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Exactly which promises?Ok, Trump has promised to build a wall. That one is a collosal waste of billions of dollars, and Mexico will never pay for it. Trump said that Mexico would pay for the wall. Now he’s saying that American taxpayers will pay for the wall, and he’ll figure some way for Mexico to pay us back. Like maybe tax monetary transfers to Mexiso… but Trump has no understanding of how monetary transations between the USA and Mexico work. That’s fine. The problem is that Trump thinks he knows, and yet, uses that to not even bother to learn. He’s said it will be a “big, beautiful wall”. And also maybe only half a wall. And maybe even a virtual wall. Then back to the big physical wall. That’s a pattern… he’ll be our first Dunning-Kruger effected President. [1]He promised to ban Muslims. And he promised to not actually ban Muslims, but to ban travellers from “any nation that has been compromised by terrorism”, which curiously is far more legit than banning people based on a religion. And he also said he would practice “extreme vetting”, but didn’t differentiate that from the typical 18–24 month vetting process any old refugee already faces before they’re permitted in this country. So yeah, I hope he doesn’t try to ban, or worse yet, register people based on their religion. That’s Unconstitutional, and it would almost certainly get struck down by SCOTUS. But even the effort would be a recruitment tool for Daesh or any other Islamic Terrorists for a decade. It would unquestionably make things worse. [2]He promised to repeal Obamacare. And he promised to repeal and replace Obamacare, most recently, in the same day if not exactly the same bill. And he also promised to take a look and maybe just fix Obamacare — which is actually what Democrats like Hillary Clinton promised in their campaigns. And he’s promised to allow the government to negotiate with drug companies on pricing… an obvious advantage to take when you have a program as large as Medicare or possibly some Obamacare replacement. The thing every other major country does. And a thing that Republicans explicity banned when Medicare Part D was created to cover drugs for Medicare patients. I think some of these things should be done.. but Trump’s made some mutually exclusive promises here, and the Republicans seem keen to just repeal the ACA. [3]Trump has also promised to maintain and even strengthen Medicare and Social Security. He has at various times said he would leave it as it is, no changes to the basic mechanism or the retirement age, and at other times that he would raise the retirement age to 70 for the purposes of Social Security. [4]See.. the problem here is that, if you like Donald Trump, you can find a campaign promise that he probably will keep for just about anything he discussed. And it you don’t like Trump, you can find a promise he’ll definitely break for most of that was well. The guy took every side of most issues. That wasn’t an accident or a bad memory, that was a sales technique. He’s playing on confirmation bias… if you at all liked the guy, you would remember only the things he told you that you also liked. He knows that most people have really short memories and don’t critically evaluate whether a candidate is honest on the campaign trail.So I’m about as opposed to Trump as one can be. I’m from Jersey… we’ve known this guy for deades, since back when he was building apartments with Mob money. I had a compelete set of objections before he made his first campaign promise. He’s said some horrible stuff, and some stuff that’s actually not bad, even moderate. I’m not convinced he’ll be able to pull much of it off. The Repubicans in Congress are looking at Trump to rubber-stamp their extreme agenda, and I’d give it about a 50–50 shot that’s he’s either overshelmed or bored enough with the day-to-day job of the Presidency that he does become a rubber stamp. But there’s also a chance he actually does embrace the needs of the whole country, or even the actual needs of the low-income white folks who elected him. That would mean raising taxes, spending money, and not blowing out the deficit any more. I’m not expecting much on that… I would love ro be wrong.References[1] The WallTrump asking Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wallTrump Admits U.S. Taxpayers Will Pay For The Wall, Claims Mexico Will Reimburse CostsTrump Flip-Flops on Border Wall, Says We Need Only HALF a Wall Because of ‘Natural Barriers’[2] Muslim BanDonald Trump calls for 'total and complete shutdown of Muslims' coming to U.S.Trump campaign: 'Nothing wrong' with banning Muslims from entering USAnalysis: Trump's Muslim ban 'morphs' into 'extreme vetting'Conway: Trump will not pursue immigration ban based solely on religionHow Donald Trump's Plan to Ban Muslims Has Evolved[3] The ACA/ObamacareTrump Pushes Single Payer Healthcare, Tax Increase on WealthyDonald Trump wants to replace Obamacare with a single-payer health care system, GOP congressman saysDonald Trump open to amending ObamacareHere’s why Trump is already waffling on ObamacareTrump Keeps Screwing Up Republican Plans to Repeal ObamacareTrump Hints At Obamacare Replacement That Would Look Nothing Like What Republicans Have In Mind[4] Social Security and MedicareFACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Say He Will Cut Social Security?Donald Trump Says Gutting Social Security Is Morally RightThank Goodness Trump Is a Compulsive LiarNo Plans by Trump to 'Touch' Medicare, Social Security: PriebusWill President Trump Cut Medicare And Social Security As Well As Taxes?General141 stances on 23 issues Donald Trump took during his White House bid

