Promises Made, Promises Kept: How Trump's First 100 Days Stack Up Against Inauguration Day Pledges

President Donald Trump delivered his 2nd Inauguration Day reside connected Jan. 20, erstwhile he previewed nan steps his management would return to unleash "the aureate property of America," which stretched from locking down nan separator and streamlining nan national authorities done nan creation of nan Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

"From this time forward, our state will flourish and beryllium respected again each complete nan world. We will beryllium nan envy of each nation, and we will not let ourselves to beryllium taken advantage of immoderate longer. During each azygous time of nan Trump administration, I will, very simply, put America first," Trump declared astatine nan commencement of his speech.

"Our sovereignty will beryllium reclaimed. Our information will beryllium restored. The scales of justness will beryllium rebalanced," he added. 

Fox News Digital looked backmost astatine nan apical vows and declarations Trump made during his reside and wherever they guidelines 100 days later after his return to nan Oval Office. 

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Then-President-elect Donald Trump and his woman Melania Trump look connected arsenic they meet pinch then-President Joe Biden and then-first woman Jill Biden connected inauguration time of Donald Trump's 2nd statesmanlike word successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 20, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Immigration 

Ending nan illegal migration crisis that spiraled nether nan Biden management was 1 of Trump's apical run platforms and was a taxable he focused connected many times during his inaugural address. 

"First, I will state a nationalist emergency astatine our confederate border. All forbidden introduction will instantly beryllium halted, and we will statesman nan process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens backmost to nan places from which they came. We will reinstate my Remain successful Mexico policy," Trump declared connected Jan. 20. 

"I will extremity nan believe of drawback and release," he continued. "And I will nonstop troops to nan confederate separator to repel nan disastrous penetration of our country."

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEPORTS 100K ILLEGAL MIGRANTS SINCE INAUGURATION: REPORT

Migrants locomotion on nan roadworthy successful a caravan successful an effort to scope nan U.S. separator successful Tapachula, Mexico, connected Nov. 5, 2023. (REUTERS/Jose Torres)

Trump did motion aliases authorize executive actions that declared a nationalist emergency, ended catch-and-release policies and sent troops to nan U.S. border. 

Fox News Digital reported this period that location were less apprehensions astatine nan confederate separator successful nan full period of March than crossed nan Biden administration's first 2 days of March 2024, erstwhile President Joe Biden was still successful nan Oval Office.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection noted that March was nan 2nd consecutive period successful which nan U.S. Border Patrol averaged its lowest regular nationwide apprehensions successful history.

Deportations person besides been underway, pinch Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joining migration raids since her confirmation successful January, arsenic good arsenic nan management placing a heightened attraction connected deporting forbidden immigrants pinch known ties to convulsive gangs, specified arsenic Tren de Aragua and MS-13. The State Department designated some gangs arsenic foreign violent organizations successful February. 

Trump invoked a wartime act, nan Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to transportation retired nan deportations, which allows deportation of natives and citizens of an force federation without a hearing. The enactment had been invoked 3 times before, including, during nan War of 1812, World War I and World War II.

Restoring ‘competence’ successful U.S. government 

President Donald Trump, right, tapped Elon Musk to thief spearhead DOGE astatine nan commencement of his administration. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk had some railed against authorities overspending, bureaucratic reddish portion and national agencies that had go bloated successful nan lead up to Election Day, pinch Trump saying successful his inaugural reside that he would reconstruct "competence" successful nan national government.

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"Our liberties and our nation’s glorious destiny will nary longer beryllium denied. And we will instantly reconstruct nan integrity, competency, and loyalty of America’s government," Trump said during his inaugural address. 

"To reconstruct competence and effectiveness to our national government, my management will found nan brand-new Department of Government Efficiency," he added. 

Trump signed an executive bid successful January establishing DOGE, renaming nan Obama-era United States Digital Service to nan United States DOGE Service. 

DOGE leader Elon Musk has been deed pinch 96% antagonistic sum connected ABC, NBC and CBS evening newscasts, according to nan Media Research Center. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

DOGE has been a thorn successful nan broadside of Democrats since Musk, nan office's nationalist leader, and his teams began moving done various national agencies successful nan hunt of authorities overspending, mismanagement and corruption.

DOGE has since saved an estimated $160 cardinal done cancellations of authorities contracts, assistance cancellations, workforce reductions, plus income and different cuts, according to nan DOGE website. 

Trump besides signed an executive bid closing down nan Department of Education, citing really American students person fallen down different nations successful education, and alternatively charged individual states to clasp authority complete nationalist education. The management besides efficaciously shuttered nan U.S. Agency for International Development, an independent authorities agency charged pinch administering economical assistance to overseas nations, arsenic DOGE uncovered a slew of programs U.S. taxpayers funded and Musk slammed nan group arsenic a "viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who dislike America."

‘Peacemaker and unifier’ 

President Donald Trump, left, meets face-to-face pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for nan first clip since their Oval Office spat successful February. (Vatican and Ukraine Ambassador to Holy See)

Trump entered agency conscionable days aft Israel and Hamas declared a ceasefire successful a warfare that had raged since Oct. 7, 2023, arsenic good arsenic an ongoing warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine. 

