Commentary: Trump’s Policies Don’t Match His Promises
End Notes
[1] Scott Pelley, “Trump Gets Down to Business on 60 Minutes,” CBS News, September 27, 2015, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-60-minutes-scott-pelley/.
[2] David Muir, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump,” ABC News, January 25, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-david-muir-interviews-president/story?id=45047602.
[3] Donald J. Trump, May 7, 2015, https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/596338364187602944.
[4] Donald Trump, “The Inaugural Address,” The White House, January 20, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/inaugural-address.
[5] Elizabeth Gurdus, “EXCLUSIVE: Steve Mnuchin says there will be ‘no absolute tax cut for the upper class,’” CNBC, November 30, 2016, http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/30/exclusive-steve-mnuchin-no-absolute-tax-cut-for-the-upper-class.html.
[6] Muir.
[7] Robert Costa and Amy Goldstein, “Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan,” Washington Post, January 15, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vows-insurance-for-everybody-in-obamacare-replacement-plan/2017/01/15/5f2b1e18-db5d-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html.
[8] Edwin Park, “CBO: 32 Million People Would Lose Health Coverage Under ACA Repeal,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 17, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/cbo-32-million-people-would-lose-health-coverage-under-aca-repeal.
[9] Jacob Leibenluft et al., “House Republicans Would Reverse ACA Coverage Gains and Radically Overhaul Medicaid, New Talking Points Confirm,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 17, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-republicans-would-reverse-aca-coverage-gains-and-radically-overhaul-medicaid.
[10] Tierney Sneed, “The ‘Incredible Tug Of War’ Over O’Care Repeal And Medicaid Expansion,” Talking Points Memo, February 16, 2017, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-repeal-medicaid-expansion.
[11] Thomas Kaplan, “Angry Town Hall Meetings on Health Care Law, and Few Answers,” New York Times, February 13, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/us/politics/affordable-care-act-sensenbrenner-republicans.html?_r=0.
[12] Joe Lawlor, “Collins draws contrast with Trump on Russia, Affordable Care Act,” Portland Press Herald, December 19, 2016, http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/19/collins-draws-contrast-with-trump-on-russia-affordable-care-act/.
[13] James R. Nunns et al., “An Analysis of Donald Trump’s Revised Tax Plan,” Tax Policy Center, October 18, 2016, http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/analysis-donald-trumps-revised-tax-plan; and James R. Nunns et al., “An Analysis of the House GOP Tax Plan,” Tax Policy Center, September 16, 2016, http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/analysis-house-gop-tax-plan/full.
[14] Chye-Ching Huang, “ACA Repeal Is a Key Trump Tax Policy,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 27, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/aca-repeal-is-a-key-trump-tax-policy.
[15] For more, see: Chuck Marr and Chye-Ching Huang, “ACA Repeal, Trump Tax Plan, and Ryan’s ‘Better Way’ Tax Plan All Fail Mnuchin Test,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 18, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/aca-repeal-trump-tax-plan-and-ryans-better-way-tax-plan-all-fail-mnuchin-test.
[16] Donald Trump, “The Inaugural Address.”
[17] Lily L. Batchelder et al., “Who Benefits from President Trump’s Child Care Proposals?” Tax Policy Center, February 27, 2017, http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/who-benefits-president-trumps-child-care-proposals.
[18] Seung Min Kim, “White House circulates talking points ahead of speech to Congress,” Politico, February 27, 2017, http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/02/trump-speech-congress-2017-talking-points-235438.
[19] Brad Plumer, “Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan wouldn’t actually fix America’s infrastructure problems,” Vox, November 18, 2016, http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13628382/donald-trump-infrastructure-plan.
[20] Alex Guillén, Sarah Ferris, and Jennifer Scholtes, “W.H. budget guidance calls for $54B defense bump, domestic cuts,” Politico, February 27, 2017, http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-white-house-budget-blueprint-235435.
[21] Sharon Parrott, “Trump Plans Big Cut in Domestic Programs,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 27, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-plans-big-cut-in-domestic-programs.
[22] See, for example: Michael D. Shear and Jennifer Steinhauer, “Trump to Seek $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending,” New York Times, February 27, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html.
[23] See: Chye-Ching Huang et al., “Trump Infrastructure Plan: Far Less Than the Claimed $1 Trillion in New Projects,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 2, 2016, https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/trump-infrastructure-plan-far-less-than-the-claimed-1-trillion-in-new.
[24] Kim.