10 most notable things? Well, let’s see:Got the United States banned from over 30 countries for poor handling of the Corona Virus within his own country. The bans are still in place. The first President EVER to see the US banned from ANY country under his watch.Threatened to defund Social Security and Medicare if re-elected, thus ending both - I heard him say this myself, not to mention McConnell saying last year that Social Security and Medicare “had to go to pay down the debt” - leaving elderly people terrified since when their SS stops so do their lives.Put a request to the Supreme Court to completely over throw the ACA in the middle of a pandemic - leaving the millions on it and unable to afford insurance on the regular markets terrified of being left with no insurance at all. It will be heard by the Supreme Court just after the election.Kicked allies of over 70 years off to the side in favor of Putin, Kim Jong Un, and other assorted authoritarian rulers and dictators.Ordered American troops off a battlefield in the middle of a battle leaving an ally of many years stranded and left to finish the battle as best they could.Started laying the groundwork for the position of President for Life dictator he wants to be (as put to his audience at a rally in 2016) and saying he would like his daughter Ivanka to “succeed him” (his words).Did away with environmental regulations causing mining companies to resume dumping their toxic wastes into our rivers as they used to do before regulations were put in place.Got himself laughed in the face at by the entire United Nations as he was giving a very serious speech to them. The first US President EVER to be laughed at in derision right in the face.Lied to the American people about the severity of Covid, but told a reporter EXACTLY how severe, dangerous, and life threatening Covid is, as well as telling the reporter Covid is passed through the air and can also hit young people as well as older people.Gave permanent tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations while fobbing off “the people” with paltry temporary tax cuts hoping that “the people” will think “temporary” is equal to “permanent”. These tax cuts to the wealthy added at least a trillion to the debt instead of decreasing it as Trump promised they would. No doubt the fact they did NOT pay for themselves is what prompted McConnell, and then Trump to threaten the end of SS - lets keep our permanent tax cuts and use the useless old peoples money to pay for what we can’t - the grandmas and grandpas are all going to die anyway, we’ll just make that happen faster for them type of thing.10 things. All true. All very notable. Trump has “accomplished” all but the last one - he’s working on the end of SS and Medicare in spite of his frantic denials, and ads to the contrary, but will save the big news for after the election - for obvious reasons.

Having recently reached full retirement age, I decided to defer taking Social Security benefits for a few months, to increase the monthly benefit.First, I calculated the effects on the Social Security website and carefully read the rules. Having been a lawyer for years, I know how to read rules.Then I went into my local office and provided copies of my documents (SS card, birth certificate, etc.) so that didn’t hold things up later. I tried to confirm my understanding of the website calculations, but they couldn’t answer that question.Then I made an appointment for a telephone call from Social Security — making the appointment was fast, but I had to wait about a month for the actual call. I received written confirmation of my appointment, checked it and it was correct (phone number, etc.). Then a couple of days before the appointment, I received a reminder and the phone number they planned to call was now incorrect. After a while on the phone (about a half-hour), I got that straightened out and actually received the call.I explained my intention to defer, how many months, my calculations of what the enhanced benefit would be, and at each step, verified with the very clear and seemingly intelligent representative that my calculation was correct, that all I had to do was complete my online application (having delivered my documents already), and confirmed when the benefit would start (effective date) and when I’d receive it (more than a month later). I was told I’d receive a confirmation after applying, that would confirm the amount. I double checked the amount twice. She confirmed it twice.I completed my online application.Then I received a notification by mail that the SSA needed to verify my identity, and it gave me a number to call. I called. I left a voice mail message as instructed and was told I’d receive a call-back within 24 hours, and told not to call back and leave another message until 24 hours had passed. I waited until about 28 hours had passed and called again. Left another message. Got a call-back about 48 hours later. Answered some questions to identify myself and was told I was good to go.Last week I received my confirmation and benefit determination. It was not the amount I and the SSA representative had computed. It was the same amount as if I had not deferred at all.The notice said to call a certain number for any questions about it. So I called that number.After four minutes of working my way through a voicemail tree, I was told the office was very busy and to call back later.So I did. This time, after five minutes in the tree, I was given a message that said my wait would be 50 minutes, or I could get a call-back within 55 minutes. I opted for the call-back.I got the call-back at exactly 55 minutes. Within a minute or two, I was connected to a real person. I identified myself to his satisfaction. Then I explained the problem. He said, “So how can I help you?” I explained it again. He said, “Please wait” and put me on hold for about 12 minutes. When he came back on, he said he didn’t have access to my information, and so he couldn’t tell me what the correct amount was, and that what I needed to do was call my local Social Security office, make an appointment, and go in and meet with them about it. Or I could file an appeal of the determination of benefits within 60 days.So — after several weeks of waiting and several hours of dealing with the SSA, I’m no closer to a correct determination of a relatively simple arithmetic issue, and have to devote an unknown amount of time in the future to fixing it.No. I do not want these people in charge of my health care. It’s bad enough that I am forced onto Medicare whether I want it or not, but so far, at least, Medicare recipients get the benefit of being in the same system as private health care and their participants, so we have access to the same doctors (mostly), hospitals, etc., which are still, to some degree responsive to their customers since they still must compete.If my local doctor or hospital aren’t what I want, I can go to any other doctor or hospital I want. That’s not a freedom Britons have in the NHS.If we were ALL on “Medicare for All” or some other socialized medicine scheme, we’d all be in the same boat and we’d all sink together.