'24 things Donald Trump is promising to do'

[Joinfortmill]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/24-things-donald-trump-is-promising-to-do

The list is long, ranging from “we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history.” to “I will secure our elections.”

1. 'Trump is pledging to deploy a “massive dragnet” to arrest and deport millions of undocumented migrants. He has told crowds, and Time magazine in April, that he would use local law enforcement to do this as well as, potentially, the National Guard and active duty military. He has not offered more specifics about how any of those mechanisms would work. He has indicated in his speeches that he would first target “criminals,” mentioning violent crimes like murder and rape.

24. This promise echoes the official Republican party platform of securing elections by calling for same-day voting, paper ballots, proof of citizenship and voter identification. At the same time, Republican leaders have urged voters to use all available options for casting their ballots, like absentee or mail-in voting. Trump has falsely claimed that voting by mail or using drop boxes is less secure and, thus, more open to mass voter fraud. (It’s not.)'

My opinion:: He may or he may not attempt to do these things and more, but I think what he is going to do more than anything else is run the biggest grift in American history. Everything will be for sale, Everything. I'm curious what you folks think.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. "what he is going to do more than anything else is run the biggest grift in American history"

The biggest heist in history: robbing the US Treasury.

[bluesbassman]

2. Reading through that list, most is just his usual campaign rhetoric.

Some will prove impractical, i.e. “drill baby drill”. We already produce more than at any other time in our history. Producing more would have disastrous effects on not only our economy, but the global economy as well. Big oil won’t like that. Other plans, like the mass deportations, are logistical nightmares, not to mention the legal hurdles that would ensue. And again, should he succeed in fulfilling that promise, the resulting loss of workforce would cripple our economy.

So, my thinking is he’ll give lip service to all of his campaign pipe dreams that were so effective in riling up the MAGAt cult, but his real focus will be on figuring out how to gut the Treasury for himself and his oligarch donors and friends.

[Lemons UK]

3. He will fulfill promises to himself which enrich him only.

Nothing more.

[Wiz Imp]

4. Old article from August. A list of many of the things that he kept repeating in his speeches.

Overall, a ridiculous list. They range from addressing non-existent issues, to pledging to do impossible things, to things he has no clue what he is talking about & things he's flat out lying about.

I'll say he's likely to "keep" one of these "promises": 3. “We will drill, baby, drill.” That's because he doesn't need to do anything to achieve it - The US is already producing more crude oil than any country, ever. So it's not really a promise to do anything but keep the status quo.

Anything beyond that? There are actually a few good things on the list he has no chance of achieving such as 4. “We will end inflation and make America affordable again.”. And other things we all better hope he doesn't achieve like: 1. On Day 1, “we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history.” and 19. I will defund any school that has a vaccine or mask mandate.

[Joinfortmill]

5. A comprehensive list & I didn't consider August very long ago

[Wiz Imp]

6. I wasn't being critical. Just pointing out that these came from his campaign speeches, not anything he has said since

the election. He's already changed his rhetoric on a few of these things since the election.