Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 23
Dramatically scale back or eliminate the EPA
Partial“[paraphrase] We are going to get rid of the EPA in almost every form, leaving little tidbits.”
- Promised
- , Fox News Sunday interview
- Re-promised
- 8 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Energy & environment
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
The EPA was not eliminated. Congress rejected proposed budget cuts of about 31 percent and kept funding roughly flat, though agency staffing fell to its lowest level since the 1980s and more than 100 environmental rules were rolled back or targeted. PolitiFact rated the promise a compromise on July 17, 2020.