Promise: Eliminate the estate tax
Record date: December 20, 2017
Donald Trump promised to eliminate the estate tax.
The commitment
Eliminate the estate tax.
Published tracker status: Compromise
The tracker found meaningful action, but the result fell short of the commitment as stated.
PolitiFact’s update summarized the result this way: “Final bill raises threshold for estate tax rather than eliminating it”
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.