"My proudest bequest will beryllium that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be: a peacemaker and a unifier," Trump said during his inaugural address. "I’m pleased to opportunity that arsenic of yesterday, 1 time earlier I assumed office, nan hostages successful nan Middle East are coming backmost location to their families."

Trump vowed while connected nan run way that he would extremity nan wars successful nan Middle East arsenic good arsenic betwixt Russia and Ukraine, adding that if he had been successful agency for nan 2020-2024 term, neither warfare would person launched. 

The mostly of hostages Hamas held person since been released, pinch nan violent group still holding astatine slightest 59 surviving aliases deceased hostages. A last hostage and imperishable ceasefire deal, however, has not yet been reached, pinch Reuters reporting earlier successful April that Hamas wants to onslaught a woody to extremity nan warfare and return nan remaining hostages. 

Gaza City, Gaza connected Feb. 2, 2025. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The warfare betwixt Ukraine and Russia, which began successful February 2022, has continued raging aft nan Trump management worked to thief facilitate a woody for peace. Negotiations notably deed a wall successful February erstwhile Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fiery gathering pinch Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

TRUMP BLASTS PUTIN, QUESTIONING IF RUSSIAN LEADER WANTS PEACE OR IS JUST 'TAPPING ME ALONG'

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his reside to nan federation successful Moscow connected March 23, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images))

"You're gambling pinch nan lives of millions of people," Trump said astatine 1 constituent during nan meeting. "You're gambling pinch World War III. You're gambling pinch World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to nan country, this country."

Vance interjected, asking Zelenskyy whether he had "said convey you erstwhile this full meeting." He besides added that Zelenskyy "went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for nan guidance successful October" and that he should "offer immoderate words of appreciation for nan United States of America and nan president who's trying to prevention your country."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this period that nan U.S. mightiness "move on" from trying to unafraid a woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine if advancement was not made. 

"We are now reaching a constituent wherever we request to determine whether this is moreover imaginable aliases not," Rubio said connected April 18 while speaking pinch nan media. "Because if it’s not, past I deliberation we’re conscionable going to move on. It’s not our war. We person different priorities to attraction on."

Trump met pinch Zelenskyy connected Saturday astatine nan Vatican arsenic nan brace attended Pope Francis' ceremonial mass. 

"There was nary logic for Putin to beryllium shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, complete nan past fewer days," Trump wrote connected Truth Social, soon aft he met pinch Zelenskyy astatine nan Vatican connected Saturday. 

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"It makes maine deliberation that possibly he doesn’t want to extremity nan war, he’s conscionable tapping maine along, and has to beryllium dealt pinch differently, done ‘Banking’ aliases ‘Secondary Sanctions?’ Too galore group are dying!!!" he added.

Rubio said connected Sunday during an quality connected NBC's "Meet nan Press" that nan coming week will beryllium "very critical" arsenic nan White House weighs whether it wants to proceed moving towards a bid deal. Rubio warned earlier this period that nan U.S. mightiness "move on" from trying to unafraid a woody betwixt Russia and Ukraine if advancement was not made. 

"I deliberation this is going to beryllium a very captious week," Rubio said connected Sunday. "This week is going to beryllium a really important week successful which we person to make a determination astir whether this is an endeavor that we want to proceed to beryllium progressive successful aliases if it's clip to benignant of attraction connected immoderate different issues that are equally, if not more, important successful immoderate cases. But we want to spot it happen. There are reasons to beryllium optimistic, but location are reasons to beryllium realistic, of course, arsenic well. We're close, but we're not adjacent enough."

Education 

President Donald Trump has moved to pare down nan size and scope of nan Department of Education, but abolishing it wholly would return an enactment of Congress. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Ahead of winning re-election successful November, Trump floated that he would shutter nan Department of Education to wide amended nan nation's schoolhouse systems, arsenic good arsenic region diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) curricula from nationalist schools. 

Trump reflected successful his inaugural reside that he was connected nan verge of overhauling an acquisition system that teaches students to "be ashamed of themselves" arsenic good arsenic "hate our country."

"And we person an acquisition strategy that teaches our children to beryllium ashamed of themselves — successful galore cases, to dislike our state contempt nan emotion that we effort truthful desperately to supply to them. All of this will alteration starting today, and it will alteration very quickly," Trump said during his inaugural address. 

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Trump signed an executive bid successful March to dismantle nan Department of Education and return oversight powerfulness of schoolhouse systems to authorities leaders aft years of nan U.S. dragging down different nations specified arsenic Finland and Japan successful wide student performance. 

"Everybody knows it's right, and we person to get our children educated," Trump said while signing nan executive order. "We're not doing good pinch nan world of acquisition successful this country, and we haven't for a agelong time." 

Trump besides signed an executive bid successful January that removes national backing from K-12 schools that thatch captious title mentation and DEI curriculum. 

