It's
been just a few months into his new role as the leader of the free
world and President Donald Trump has officially eclipsed the honeymoon
period.
The latest Gallup
tracking polls released in late-March revealed the new president's
approval ratings were plummeting, falling below 40 percent, while
several of the campaign promises he made during the 2016 presidential
election failed to take shape immediately after assuming the Oval
Office.
To be fair, Trump has only been in the White House for a full 10 weeks.
He was also a newcomer to D.C. politics altogether. Some of his
supporters argued a learning curve for any new president should be
expected. Still, on the campaign trail leading up the Election Day,
Trump said at least the following five vows would have already been
cemented by this point into his White House tenure.
1.
The federal government would implement a "total and complete shutdown"
of Muslims entering the U.S. "until our country can figure out what the
hell is going on."
In
fact, Trump was unable to effectively implement not one, but two
executive orders limiting travel from several Muslim-majority nations.
Both demands have been halted by courts nationwide, as the first attempt
was rejected
by the 9th circuit court of appeals Feb. 9. The White House vowed to
take the battle all the way to the Supreme Court, but, at least for now,
Trump has failed in his campaign promise of banning all Muslims from
entering the U.S. – and declined to ever officially rescind the vow to
his supporters.
2. Mexico would pay for a wall sprawling nearly 2,000 miles across the southern border.
Trump's
first budget proposal to Congress included a $2 billion down payment to
begin construction of a "big, beautiful" wall paid entirely by
taxpayers and federal funding, not the Mexican government.
Meanwhile, former Mexico President Vicente Fox scoffed at the assumption his country would ever pay for a border wall, saying it's "not going to pay for that fucking wall."
3. The new administration would "immediately" repeal and replace Obamacare.
Trump
often touted along the campaign trail no other Republican presidential
contender would be able to effectively repeal and replace former
President Barack Obama’s landmark health care legislation, the
Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare.
The
then-candidate even tweeted "We will immediately repeal and replace
ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me" in February last year.
4. Speaking of Twitter, Trump said he'd stop using the social platform after becoming president.
"I
tweeted today, at 'RealDonaldTrump,' I tweet, you know it," Trump said
during a campaign rally in April 2016. "Don’t worry, I'll give it up
after I’m president."
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"We won’t tweet anymore, I don't think," Trump continued. "Not presidential."
Of
course, Trump has used Twitter virtually each day of his presidency,
typically sending off tweets in conjunction with the issues Fox News was
covering during its morning broadcasts.
5. No vacations, no leaving the White House, and definitely no golf.
Trump,
one of his predecessor’s most voracious critics, slammed former
President Barack Obama for spending time over the course of his eight
years in the White House taking vacations and occasionally golfing.
"We pay for Obama’s travel so he can fundraise millions so Democrats can run on lies," Trump wrote on Twitter during Obama's presidency. "Then we pay for his golf."
The
president vowed he'd have no time to vacation or play golf, and
wouldn't be leaving the White House much during his presidency. Instead,
Trump has nicknamed Mar-A-Lago in West Palm, Florida the "winter White
House," spendin
The president vowed he'd have no time to vacation or play golf, and
wouldn't be leaving the White House much during his presidency. Instead,
Trump has nicknamed Mar-A-Lago in West Palm, Florida the "winter White
House," spending the majority of his weekends at his private luxury
estate – and golfing an immeasurable amount more than Obama had at this stage of his presidency.
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