Promise: Place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections
Record date: December 21, 2020
Donald Trump promised to place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.
The commitment
Place lifetime ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.
Published tracker status: Promise Broken
The tracker concluded that the promised outcome was not achieved.
PolitiFact’s update summarized the result this way: “Trump breaks promise to ban foreign lobbyists from raising election money”
What would satisfy the promise?
The relevant test is the outcome described in the commitment—not merely an announcement, executive order, proposal or attempt. A final assessment should identify the action taken, whether it remained in force, who was affected and whether the promised result was delivered at the scale stated.
Why this belongs in the record
Campaign promises are forward-looking claims. Preserving the original commitment beside the later result makes it possible to distinguish action from completion and partial movement from the outcome voters were offered.
Source and attribution
This entry indexes an external promise rating published by PolitiFact. The status is attributed to that tracker and should be revisited if its underlying evidence changes. Read the complete source review.