Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 80

day one

Cancel every unconstitutional Obama executive action immediately

Partial
“[paraphrase] On day one I will cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.”
Promised
, "Contract with the American Voter," Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Stated deadline
“day one” → October 23, 2016
Overdue by
9 years, 10 months as of September 22, 2026
Re-promised
10 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Immigration
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

Many Obama-era regulations were rolled back, but the central immigration target, DACA, survived. The Supreme Court blocked its rescission in June 2020 and a federal court ordered full reinstatement of the program in December 2020. PolitiFact rated the promise a compromise on January 4, 2021.

Sources

  1. Terminate Barack Obama's immigration executive orders 'immediately' PolitiFact Trump-O-Meter, Jan 4, 2021