When Donald Trump most recently ran for president, he made scores of promises to the American people — but he’s only kept one.
In 2024, political pundits and operatives saw affordability as the key issue of the presidential campaign. Trump certainly played it up: On the campaign trail, he pledged that he would bring down inflation and make groceries cheaper again, and when he won, observers credited that strategy for his victory.
One year into his second term, his approval numbers are in the tank, and inflation persists.
But that’s because the president’s real campaign promise wasn’t about the economy. Instead, it was all about racism.
He spouted dehumanizing lies about immigrants, dabbled in eugenics and pledged to conduct mass deportations. “When I win on November 5, the migrant invasion ends, and the restoration of our country begins,” Trump said at a rally in October 2024.
