Showing posts with label promises. Show all posts
Showing posts with label promises. Show all posts

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’ | Farming | The Guardian

"The policies of the Trump administration are wreaking havoc on family farmers. It's been terrible," said John Bartman, a row crop farmer in Illinois. Bartman is owed thousands of dollars for sustainable practices he implemented on his row crop operation as part of the USDA's Climate-Smart program. 

And he's not the only one. Other farmers across the country are reporting that the Trump administration's policies have destroyed their markets by ending programs that help farmers sell their produce to local schools and food banks; implementing draconian immigration policies that destabilize the farm labor pool; and generally creating volatility that makes it hard for farmers to plan ahead...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/23/trump-farmers-policy


 

Monday, July 17, 2023

Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble

Amid record-shattering warmth this February, BP scaled back an earlier goal of lowering its emissions by 35% by 2030, saying it will aim for a 20 to 30% cut instead. ExxonMobil quietly withdrew funding for a heavily publicized effort to use algae to create low-carbon fuel. And Shell announced that it would not increase its investments in renewable energy this year, despite earlier promises to dramatically slash its emissions.

Friday, December 11, 2020

What Trump promised on coronavirus vaccines vs. what happened - The Washington Post

... As with much of Trump's presidency, he regularly over-promised on the efforts to combat the virus. That is especially true of how many people could be vaccinated by the end of the year, which Trump at one point said would be hundreds of millions. Now it is expected to be a fraction of that...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/10/trump-administration-is-delivering-2020-vaccine-not-levels-he-suggested/

Saturday, October 17, 2020

'It's all fake': Trump's manufacturing jobs promises ring hollow in midwest

... "We reached out to President Trump and sent letters, emails, made phone calls. The White House official response to the email I sent was that this was a state or local matter and there was nothing they could do," said Morrison. "We were abandoned and betrayed, not only by Siemens, but also by President Trump."...


Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Here are all the promises Trump made — but failed to keep — at his March 13 coronavirus press conference – Raw Story

Although President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of coronavirus in January and February, his tone was dramatically shifting on March 13 — when the president officially declared the pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States. Gone were the days when Trump dismissed the pandemic as a “hoax.” But National Public Radio (NPR) is reporting that one month after that declaration, many of Trump’s March 13 promises remain unfulfilled.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/here-are-all-the-promises-trump-made-but-failed-to-keep-at-his-march-13-coronavirus-press-conference/

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Tax reform's broken promises on full display in latest GDP report | TheHill

Despite the promises of massive increases in business investment if we cut corporate tax rates, the American people instead are seeing a slowing in business investment growth while deficits increase and companies handout stock buybacks and dividends like Halloween candy....
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/413637-tax-reforms-broken-promises-on-full-display-in-gdp-report

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

This is what happens when you trust Mitch McConnell -- ThinkProgress.org

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell managed to convince Senate Democrats to vote to fund the government on Monday on the strength of his word. Based on even his recent track record, that word is worth very little. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/mcconnell-broken-pledges-095e632eeafe/







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