Thomas J. Raleigh · Author · Essayist · Raconteur · Est. 1950

Promises...Promises

Thomas J. Raleigh · August 10, 2026 · 1 min read

“I will end inflation, and make America affordable again.”

Electricity up 18%

Grocery prices up 3.4% — Beef up 22%

Healthcare Premiums up 58%

Gas Prices Up 40%

Diesel Prices Up 34%

Airfare Up 26.5%

 

“We will take their factories. Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our county.”

Factory Construction Spending Down 21%

Q2 GDP growth rate fell to 1.5% from 2.1% in Q1.

Manufacturing Employment Down 108,000 Jobs

Overall job growth slowed sharply to 57,000 in June.

 

“We will have a new and much better healthcare plan in two weeks.”

He’s stated the two-week timeframe 19 times.

No affordable health care plan ever developed.

 

“I will eliminate our $19T National Debt in 8 years.“

Trump has increased the National Debt by 28% in his six years as president.

It has more than doubled.

 

“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.”

 

The Iran war is in its 6th month.

Ukraine war wasn’t ended in “24 hours”.

 

“A dividend of at least $2,000 per person, not including high income people, will be paid to everyone.”

Never got our $2,000 stimulus check.

 

“These DOGE checks will give an incentive for the taxpayer to report where we can save money.” 

Never got our $5,000 DOGE check.

 

“We have nothing to hide.”

No arrests regarding the Epstein files.

 

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