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 "name": "Public Trust Tracker promise data",
 "url": "https://publictrusttracker.org/data/",
 "generated": "2026-10-23",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "note": "Being listed is not a finding of wrongdoing. Event and amount \"src\" fields index the case's sources list.",
 "as_of": "2026-10-22",
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   "title": "End the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours",
   "topic": "War & foreign policy",
   "quote": "I'll have that done in 24 hours.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2023-05-10",
   "venue": "CNN town hall, Saint Anselm College, N.H.; repeated through 2024",
   "deadline": "2025-01-21",
   "status": "Broken",
   "tags": [
    "Walked back"
   ],
   "happened": "The war is still going in October 2026. A US-announced energy truce (Oct 11) has not been confirmed by Russia or Ukraine, and new three-way talks are proposed for late October. On Oct 16 Trump waived the new Graham Act sanctions and tariffs on Russia two days before they took effect.",
   "explanation": "Trump later said the 24-hours line was \"said in jest\" (Time, April 2025). On the sanctions waiver, the White House said enforcing them now \"would impede ongoing U.S. efforts to negotiate a durable and comprehensive peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia\" (Oct 17, 2026).",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-19",
   "politifact": "Promise Broken",
   "sources": [
    [
     "CNN, town hall moments",
     "https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/11/politics/donald-trump-cnn-town-hall-video-moments"
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     "Agenda47 video (archived)",
     "https://web.archive.org/web/20230930130716/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/the-russia-ukraine-war-would-have-never-happened-under-president-trump"
    ],
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     "PolitiFact",
     "https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/1641/end-the-russia-ukraine-war-within-24-hours/article/3172/"
    ],
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     "CNBC, Oct 5 2026",
     "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/ukraine-war-russia-kyiv-putin-zelenskyy-trump.html"
    ],
    [
     "ISW, Oct 12 2026",
     "https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-12-2026"
    ],
    [
     "ABC News, Oct 17 2026",
     "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-signs-order-waiving-graham-act-sanctions-russia/story?id=137341529"
    ]
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   "id": "PRM-001",
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   "title": "No new wars",
   "topic": "War & foreign policy",
   "quote": "I'm not going to start a war, I'm going to stop wars.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024-11-06",
   "venue": "Election-night victory speech, West Palm Beach",
   "status": "Broken",
   "tags": [
    "Contested"
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   "happened": "The United States went to war with Iran on Feb 28, 2026. The war was still going in October 2026.",
   "explanation": "Trump says the Iran war does not break the pledge and that he never promised there would be no wars (NBC Meet the Press, June 2026).",
   "sources": [
    [
     "NME, speech transcript",
     "https://www.nme.com/news/world-reacts-to-donald-trumps-speech-declaring-us-election-victory-we-are-so-over-as-a-nation-3810008"
    ],
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     "NPR, June 7 2026",
     "https://www.npr.org/2026/06/07/g-s1-126826/trump-iran-wars-campaign-message"
    ],
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     "PBS NewsHour",
     "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-dismisses-idea-that-iran-betrays-his-no-new-wars-campaign-message"
    ]
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   "id": "PRM-002",
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  {
   "title": "End the Iran war right after the midterms, then gas prices fall",
   "topic": "War & foreign policy",
   "period": "president",
   "quote": "Iran will seek an end \"immediately after the election\" … \"I think it's going to take a little bit longer than the midterm\" (on gas prices).",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2026-09-09",
   "venue": "Remarks to reporters on the way to the GOP midterm convention, Dallas",
   "deadline": "2026-11-04",
   "status": "Not yet due",
   "happened": "Due after the Nov 3 election. Gasoline averaged $4.28 a gallon on Oct 20, 2026 (AAA), about 44% above the pre-war level of $2.98.",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-21",
   "sources": [
    [
     "CNN via KRDO, Sept 9 2026",
     "https://krdo.com/news/2026/09/09/trump-says-iran-war-will-end-after-the-midterms-and-gas-prices-will-fall/"
    ],
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     "Fortune, Oct 17 2026",
     "https://fortune.com/2026/10/17/iran-war-cost-us-household-2000-energy-prices-interest-rates-military-spending"
    ],
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     "AAA national average, Oct 20 2026",
     "https://gasprices.aaa.com/"
    ]
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   "id": "PRM-003",
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  {
   "title": "End the Gaza war and bring the hostages home",
   "topic": "War & foreign policy",
   "quote": "If the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025 … there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024-12-02",
   "venue": "Truth Social post (as president-elect)",
   "status": "Partly kept",
   "happened": "A ceasefire under Trump's 20-point plan began in October 2025 and the living hostages were freed. The US declared phase two in January 2026, but disarmament, Israeli withdrawal and reconstruction remain unresolved, and deadly strikes continued.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "Boston Globe/AP, Dec 2 2024",
     "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/02/nation/trump-hostages-israel-gaza/"
    ],
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     "Al Jazeera, Jan 16 2026",
     "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/16/us-declares-phase-two-of-gaza-ceasefire-but-what-did-phase-one-deliver"
    ],
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     "NPR, Jan 15 2026",
