10903 invokes the Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan members of Tren de Aragua aged 14 or older who are not US citizens or permanent residents
    • In plan
      • Cut crime, cartels and gang violenceThe State Department designates Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and six Mexico-based cartels, including Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
    • In plan
      • Keep women's sports for those born femaleExecutive Order 14201 sets a policy to rescind all funds from education programs that let males compete in women's sports, and directs the Education Department to give priority to Title IX enforcement
    • Legislated
      • Cut crime, cartels and gang violenceThe Laken Riley Act, Public Law 119-1, requires Homeland Security to detain inadmissible non-citizens who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of burglary, theft, shoplifting, assaulting a…
    • In plan
      • Cut school funding over race and gender contentExecutive Order 14190 directs the Secretaries of Education, Defense and Health and Human Services to deliver within 90 days a strategy that includes eliminating federal funding or support for what…
    • In plan
      • Keep the dollar as the world's reserve currencyExecutive Order 14178 sets a policy of protecting the sovereignty of the US dollar, including through dollar-backed stablecoins, and bars agencies from establishing a central bank digital currency
    • In plan
      • Cancel the electric vehicle mandate; cut regulationsExecutive Order 14154 sets a policy to "eliminate the 'electric vehicle (EV) mandate'"
      • End inflation and make America affordableA presidential memorandum directs all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief, including on housing, health care, food and fuel, and to report every 30 days
      • Largest deportation operation in American historyExecutive Order 14159 directs agencies to give priority to immigration enforcement, widen expedited removal, add detention facilities and expand 287(g) agreements with state and local police
      • Make America the dominant energy producerExecutive Order 14154 sets a policy to expand energy production on federal lands and waters and orders agencies to review rules that burden itExecutive Order 14156 declares a national energy emergency and directs agencies to use emergency and other powers to speed energy production and infrastructure
      • Seal the borderProclamation 10886 declares a national emergency at the southern border, makes the armed forces available to support the Department of Homeland Security and orders more physical barriersExecutive Order 14165 directs Homeland Security to resume the Migrant Protection Protocols, stop paroling migrants through the CBP One app, end categorical parole programs and end "catch-and-release"

No date given

16 open promises name no deadline, so they never appear above today.

Promises made each month

  1. July 2024: 20 promises
  2. August 2024: 0 promises
  3. September 2024: 0 promises
  4. October 2024: 0 promises
  5. November 2024: 0 promises
  6. December 2024: 0 promises
  7. January 2025: 0 promises
  8. February 2025: 0 promises
  9. March 2025: 0 promises
  10. April 2025: 0 promises
  11. May 2025: 0 promises
  12. June 2025: 0 promises
  13. July 2025: 0 promises
  14. August 2025: 0 promises
  15. September 2025: 0 promises
  16. October 2025: 0 promises
  17. November 2025: 0 promises
  18. December 2025: 0 promises
  19. January 2026: 0 promises
  20. February 2026: 0 promises
  21. March 2026: 0 promises
  22. April 2026: 0 promises
  23. May 2026: 0 promises
  24. June 2026: 0 promises
  25. July 2026: 0 promises
  26. August 2026: 0 promises
  27. September 2026: 0 promises
  28. October 2026, so far: 0 promises
As a table
MonthPromises made
July 202420
August 20240
September 20240
October 20240
November 20240
December 20240
January 20250
February 20250
March 20250
April 20250
May 20250
June 20250
July 20250
August 20250
September 20250
October 20250
November 20250
December 20250
January 20260
February 20260
March 20260
April 20260
May 20260
June 20260
July 20260
August 20260
September 20260
October 2026, so far0

Promises by area

AreaPromisesWhere they stand
1. Seal the border11 delivering
2. Deportations11 delivering
3. Inflation and prices11 in plan
4. Energy production11 delivering
5. Manufacturing11 legislated
6. Tax cuts and tips11 delivering
7. Constitution and Bill of Rights11 unscoreable
8. Peace in Europe and the Middle East, missile defense11 funded
9. Government and political opponents11 unscoreable
10. Crime, cartels and gangs11 delivering
11. Cities, including Washington DC11 delivering
12. Military11 funded
13. The dollar as reserve currency11 delivering
14. Social Security and Medicare11 delivering
15. Electric vehicles and regulation11 delivering
16. School funding and teaching11 in plan
17. Women's sports11 delivering
18. College campuses11 unscoreable
19. Elections11 in plan
20. Unity11 unscoreable
Not among the 20None recorded

Every promise