Categories: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

President Trump’s spokespeople and supporters continue to tell us that Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. Let’s check the accuracy of that statement.

Donald Trump said on his first day he would “immediately” replace Obamacare with a health plan that was less expensive, had lower deductibles and covered everyone. After 100 days he has no plan, and has supported two failed plans that would dump 20 million people off of health care and raise costs for most of those left.

He said he would have “massive middle-class tax cuts,” yet the plan he has proposed gives almost all the savings to the top 1 percent, including massive tax cuts for Trump and his family.

Trump said: “If I decide to run for office, I’ll produce my tax returns, absolutely.” He has so far refused.

Trump said he would “drain the swamp,” but has filled his cabinet with Wall Street executives and billionaires who stand to gain from the laws passed by the administration. He has also hired former lobbyists and refused to release White House visitors’ logs.

Trump vowed that the Dakota Access Pipeline would be constructed with U.S.-made steel. After the election, he issued an executive order that exempted the pipeline from that requirement.

He said he would “direct the Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator;” but recently said they are not.

He said he would not have time for golf, but in the first 100 days, Donald Trump played golf 19 days. And, the list goes on.

Trump said “I will never lie to you.” We have heard so many lies from Trump and his spokespeople that it has become impossible to accept any statement from the Trump administration without extensive fact checking. Sad.

Victor Roberts

Burnt Hills