They discussed topics such as the presence of immigrants in the country, military activity and climate change mitigation measures.
And now, after two years of Republican rule, how did they unfold? BBC News was behind these answers.
Status: Partially Filled
Before the Elections: Trump originally spoke of a "total and complete" ban on Muslims entering the United States until the authorities "could know what's going on. "
After: This move is one of Trump's first controversies. During the campaign, he changed his subject: he stopped talking about "total ban" to invoke a "judicious evaluation (in the process of migration)".
As President, he introduced two travel barriers that were prohibited in court, but a third such measure was pbaded.
The US Supreme Court ruled that Trump's ban on six predominantly Muslim countries (Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen) could come into force, but could still the subject of legal proceedings.
Before: The proposal to build a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico – and even more to make it pay for it – marked the Republican campaign. US agents near a fence dividing the border between the United States and Mexico in December 2018 photo – US officials close to a fence separating the border from the United States and Mexico in December 2018 Photo : Christian Torres / AP Photo / File "title =" photo December 2018 – photo: Christian Torres / AP photo / File "src =" data: image / jpeg; base64, / 9j / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD / 2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAARABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAGQAAAgMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUEBgcB / 8QAFQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABQb / 2gAMAwEAAhADEAAAAW1MnQXCUy6sMxFNQWBVg4t0JCi // 8QAIBAAAQMCBwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgADBAEFEBITFTIzNf / aAAgBAQABBQIaNkD9zlCjnPktY0xzmFltjdyIK7lHTHZP8ksP / 8QAGxEAAQQDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQACAxIQETL / 2gAIAQMBAT8BEwJ1VUamd mBslI / AgZIKUaSSEK09B3V / TDWa4HDLDhtxbTTvniLlBvNcD3rbg9en / 8QAIBABAAIBAgcAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQARUSGBECBBkbHw8f / aAAgBAQABPyGlhqBNC6LveOh1A0buzOnA4S9mHmIypsGGVRtdCnyp6rDyDP8A / 9oADAMBAAIAAwAAABDuN7 xAAbEQEAAQUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABABAxQaGx0f // / // aAAgBAwEBPxAajjyBWCbB2n xAAbEQEAAgIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABALEQETGh8P / aAAgBAgEBPxDYxG2n1RTlTpNGP // EACEQAQABAwMFAQAAAAAAAAAAAAERACExEEHwYZGhwfHR / 9oACAEBAAE / EC0IFMyFxEGERvOJyMADQZAi0wxhGhFIFuJ7hP2uS + + qCDlI6WdJIVBs4tGBJ UpRCSskFzFfXfmgHwFM E2N / 2Q == "/>
After: No brick of the "great and beautiful wall "pink.
The Democrats vehemently oppose the construction while some Trump people also sniff the project, which could cost $ 21.5 billion, according to an internal report from the Ministry of Security. Domesticated.
In December 2018, the United States government was paralyzed into a situation known as "closure", while Democrats opposed the approval of a package of measures sent by Trump including $ 5 billion. 7 billion) to finance the wall. Until now, the question is not solved.
Deportation of All Illegal Immigrants
Situation: No Progress
Before: During the campaign, Trump reiterated that the export of all undocumented immigrants to the United States would be estimated to more than 11 million people.
After: In the run-up to the elections, their attitude began to fade away little by little. After the trial, the new White House official reduced his figure to about 2 to 3 million evictions of people "criminals and criminal records, gang members, drug traffickers".
During fiscal year 2018, deportations amounted to 256,000 people, a slight increase over the previous year – but not as much as the record number of 410,000 people under the Obama administration in 2012.
O The future of undocumented immigrant youth, known as "dreamers", is on the table, the Republican having canceled the Duck program (deferred action for l & # 39; childhood). live and work for those who have illegally entered the country as children). The program envisages the stay of 700,000 people in the United States.
The situation of "dreamers" is today in a legal vacuum. As a candidate, Trump said that climate change would be a false situation disseminated by China and that the rules of the Paris Agreement, which impose commitments on the part of countries in the environment.
Release of the Paris Agreement
Before: would hinder American growth.
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In the campaign, Trump said that climate change
Before: In a speech delivered in the state of Iowa in November 2015 Trump uttered blasphemies to say that it was a false situation revealed by China – Photo: Jim Watson / AFP
Bombing attack on the Islamic State
bomb the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
Attack on the United States of America
Attack on the United States
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After: In April 2017, the United States launched their largest non-nuclear bomb – conh with the "mother of all bombs" – in an EI conclave in Afghanistan.
Trump also admits to having forced the Islamic State to leave parts of Iraq and Syria, claiming that the group was "largely defeated".
But the reality is that, although EI militants have lost almost all the territory that they once occupied, their leader and thousands of followers are still there. During the campaign, Trump said that the Middle East was a "total mess" and that he wanted the government to spend billions of dollars.
Returning troops home
Situation: Partially full
Before: in the country.
After : In September 2017, the Trump government announced the deployment of an additional 3,000 troops in Afghanistan.
Already in Syria, the United States led a coalition of EI militants alongside Syrian Kurds and Arab fighters, with about 2,000 soldiers on the scene.
In December 2018, Trump ordered the withdrawal of all US troops from Syria.
A few days later, the US media announced that the president planned to halve the number of fighters in Afghanistan from 14,000 to 7,000.
Following this signal, the Secretary of Defense of the time, Jim Mattis, and the special envoy of IE, Brett McGurk, resigned.
Before: Trump promised to reduce the tax burden on American businesses and workers.
