President Trump regularly says that his policy goals – an Obamacare repeal, an infrastructure bill, an overhaul of the tax code, a border wall, among others – will happen “soon,” “very soon,” “very, very soon,” “in the coming weeks” or even “immediately.”

This tendency is perhaps most prominent in Mr. Trump’s descriptions of Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Those efforts officially failed, for now, on Tuesday.

Below, in chronological order, is how Mr. Trump has described what would happen to Obamacare since his election:

Statements about repealing and replacing Obamacare

The repetition of these phrases may be a verbal tic, or part of the branding and salesmanship that is associated with the Trump name. But it also reflects a sense of urgency – or impatience, depending on your view – that has become central to the tensions between Trump and Republican leaders in Congress.

Mr. Trump has mocked congressional Republicans as incompetent do-nothings. They have responded that he is simply impatient. “I think he had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process,” Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, said after Republicans’ previous failure to repeal the law.

Using a website called Factbase, we reviewed nearly all the president’s remarks since his election, searching for references to specific time frames, like “soon” or “very soon” (a full list of such words is at the bottom of this article). Factbase transcribes, sorts and tags nearly every public statement made by President Trump – spanning official White House releases, speeches, interviews and even tweets.

Like most politicians, the president makes plenty of claims that are imprecise, mundane or not easily checkable. But many claims were very specific. Among more than 100 specific policy predictions Mr. Trump said would happen soon, we found that at least 75 percent of the time, they did not – or had not, as of this writing.

These kinds of promises occur across a broad range of topics and policies. For example, Mr. Trump has said his administration was “drawing documents now” to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. Nearly seven weeks later, the paperwork has not been filed.

Here is how he has described the timing of several other policy goals since his election:

Statements about a border wall with Mexico

Statements about tax reform

Statements about an infrastructure bill, including large-scale projects

A sample of other notable statements

Most of these claims did not materialize. Obamacare has not been repealed; Mr. Trump has not released his taxes; no infrastructure bill has been introduced; tensions with North Korea have only escalated.

Not all Mr. Trump’s promises were about specific policies or legislation.

A sample of assorted other promises

Some of Mr. Trump’s predictions have materialized, though not necessarily in their entirety.

A sample of things Mr. Trump said would happen that actually have happened or are happening

On Sunday, Mr. Trump again addressed repealing the health care law. “Eventually, we'll win, whether it’s now or later,” he said. He then moved on to his next agenda item: tax reform.