     "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5678940/the-ceasefire-in-gaza-enters-the-next-phase-what-does-that-mean"
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   "title": "Golden Dome missile shield fully operational before his term ends",
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   "period": "president",
   "quote": "It should be fully operational before the end of my term.",
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   "said": "2025-05-20",
   "venue": "Oval Office announcement",
   "deadline": "2029-01-20",
   "status": "Not yet due",
   "happened": "About $24 billion approved in the 2025 tax and spending law. The Pentagon now targets summer 2028; CBO estimates up to $1.2 trillion over 20 years, against Trump's $175 billion.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "DefenseScoop, May 20 2025",
     "https://defensescoop.com/2025/05/20/trump-golden-dome-cost-175-billion-fully-operational-three-years/"
    ],
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     "KBTX/AP, May 12 2026",
     "https://www.kbtx.com/2026/05/12/trumps-proposed-golden-dome-estimated-cost-12-trillion-far-more-than-he-initially-said/"
    ],
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     "Federal News Network, Aug 2026",
     "https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2026/08/golden-dome-cost-estimate-draws-pentagon-pushback/"
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   "id": "PRM-005",
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  {
   "title": "Designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations",
   "topic": "War & foreign policy",
   "quote": "I will designate the major cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. We will sever their access to global financial systems.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024",
   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
   "status": "Kept",
   "politifact": "Promise Kept",
   "happened": "The State Department designated six cartels and two gangs in February 2025.",
   "sources": [
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     "Original statement",
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387391/designate-drug-cartels-as-foreign-terrorist-organi/"
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  },
  {
   "title": "Leave the Paris climate accord and the WHO",
   "topic": "War & foreign policy",
   "quote": "We will again get out of (the) Paris climate agreement.\" / \"I will again withdraw from the WHO.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024",
   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
   "status": "Kept",
   "politifact": "Promise Kept",
   "happened": "Paris exit ordered on Jan 20, 2025; US exit from the WHO took effect in January 2026.",
   "sources": [
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     "Original statement",
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     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387497/withdraw-from-the-world-health-organization/"
    ]
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   "period": "campaign",
   "id": "PRM-007",
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  },
  {
   "title": "End inflation from day one",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "quote": "Starting on day one, we will end inflation.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024-08-09",
   "venue": "Rally, Bozeman, Mont.",
   "deadline": "2025-01-20",
   "status": "Broken",
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    "label": "Inflation, 12 months",
    "then": "3.0%",
    "then_date": "Jan 2025",
    "now": "3.7%",
    "now_date": "Sep 2026",
    "source": "BLS CPI"
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   "happened": "Consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September 2026, faster than when he took office.",
   "sources": [
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     "BLS CPI release, Sep 2026",
     "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm"
    ],
    [
     "CNN, Oct 14 2026",
     "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/14/economy/us-cpi-inflation-september"
    ],
    [
     "Rep. Doggett timeline (cites NBC Montana video)",
     "https://doggett.house.gov/issues/trumps-false-economic-promises-timeline"
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   "id": "PRM-008",
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   "title": "Bring grocery and everyday prices down",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "quote": "Groceries, cars – everything. We're going to get the prices down.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024-08-14",
   "venue": "Rally, Asheville, N.C.",
   "deadline": "2025-01-20",
   "status": "Stalled",
   "politifact": "Stalled",
   "measure": {
    "label": "Grocery prices since Jan 2025",
    "then": "100",
    "then_date": "Jan 2025 = 100",
    "now": "103.3",
    "now_date": "Sep 2026",
    "source": "BLS food-at-home CPI via FRED"
   },
   "happened": "Grocery prices are 3.3% higher than in January 2025. CNN rated Trump's claim that they have come \"way down\" false.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "Original statement",
     "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-campaigns-in-erie-pennsylvania/649590"
    ],
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     "CNN fact check, Sept 28 2026",
     "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/fact-check-trump-grocery-prices"
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387725/reduce-prices-for-groceries-cars-and-other-consume/"
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  {
   "title": "Cut energy and electricity prices in half within 12 months",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "quote": "My goal will be to cut your energy costs in half within 12 months after taking office. We can do that.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024-08-14",
   "venue": "Rally, Asheville, N.C.; repeated in York, Pa. and Indiana, Pa.",
   "deadline": "2026-07-20",
   "status": "Broken",
   "politifact": "Stalled",
   "measure": {
    "label": "Average electricity price",
    "then": "17.9¢/kWh",
    "then_date": "Jan 2025",
    "now": "19.6¢/kWh",
    "now_date": "Sep 2026",
    "source": "BLS average price via FRED"
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   "happened": "Both the 12-month and 18-month deadlines passed. Household electricity costs about 9% more per kilowatt-hour than in January 2025, and gasoline is far higher since the Iran war.",