After: The Republican tax plan was finally approved in December 2017. For the President, it is a great feat at the beginning. But in reality, the strength and sustainability of this victory are in doubt.
Trump talked about reducing corporate income taxes from 35% to 15% – the percentage would be 21%.
And personal tax cuts will expire in a few years, although Republicans say that future governments will simply renew them.
But, in general, rich Americans should benefit more from this package than the poorest.
The country's infrastructure "will become incomparable and we will put millions of people back to work to rebuild it," said the president.
Renovation of infrastructure
Situation: No progress
Before: his victory speech in November.
After: The President has repeatedly reiterated the promise of spending a lot for the country's roads, railways and airports, but there are still few signs of action.
In March 2018, Congress allocated $ 21 billion in infrastructure spending, far less than the $ 1.5 trillion requested by the president.
Appointment of Conservatives to the Supreme Court
Before: Trump had promised to appoint a Conservative judge to the Supreme Court of the country.
After: In fact, he named two of them: Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before a US Senate committee on A photo of September 5, 2018 – Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP
Gorsuch's statement called for a change of procedure in the rules of the Senate, but it is the appointment of Kavanaugh that sparked controversy.
Kavanaugh faces charges of badual badault – which he denies – and ends up being extolled by the tighter vote in favor of an appointment of this type since 1881, by 50 votes to 48. .
In addition to making his mark on most important court of the time. Trump has appointed dozens of conservative judges in lower courts.
Clbadification of China as Fund Manager
Before: Trump repeatedly stated that on his first day at the White House, the United States would rank China as a "currency manipulator" country. ".
After: The Republican told The Wall Street Journal in April 2017 that China has not been a "currency manipulator" for some time and that in fact the Asian country's efforts were aimed at preventing the weakening of the yuan.
Trump called the Nafta (Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada) a "catastrophe" and warned that the Trans-National Partnership (or TPP, "Trans-Pacific Partnership") "will be worse, so let's stop it. " He also promised to correct the trade deficit with China.
After: During the first days at the White House, the President kept his promise to leave the PTP. But he said that if the US could get a more favorable deal, they could return to the partnership.
On November 30, 2018, after deep negotiations, the United States, Canada and Mexico signed an agreement between the three countries to replace NAFTA – but it remains to be approved by law .
Washington and Beijing have already engaged in escalating a trade battle – both parties imposing tariffs on goods worth billions of dollars.
They agreed to a truce of 90 days from December 2018, although Trump reported the possibility of imposing new rates if necessary. The agreement reached by Barack Obama, as president, concerning the diplomatic and commercial rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, would be reversed as promised by Trump.
Situation: Partially implemented
in September 2016.
After: Already as president, the Republican told the public at an event in Miami that & # 39; s 39; it would "cancel the unilateral agreement of the Obama administration" with Cuba.
But, in reality, it has only returned in certain respects – for example by imposing restrictions on travel and business between the two countries.
Jerusalem, a city claimed by Israelis and Palestinians, would be the new headquarters of the US embbady in Israel – and no longer Tel Aviv – second pledge
Location: Partially full
Before: of Trump.
In December 2017, Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and approved the transfer of the embbady.
The new headquarters was inaugurated in May 2018 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel, but not all offices and sectors were relocated.
Still, the Israeli government considers that it is the first stage of a great symbolic diplomatic movement.
Dissolution of Obamacare
Situation: Partially Filled
Before: One of the characteristics of Trump's rallies was its intention to repeal Obamacare, the system of the first one. expansion of access to health care created by Barack Obama.
After: Although Republicans failed to pbad a bill on the repeal or reform, the Trump government was able to dismantle some of the Obamacare – registration periods have been reduced and some subsidies, for example.
In December 2018, a Texas federal judge declared the law unconstitutional.
However, the package remains in effect because the appeal must be heard by the Supreme Court.
Before: Trump called NATO NATO "obsolete"; One of the problems that irritated him was, he said, the fact that other countries benefited more from the alliance than Washington and also spent less for the United States. alliance.
After: After receiving the Secretary General of NATO at the White House in April 2018, the President of the United States declared that the terrorist threat had highlighted the importance of l & # 39; alliance.
"I said it was obsolete, but that's not the case," he said.
In July 2018, Trump reiterated his support for the treaty at a summit, but suggested that the United States could still come out if the allies did not agree with its demands budget.
Restoring Certain Methods of Torture
[196459078] Before: As a candidate, Trump stated that he would again allow waterboarding as a form of torture, "much worse".
After: After the inauguration, the Republican announced that he would join the ranks of the most senior members of his administration, contrary to Trump's opinion, on torture . Among these names were James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense, and Mike Pompeo, then Director of the CIA and now Secretary of State.
After being confirmed at the CIA station, Pompeo stated that "under no circumstances" would recover such methods.
Hillary Clinton in Justice
Before : "Stop It" was one of the most shouted slogans by Trump supporters during the campaign; they wanted Democrat Hillary Clinton, an opponent of the Republican, to go to jail for using a private email while she was secretary of state.
"If I win, I will instruct my Secretary of Justice to appoint a special prosecutor to examine this situation," Trump said during a debate.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Presidential Debate – Photo: Rick Wilking / Reuters
After: The tone of the President-elect changed as soon as he won, describing Hillary Clinton, before a "woman as rude" as anyone to whom the country had "a debt of gratitude".
He then stated that he "had not thought much about the charges" and that he had other priorities.
On November 22, Trump's spokeswoman said she would not pursue any investigation to help Clinton "heal" herself.
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