Summary

Donald Trump has begun tempering his campaign promises, admitting challenges in delivering on pledges to lower grocery prices, resolve the Ukraine war, and implement tariffs without raising consumer costs.

In interviews, Trump acknowledged the complexity of reversing price hikes and ending international conflicts, sparking criticism from Democrats who accuse him of preemptively breaking promises.

Trump allies argue he’s transitioning from campaign rhetoric to governing realities.

His past struggles to fulfill 2016 pledges, such as repealing Obamacare or building a Mexico-funded border wall, underscore the difficulty of enacting sweeping promises.

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    7 days ago

    One Trump ally argued the president-elect was not contradicting his promises on the trail, but he rather was shifting away from the sales pitch rhetoric that is typical of campaigns.

    They’ve distorted reality to the point where lying like a used car salesman is not really lying. This is happening before our very eyes.

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      7 days ago

      Remember KAC actually saying “alternative facts”? She actually used that phrase in a sentence while wearing a shit-eating grin.

      Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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      Nowadays, lying to sell a product is completely normal and acceptable: it’s called “marketing”. You expect people to differentiate between one type of marketing and another?