   "sources": [
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     "Original statement",
     "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-cut-energy-costs-oil-prices-rcna169004"
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     "NBC News, Sept 2024",
     "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-cut-energy-costs-oil-prices-rcna169004"
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     "NPR, Jan 20 2026",
     "https://www.npr.org/2026/01/20/nx-s1-5670378/trump-energy-promises-one-year"
    ],
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387683/lower-energy-costs-within-the-first-year-by-50/"
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   "id": "PRM-010",
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  },
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   "title": "Gasoline below $2 a gallon",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "quote": "We're going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024",
   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
   "status": "Stalled",
   "politifact": "Stalled",
   "measure": {
    "label": "Gasoline, national average",
    "then": "$2.98",
    "then_date": "Feb 27 2026 (pre-war)",
    "now": "$4.28",
    "now_date": "Oct 20 2026",
    "source": "AAA"
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   "happened": "Gas fell in 2025 but rose sharply after the Iran war began; diesel reached $6.33.",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-21",
   "sources": [
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     "Original statement",
     "https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-trump-remarks-at-the-economic-club-of-new-york/648558"
    ],
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     "AAA national average, Oct 20 2026",
     "https://gasprices.aaa.com/"
    ],
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     "Fortune, Oct 17 2026",
     "https://fortune.com/2026/10/17/iran-war-cost-us-household-2000-energy-prices-interest-rates-military-spending"
    ],
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     "Brown University energy cost tracker",
     "https://iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu/"
    ],
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387719/reduce-the-cost-of-gasoline-below-2-a-gallon/"
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   "title": "Bring back manufacturing jobs",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "quote": "Under my leadership, we're going to take other countries' jobs.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024-09-24",
   "venue": "Economic speech, Savannah, Ga.",
   "status": "Stalled",
   "measure": {
    "label": "Manufacturing jobs",
    "then": "12.673 million",
    "then_date": "Jan 2025",
    "now": "12.652 million",
    "now_date": "Sep 2026",
    "source": "BLS via FRED"
   },
   "happened": "Factory employment is about 21,000 lower than in January 2025, after small gains in mid-2026.",
   "sources": [
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     "NPR via WHRO, Sept 24 2024",
     "https://www.whro.org/2024-09-24/trump-vows-to-steal-jobs-from-other-countries-in-winding-speech-on-economic-plans"
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   "period": "campaign",
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   "title": "$2,000 tariff dividend for most Americans",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "period": "president",
   "quote": "A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2025-11-09",
   "venue": "Truth Social post",
   "deadline": "2026-06-30",
   "status": "Broken",
   "happened": "No law was passed and no checks were sent by mid-2026, the timing Trump gave in November 2025. The Supreme Court struck down much of the tariff program in February 2026.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "ADN/AP, Nov 11 2025",
     "https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2025/11/11/what-to-know-about-trumps-claim-that-he-will-give-americans-a-2000-tariff-dividend/"
    ],
    [
     "Axios, Nov 17 2025",
     "https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/2000-tariff-dividend-trump-check-2026"
    ],
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     "CNBC, Feb 23 2026",
     "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/trumps-2000-tariff-dividend-checks-are-less-likely-experts-say.html"
    ]
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   "id": "PRM-013",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-18",
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  },
  {
   "title": "$5,000 \"Trump dividend\" if Republicans keep both chambers",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "period": "president",
   "quote": "If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 Midterm Elections, I'm going to give all adult citizens in the United States of America, $5,000!",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2026-10-03",
   "venue": "Truth Social / X post; first made at the GOP midterm convention, Dallas, Sept 2026",
   "status": "Not yet due",
   "tags": [
    "Conditional"
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   "happened": "Conditional on the Nov 3 result. It would cost about $1.2 trillion and needs Congress; no bill has passed. The eligibility wording has changed between posts.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "Trump post on X",
     "https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/2106395048015282265"
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     "PBS NewsHour",
     "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-promised-5000-checks-if-republicans-win-the-midterms-how-would-that-work"
    ],
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     "CNBC, Oct 4 2026",
     "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/trump-5000-checks-cash-payments-midterms.html"
    ],
    [
     "Fortune, Oct 8 2026",
     "https://fortune.com/2026/10/08/trump-changing-5000-dividend-21-voters-pay/"
    ]
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   "measure": null,
   "explanation": null,
   "politifact": null,
   "cases": [],
   "id": "PRM-014",
   "last_checked": "2026-10-18",
   "url": "https://publictrusttracker.org/promise/prm-014-5-000-trump-dividend-if-republicans-keep-both-chambers/"
  },
  {
   "title": "$1,776 \"warrior dividend\" for troops",
   "topic": "Prices & economy",
   "period": "president",
