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'Phenomenal' health care plan 'in about two months. Maybe less.'

Never delivered
“We're going to produce phenomenal health care. And we already have the concept of the plan... we'll be announcing that in two months, maybe less.”
Promised
, ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos, aired June 16, 2019
Stated deadline
“in about two months, maybe less” → August 15, 2019
Overdue by
7 years, 1 month as of September 22, 2026
Re-promised
12 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Health care
Era
First term

What happened

Senior White House officials told ABC at the time that no bill existed, only 'high-level principles.' Two months came and went. By October 2019 Trump had shifted to saying the plan would come after the 2020 election. This was the opening move of the sequence that ran through the July 2020 'two weeks' pledge.

Sources

  1. Trump vows 'phenomenal' health care plan ABC News, Jun 12, 2019
  2. Back to the Future: Trump's History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes KFF Health News, Aug 13, 2020
  3. Trump says he will announce 'phenomenal' new healthcare plan within the next two months Business Insider, Jun 17, 2019