As we reach the 200th day of Donald Trump’s presidency, his second term is defined by broken promises. Whether it’s his promise to lower costs on Day One, protect Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, or finally release the Epstein Files — it’s clear Trump has zero plans to follow through on his campaign promises. Instead, he’s throwing the people who helped get him elected under the bus. 

On Donald Trump’s 200th day in office, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:

“Donald Trump made his name as a scammer and a con artist — and now he’s looking to pull the same tricks on the American people. Trump promised to lower costs on Day One, yet inflation continues to rise while the job market falls apart. He vowed to release the Epstein files, but instead, he’s trying to cover up the truth and protect himself and his rich friends. He promised to protect Medicare and Medicaid, and then turned around and directed the largest cut to health care in history. He’s ignoring the Constitution and cowardly ordering rigged congressional maps in a desperate attempt to stave off a midterm meltdown. Like any other two-bit hustler, Trump made big promises and failed to deliver, while he and his cronies pull off grift after grift at the expense of the American people.” 

Trump’s second term has been nothing but one broken promise after another. 

PROMISES MADE: Trump promised to release the Epstein files.

PROMISES BROKEN: After finding out his name was in the files, Trump changed course. His administration still won’t release the Epstein files. Now, he’s even doing favors for Epstein’s accomplice and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

PROMISES MADE: Trump promised to lower prices on Day One, end inflation, and “make America affordable again.” 

PROMISES BROKEN: In reality, inflation has accelerated and prices have spiked on everything from groceries to gas — largely due to Trump’s reckless trade war.

PROMISES MADE: Trump repeatedly promised that he wouldn’t touch Medicaid or Medicare — he even said he would veto his own budget bill if it included cuts to Medicaid. 

PROMISES BROKEN: Trump signed the largest health care cut in history, costing 17 million Americans health care and raising Medicare Part D costs.  

PROMISES MADE: Trump promised he would protect Social Security. 

PROMISES BROKEN: Trump’s own Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted that Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” is a “backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” after Trump stacked the Social Security Administration with incompetent leadership, and Shadow President Elon Musk gutted the agency. 

PROMISES MADE: Trump promised to stand with working people.

PROMISES BROKEN: Trump’s billionaire-first budget is the largest wealth transfer from low-income and middle-income Americans to the ultra-wealthy.

PROMISES MADE: Trump promised to reduce or even eliminate the national debt. 

PROMISES BROKEN: Instead, Trump’s unaffordable budget will add over $3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.  

PROMISES MADE: Trump promised to protect and expand in vitro fertilization access and make treatment cheaper through government assistance and rules requiring insurance companies to cover treatment for it. 

PROMISES BROKEN: Trump’s administration has no plan to fund or require health insurers to cover IVF. 

PROMISES MADE: Trump vowed that he would get the U.S. out of “forever wars,” repeatedly said he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to office, and said he would end the war in Gaza and bring peace to the Middle East.

PROMISES BROKEN: Trump has been unable to broker deals in Ukraine and Gaza while death tolls grow.