   "quote": "In honor of our nation's founding in 1776, we are sending every soldier $1,776.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2025-12-17",
   "venue": "Prime-time address from the White House",
   "status": "Kept",
   "happened": "Paid in December 2025 as a supplemental housing allowance already funded by Congress, so narrower than the rhetoric suggested.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "Fox 7 Austin, Dec 2025",
     "https://www.fox7austin.com/news/military-dividend-1776-trump-warrior-coast-guard-devotion-duty"
    ],
    [
     "PolitiFact, Dec 18 2025",
     "https://politifact.com/article/2025/dec/18/fact-checking-trump-speech-warrior-dividend/"
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   "title": "Not cut Medicaid",
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   "id": "PRM-034",
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   "title": "Pardon the Jan. 6 defendants",
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  {
   "title": "Ban officials from cashing in with companies they regulated",
   "topic": "Government & ethics",
   "quote": "I will work to ban federal bureaucrats from taking jobs at the companies they deal with and that they regulate.",
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   "venue": "Agenda47 video",
   "status": "Stalled",
   "politifact": "Stalled",
   "happened": "Revolving-door restrictions were allowed to lapse. See the tracker's money and ethics cases.",
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   "title": "A government efficiency commission to root out fraud and waste",
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   "politifact": "In the Works",
   "happened": "DOGE was created. Its claimed savings are disputed and total federal spending rose.",
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  {
   "title": "Abolish the Education Department",
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   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
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   "politifact": "In the Works",
   "happened": "Staff and functions were cut; abolishing it needs Congress.",
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     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387528/abolish-the-education-department/"
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   "title": "Save TikTok",
   "topic": "Government & ethics",
   "quote": "We love TikTok. I'm going to save TikTok.",
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   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387695/save-tiktok/"
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   "title": "Require voter ID at the polls",
   "topic": "Elections",
   "quote": "To eliminate cheating I will immediately demand voter ID.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024",
   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
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   "politifact": "Promise Broken",
   "happened": "The Senate rejected the photo ID bill in August 2026.",
   "sources": [
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387584/require-voter-id-at-the-polls/"
    ]
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  {
   "title": "Count all votes by election night",
   "topic": "Elections",
   "quote": "We want all votes counted by election night.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2024",
   "venue": "Campaign statement (original linked)",
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   "tags": [
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   "happened": "The Supreme Court ruled in June 2026 that states can count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.",
   "sources": [
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     "PolitiFact promise page",
     "https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/maga-meter-tracking-donald-trumps-2024-promises/promise/387593/count-all-votes-on-election-night/"
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   "period": "campaign",
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   "url": "https://publictrusttracker.org/promise/prm-041-count-all-votes-by-election-night/"
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  {
   "title": "White House ballroom at zero cost to taxpayers",
   "topic": "Government & ethics",
   "period": "president",
   "quote": "I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much-needed project underway — with zero cost to the American Taxpayer! The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly.",
   "quote_type": "verbatim",
   "said": "2025-10-20",
   "venue": "Truth Social post (quoted in full by Fox News)",
   "status": "Broken",
   "tags": [
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   "explanation": "The White House says \"President Trump and generous American patriots are funding the ballroom to the tune of approximately $400 million\" (June 2026). Sen. Graham ties the federal money to security and national-security facilities under the ballroom.",
   "cases": [
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    "INV-023"
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   "sources": [
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     "Washington Post via Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 Jun 2026",
     "https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/trump-ballroom-white-house-cost-600-million-half-taxpayer-funding-20260616.html"
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     "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/27/congressional-republicans-push-legislation-to-buil/"
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     "Washington Examiner, Graham bill, 27 Apr 2026",
     "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4545203/lindsey-graham-bill-trump-white-house-ballroom/"
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     "https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/oct/15/secret-documents-reveal-donors-behind-330-million-/"
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    [
     "S. 4430 as introduced (GovInfo)",
     "https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119s4430is"
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    [
     "Sen. Graham press release, 28 Apr 2026",
     "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2026/4/graham-britt-schmitt-introduce-legislation"
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     "S. 4430 bill status (The Lobby News)",
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