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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Promises Kept / Promises Broken
Comparison of Trump campaign vs. Trump Administration
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from Trump: Promises Kept / Promises Broken (number of quotes indicated):
- Barack Obama (1) Democratic President (elected 2008)
- Donald Trump (36) Republican Presidential incumbent
- James Mattis (1) Defense Secretary 2017-2018
- Larry Kudlow (1) Connecticut Former Council of Economic Advisers
- Republican Party (1)
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Source citations:
- WFMZ-TV 69-News, "Trump's endorsement of vaccines aligns with most Republicans' views -- but it may be an uphill battle to convince the holdouts," by Ariel Edwards-Levy, Dec 24, 2021
- CNBC, "Kudlow says US will pay for China tariffs, contradicting Trump," 5/12/2019
- Politico.com, "Trump punts health care until after 2020," by Quint Forgey and John Bresnahan, 4/01/2019
- NBC Fact Check, "10 falsehoods" Dec 20, 2018
- Toronto Star, "Border Wall," Dec 29, 2017
- New York Magazine, "Trump Tries to Make Tax Cuts for Rich People Sound Populist," by Eric Levitz, Aug 30, 2017
- (More source citations to come)
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Economy turned around before Trump took office.
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Corporations
Donald Trump: FactCheck: No, steel & auto investments aren't skyrocketing.
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Crime
Donald Trump: More penalties for violence against police.
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Energy & Oil
Donald Trump: Represent Pittsburgh, not Paris: Coal over climate agreement.
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Foreign Policy
Donald Trump: I said it was obsolete, but NATO is no longer obsolete.
Donald Trump: NATO: apply new solutions to face new circumstances.
Donald Trump: Other countries should follow UK in leaving EU.
Donald Trump: NATO is obsolete; it doesn't fight terrorism.
James Mattis: NATO alliance is essential for America's security.
Donald Trump: Supports construction of Israeli settlements in West Bank.
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Free Trade
Donald Trump: Says China is paying BIG TARIFFS, but U.S. consumers pay.
Larry Kudlow: With tariffs, US consumers suffer but China suffers more.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: No, tariffs won't "make America rich again".
Donald Trump: Trade wars are good; tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Donald Trump: Put American firms first in federal contracts.
Donald Trump: Review WTO exceptions to federal contract purchases.
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Health Care
Donald Trump: Coronavirus vaccine works but some people aren't taking it.
Donald Trump: Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions.
Donald Trump: FactCheck: Opposed ObamaCare's pre-existing condition law.
Donald Trump: We have gutted ObamaCare by ending individual mandate.
Donald Trump: OpEd: Ordered healthcare associations, but no follow-up.
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Homeland Security
Donald Trump: Ensure U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the top of the pack.
Barack Obama: Don't pursue nuclear warheads with new military capabilities.
Donald Trump: Expand US nuclear capability; we're falling behind.
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Immigration
Donald Trump: FactCheck: No, Obama didn't separate families at the border.
Donald Trump: One year in: only 200 feet of prototype order wall built.
Donald Trump: Revamp H-1B from just a cheap labor program.
Donald Trump: Revamp guest-worker program, even those used in Trump hotels.
Donald Trump: Protect America by banning refugees from terrorist countries.
Donald Trump: Strip federal grant money to sanctuary cities.
Donald Trump: Hire 5,000 more Border Patrol agents on Mexican border.
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Tax Reform
Donald Trump: 1991: Reagan tax cut a catastrophe; 2017: Reagan led economy.
Donald Trump: OpEd: 1986 tax reform was revenue-neutral; 2017 reform isn't.
Republican Party: OpEd: 1986 tax reform was bipartisan; 2017 reform isn't.
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Technology
Donald Trump: Assign high-priority infrastructure projects.
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War & Peace
Donald Trump: 2012: No war with Iran; 2020: assassinates Iranian general.
Donald Trump: One-time missile strike in response to Syria chemical attack.
Donald Trump: OpEd: now believes that US has national interest in Syria.
Donald Trump: Stay out of Syria, and keep Syrians out of America.
Donald Trump: 2013: warned Obama against bombing Syria; 2017: bombed Syria.
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The above quotations are from Promises Kept / Promises Broken
Comparison of Trump campaign vs. Trump Administration.
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