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Final published summary: about 48% kept, 28% compromise, 24% broken of 533 tracked promises. The currently displayed tracker lists 255 kept (47%), 146 compromise (27%), and 125 broken (23%) — 526 of 533, the difference reflecting later rating updates.
and the current Trump-O-Meter. Final report: 25 kept, 23 compromise, 54 broken of 102. Live tracker later: 24 kept (23%), 23 compromise (22%), 55 broken (53%). Final report: Live tracker:
33 kept, 32 compromise, 34 broken of 99.
15 kept (20%), 3 compromise (4%), 3 broken (4%), 22 stalled (29%), 32 in the works (42%) — 75 tracked; ongoing and subject to change.
Documents Trump's statement, "I've kept all my promises, and much more" (Detroit, January 2026), against a tracker showing about one-fifth kept at that stage.
— the Supreme Court held the administration's broad student-debt cancellation plan exceeded its authority; narrower relief programs proceeded afterward.