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A new day …

So the voting ended, the majority prevailed, and there’s a new sheriff elect! Now what?

To be perfectly honest, I did not care one way or the other who won, I am simply happy that it’s over and the populus got what it asked for, which … actually … is yet to be seen.

The proof will be in the bread-pudding!

So, with that in mind, I went in search for anything that I might be consider an “unbiased” source of information about Donald T., the commander and chief – elect, so, I turned to the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) since they had no apparent stake in the election results.

Of course, I’m certain that the choice of this source will not be without controversy, but all they are doing in this article is summarizing Donald Trump’s previous campaign agenda promises and evaluating whether or not they were accomplished during his other term. In total, there were 20 promises made during his first presidency. Of those promises there were (7) seven delivered, (5) five partly delivered, (5) No progress, and (3) three abandoned. A total of 35% successful, 25% partly successful, and the final 40% incomplete or disregarded.

New promises made during his campaign speeches …

For the following list of 46 items, I landed a bit closer to home, i.e., NBC News. In doing so, I accept this information as unbiased because the references can be seen and heard by reviewing his various campaign and other speeches (i.e., If you are willing to take the time.) With that in mind, the following are excerpts from the list that NBC presented along with narrative of the things that X-new president stated he will accomplish, some as early as “day 1,” of his new presidency.

• Immigration

  • he will “seal the southern border
  • Launch the largest deportation program ever
  • Restore Title-42 barring those illegals seeking asylum
  • Ban sanctuary cities
  • A 10% raise in pay for border agents
  • A $10,000 signing bonus for new agents
  • within 24 hours of taking office, to shut down the Department of Homeland Security’s CBP One app,
  • seize the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels in the United States and use those assets to provide compensation for victims of violent crime.
  • the death penalty for any migrant who comes into the U.S. and kills U.S. citizens
  • bring back his controversial travel ban targeting certain Muslim-majority countries
  • expand the ban to include refugees from the Gaza Strip
  • institute certain “ideological screenings” for all immigrants.

• Abortion

  • Trump has said he would veto a federal abortion ban
  • allow each individual state to restrict the procedure as it wishes.
  • he said that he would “protect” women, “whether the women like it or not.”

• Economy

  • “end inflation” and plans to pass what he calls “historic” tax cuts for workers and small businesses.
  • no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security benefits and a tax credit for family caregivers
  • work with tech mogul Elon Musk to eliminate “every single” federal regulation that he says raises prices and kills American jobs.
  • end 10 federal regulations for every new one created.
  •  he will keep in place: the Affordable Care Act, the incredibly popular health insurance marketplace.
  • he will sign an executive order directing every Cabinet secretary and agency head to target inflation as a key priority.
  •  “I will instruct my Cabinet that I expect results within the first 100 days or much sooner than that.”
  • there will be no tax on the first $10,000 of costs associated with education for parents of children who are homeschooled.
  • American companies will get “the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burdens, and free access to the single best and biggest market on the planet.”
  • to lower the corporate tax rate to 15%, from where it is now at 21%,
  • impose a 10%-20% tariff on all imported goods, as well as a tariff of between 100% and 200% on all businesses from countries that don’t want to use U.S. dollars as their reserve currency.
  • For cars made in the United States, Trump said he will make interest on car loans fully tax-deductible.

• Environment

  • terminate an electric vehicle rule published by President Joe Biden’s administration in March
  • once again, withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a major international climate treaty.
  • Trump has said he will cut consumer energy prices in half within 12 months of taking office.
  • promoting the use of fracking and drilling for oil on Day 1.
  • lower housing costs by building on the “periphery of cities and suburban areas,” … canceling what he calls Biden’s “anti-suburban housing regulation.”

• Foreign Policy

  •  Trump said he will end Russia’s war in Ukraine within a day.
  • to stop “the chaos” in the Middle East and prevent “World War III.”
  • building a missile defense shield over the United States, similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.

• Culture Wars

  • “On Day 1, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto the shoulders of our children” Trump has said. “And I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate.”
  •  to “get rid” of the Education Department as it currently exists and allow each state to individually “handle education,”
  •  to “keep men out of women’s sports,” and ban gender-affirming care for minors.

• Retaliation

  • promised “retribution” for his enemies.
  • has called for the criminal prosecution of at least 16 rival politicians and 15 law enforcement, military and intelligence officials. As well as workers at two federal public health agencies, two billionaires and tech giant Google.
  • the sitting and former members of Congress who were part of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 … should be prosecuted for what he calls “their lies” and “treason.”
  • to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” Biden and his family.
  • Attorney General Merrick Garland expected to be relieved of his investigatory duties.
  • He wants to pardon many of the prisoners who were arrested, charged and found guilty of crimes related to their actions at the January 6 riot.
  • repeatedly expressed interest in jailing journalists if they don’t disclose sources who leaked information to them.
  • wants anyone who desecrates an American flag to face a one-year jail sentence.

Source: NBC News – (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-won-presidency-said-rcna178837)

There you have it!

Nothing prejudiced about the man, nothing denigrating, just plain and simple facts; 46 in total. All Donald Trump’s campaign agenda promises that the president-elect himself stated, and in some cases threatened or promised to do (yours to decide), all of which will be watched by the public beginning at the turn of 2025.

“The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 20, 2025, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The event will be Trump’s second inauguration to the presidency and the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration.”

May his leadership be everything you hoped it would be, or much less than you feared. (Depending on which way you voted.)

As for me, I predict that by the end of this term, we who are retired will ‘appear’ to have much more, but will, in fact, have far less, and the world in general will be far more dangerous and difficult to inhabit.

But, that’s just me! What do I know?