10 Promises Trump Hasn't Kept in His First 100 Days

Donald Trump's campaign promises and blustery, post-election proclamations can be summed up thusly: Trump wants to demolish the D.C. political establishment and create "bigly" things that are the best and greatest (on some imaginary Trump scale). Because the 45th president of the United States frequently speaks in superlatives about his plans and initiatives, his first 100 days have not measured up to his boastful White House promises.

For better and for worse (probably worse), here are 10 promises Trump hasn't kept in his first 100 days in office.

This is perhaps Trump's biggest and most spectacular failure so far. His very first executive order after the inauguration was about demolishing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare). Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan suffered an embarrassing defeat in March when House Democrats and Republicans forced Ryan to abandon even bringing his American Health Care Act (AHCA) to the floor for a vote. Maybe it was because experts estimated AHCA would leave 14 million Americans without insurance in 2018.

In Trump's "100-Day Action Plan to Make America Great Again," he vowed to provide middle-class tax relief that would eventually lead to a 4 percent per year economy growth, and 25 million new jobs through tax reduction. However, Trump's newly released tax plan consists of a one-page, detail-less bullet pointed document. There are a few big picture goals listed, but no explanation as to how any of it would be accomplished.

Twice, Trump has attempted to ban citizens from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering or reentering the U.S. Twice, those measures have been shut down by the judiciary. Although the first ban did result in airport snarls all over the country as protesters, lawyers, and immigration advocates rallied in support of those affected.

During his campaign, Trump swore that he would build a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, and he ensured that Mexico would pay for it. Former Mexico President Vicente Fox took to Twitter in January and used colorful language to refute the notion that Mexico would ever pay for any portion of Trump's "big, beautiful" dream. As it stands, the border wall is a $2.6 billion allocation in Trump's proposed 2018 discretionary budget.

Part of the appeal of Trump as a presidential candidate was that he was a "Washington outsider" and he promised to rid D.C. of cronyism by various measures, like instituting term limits for Congress and a lifetime ban for White House staffers from lobbying for foreign governments. While Trump has signed an executive order for the foreign lobbying ban, he has also weakened other legislation that restricted certain lobbying activity. Number 45 has also made no traction on introducing Congressional term limits.

In Trump's joint address to Congress, he stated that he would ask Congress to approve $1 trillion in infrastructure improvements across the country financed through public and private money. Mick Mulvaney, the Office of Management and Budget Director, recently said a $200 billion infrastructure plan was in the works. But, so far, no official action has been taken.

As with most everything related to the Obama administration, Trump initially railed against Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, calling it one of the worst deals he's ever seen. Yet, a few months into his administration and Trump has still not done anything to change the agreement.

In statements during the signing of an executive order to resuscitate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, Trump said that he was "very insistent that if we're going to build pipelines in the United States, the pipe should be made in the United States." However, despite Trump's "buy American" rules, the Keystone pipeline won't have to be built using U.S. steel. The president has since softened his stance, stating that only new pipeline projects would require U.S. steel, not projects already in progress.

Trump went hard on China throughout his campaign. At various points he vowed to label China as "currency manipulators" during his first 100 days. The reality is that Trump pulled a 180 in April and told the Wall Street Journal that the Chinese are not currency manipulators. This new stance came after Trump publically endorsed China's One China policy and after China granted approval for 38 Trump trademarks.

At a 2016 campaign stop, Trump said "We're gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning." He promised to win with veterans, the economy, healthcare, and other expansive topics. It's not clear what he meant by "winning," but so far, nobody is fatigued by the "winning" of a president with a 44% approval rating.

If you're tired of empty promises, then be sure to make it out to the People's Climate March on Trump's 100th day on April 29 for the climate, jobs, and justice.