"In galore cases, guiltless children are compelled to adopt identities arsenic either victims aliases oppressors solely based connected their tegument colour and different immutable characteristics. In different instances, young men and women are made to mobility whether they were calved successful nan incorrect assemblage and whether to position their parents and their reality arsenic enemies to beryllium blamed. These practices not only erode captious reasoning but besides sow division, confusion, and distrust, which undermine nan very foundations of individual personality and family unity," nan executive order, "Ending Radical Indoctrination successful K-12 Schooling," reads. 

Trump besides signed an executive bid successful February that prohibits schools and colleges that person national costs and are taxable to Title IX from allowing men onto women's sports teams and into women's locker rooms, and different successful January expanding schoolhouse choice.  

Economy, manufacturing and inflation 

President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands pinch erstwhile President Joe Biden astatine Trump's inauguration successful nan U.S. Capitol Rotunda connected Jan. 20, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Another apical run rumor was nan economy and occupation creation amid spiraling ostentation nether nan Biden administration.

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"The ostentation situation was caused by monolithic overspending and escalating power prices, and that is why coming I will besides state a nationalist power emergency. We will drill, baby, drill," Trump said during his inaugural address.

He added that "America will beryllium a manufacturing federation erstwhile again," and that nan management "will bring prices down" pinch nan assistance of unleashing American energy, specified arsenic lipid and coal. 

Inflation has eased since 2024, pinch nan March yearly ostentation complaint falling to 2.4% from 2.8% successful February, according to nan U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The yearly ostentation complaint successful March 2024 stood astatine 3.5%. 

The U.S. occupation marketplace added 151,000 jobs successful February, and 228,000 jobs successful March, while nan unemployment complaint sits astatine 4.2% arsenic of past month, according to BLS data. The unemployment complaint sat astatine 3.9% successful March 2024 nether nan Biden administration. 

"The prices are going down, not going up. One of nan large things is, power is going down. I spot that we had a mates of states wherever gasoline was astatine $1.98 a gallon. Nobody thought they'd spot that for years," Trump said from nan Oval Office connected April 22 erstwhile asked astir costs picked up by Americans astatine nan checkout line. 

Tariffs and waste and acquisition relations 

A New York Times columnist grilled nan Democratic Party for not mounting an fierce capable onslaught connected President Donald Trump's tariff policy. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"I will instantly statesman nan overhaul of our waste and acquisition strategy to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich different countries, we will tariff and taxation overseas countries to enrich our citizens," Trump declared during his inauguration reside successful January. 

"For this purpose, we are establishing nan External Revenue Service to cod each tariffs, duties, and revenues. It will beryllium monolithic amounts of money pouring into our Treasury, coming from overseas sources," he added. 

On April 2, Trump announced his administration's reciprocal, customized tariff scheme to beryllium imposed connected dozens of nations arsenic portion of his highly-anticipated Liberation Day event. The scheme intends to bring parity to nan country's chronic waste and acquisition deficit. 

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On April 9, erstwhile nan tariff scheme took effect, Trump abruptly changed people and put nan reciprocal tariff scheme connected crystal for 90 days. China, however, was not spared from nan region and was alternatively deed pinch a 125% aft nan Asian federation retaliated against nan U.S. pinch its ain tariffs. 

A tariff speech blitz is now underway arsenic nations crossed nan world look to book meetings pinch nan White House to robust retired much favorable terms. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lauded South Korea specifically past week for its negotiations, saying talks person progressed quickly and that nan 2 countries could scope a waste and acquisition statement arsenic early arsenic this week. 

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, right, are cardinal economical advisors to President Donald Trump's waste and acquisition negotiations. (Getty Images)

"We had a very successful bilateral gathering pinch nan Republic of South Korea today," Bessent said from nan White House connected Thursday. "We whitethorn beryllium moving faster than I thought, and we will beryllium talking method position arsenic early arsenic adjacent week arsenic we scope an statement connected knowing arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week."

"So South Koreans came early. They came pinch their A game, and we will spot if they travel done connected that," Bessent continued. 

Concerns person mounted that nan tariffs will origin American consumers to walk much astatine nan checkout lines. Trump said during his reside to a associated convention of Congress successful March that location will beryllium "a small disturbance" pinch nan tariffs, but that America will beryllium made "rich again" done nan plan.  

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"Tariffs are astir making America rich | again and making America awesome again. And it’s happening, and it will hap alternatively quickly," Trump said successful his March address to Congress. "There will beryllium a small disturbance, but we’re okay pinch that. It won’t beryllium much." 

Trump said earlier this period that location is simply a "real chance" tariffs could replace income tax.

"There's a existent chance," Trump said successful an question and reply pinch Fox News' Rachel Campos-Duffy. "There is simply a chance that nan money from tariffs could beryllium truthful awesome that it would replace. You know, successful nan aged days, astir 1870 to 1913, nan tariffs were nan only shape of money. And that's erstwhile our federation was comparatively nan richest. We were nan richest."

The president said during nan question and reply that location was a committee formed successful nan 1880s to "get free of money."