U.S. President Donald Trump speaks April 21 during a signing ceremony with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the Treasur...

Did President Trump deliver on his 100-day contract with voters?

Trump’s road to the White House, paved in big, sometimes impossible pledges, has detoured onto a byway of promises deferred or left behind, an AP analysis found.

Of 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day “contract” with voters — “This is my pledge to you” — he’s accomplished 10, mostly through executive orders that don’t require legislation, such as withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

He’s abandoned several and failed to deliver quickly on others, stymied at times by a divided Republican Party and resistant federal judges. Of 10 promises that require Congress to act, none has been achieved and most have not been introduced.

In truth, his 100-day plan remains mostly a to-do list that will spill over well beyond Saturday, his 100th day.

One page of his 100-day manifesto is devoted to legislation he would fight to pass in 100 days. None of it has been achieved.

The other page lists 18 executive actions and intentions he promised to pursue — many on Day One. He has followed through on fewer than a dozen, largely through the use of executive orders, and the White House is boasting that he will set a post-World War II record when he signs more this week.

That’s a change in tune.

“We need people in Washington that don’t go around signing executive orders because they can’t get people into a room and get some kind of a deal that’s negotiated,” he declared in New Hampshire in March 2015. “We need people that know how to lead, and we don’t have that. We have amateurs.”

An AP reporter who followed Trump throughout the presidential campaign collected scores of promises he made along the way, from the consequential to the fanciful. Here are some of them, and his progress so far.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House in Washington, D.C.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:

  1. Lift President Barack Obama’s roadblocks on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.

    Done. Keystone XL is revived and construction of the Dakota Access is completed.

  2. Lift restrictions on mining coal and drilling for oil and natural gas.

    Done. Trump has unraveled a number of Obama-era restrictions and initiated a review of the Clean Power Plan, which aimed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants.

  3. Cancel payments to U.N. climate change programs and pull out of the Paris climate accord.

    Nope. Trump has yet to make a decision on Paris. His aides are torn.

    READ MORE: Trump’s order on energy promises coal jobs and a clean environment. What does that look like?

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump attend a dinner at the start of their summit at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by REUTERS/Carlos Barria.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump attend a dinner at the start of their summit at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by REUTERS/Carlos Barria.

ECONOMY and TRADE:

  1. Pass a tax overhaul.“Just think about what can be accomplished in the first 100 days of a Trump administration,” he told his supporters again and again in the final weeks of the campaign. “We are going to have the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan.” He promised a plan that would reduce rates dramatically both for corporations and the middle class.

    Nowhere close. Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on, and his administration’s new package is in its early stages, not only missing the first 100 days but likely to miss a new August deadline set by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Some details may emerge this week.

  2. Designate China a currency manipulator, setting the stage for possible trade penalties because “we’re like the piggy bank that’s being robbed. We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s what they’re doing.”

    Abandoned. Trump says he doesn’t want to punish China when it is cooperating in a response to North Korean provocations. He also says China has stopped manipulating its currency for unfair trade advantage. But China was moving away from that behavior well before he took office. Also set aside: repeated vows to slap high tariffs on Chinese imports.

    READ MORE: Trump, Xi converge on currency, Syria as U.S.-China ties warm

  3. Announce his intention to renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement.

    Backtracked, in essence. A draft of his administration’s plan for NAFTA proposes only a mild rewrite. But in his AP interview, he threatened anew to terminate the deal if his goals are not met in a renegotiation.

  4. Direct his commerce secretary and trade representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly hurt American workers.

    Done. Trump has initiated plenty of studies over the past 100 days.

  5. Slap a 35 percent tariff on goods from companies that ship production abroad. Force companies like Apple and Nabisco to make their products in the U.S.

    Nope.

  6. Embark on a massive $1 trillion effort to rebuild the country’s infrastructure, including airports, roads and bridges.

    Not yet.

A Donald Trump for President campaign sticker is attached to a U.S. Customs sign hanging on the border fence between Mexico and the United States near Calexico, California. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

A Donald Trump for President campaign sticker is attached to a U.S. Customs sign hanging on the border fence between Mexico and the United States near Calexico, California. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

SECURITY, DEFENSE and IMMIGRATION:

  1. Immediately suspend the Syrian refugee program.

    Trump tried, but the first version of his travel ban was blocked by the courts. A revised version dropped references to Syrian refugees entirely. That was blocked, too. And he has yet to mention another campaign pledge: to deport Syrian refugees already settled in the U.S.

    READ MORE: A Hawaii judge just extended a ruling to block Trump’s travel ban. What’s next?

  2. Inform his generals they have 30 days to submit a new plan for defeating the Islamic State group.

    Trump did indeed order up a plan. It’s unclear what it is since it has yet to be made public.

  3. Suspend immigration from “terror-prone regions” where he says vetting is too difficult.

    Trump’s effort to bar immigration temporarily from some Muslim-majority countries has been stymied by courts.

  4. Implement “extreme” immigration vetting techniques.

    In progress. The Homeland Security Department is considering a number of measures, like asking for visitors’ phone contacts and social media passwords.

  5. Build an “impenetrable physical wall” along the length of the southern border, and make Mexico pay for it.

    The government has been soliciting bids and test sections could be built as soon as this summer. Mexico is not paying for this work.

    READ MORE: Spending bill must include down payment for border wall, Trump’s budget chief says

  6. End federal funding to “sanctuary cities” — places where local officials are considered by Washington to be insufficiently cooperative in arresting or detaining people in the country illegally.

    The Justice Department has threatened to do so, but there are legal limits.

    READ MORE: Sanctuary cities must end, Attorney General Jeff Sessions says

  7. Immediately deport the estimated 2 million “criminal aliens” living in the country, including gang members, in joint operations with local, state, and federal law enforcement.

    Deportations have not increased. Arrests of people in the U.S. illegally are up and illegal border crossings are significantly down.

  8. Cancel visas for foreign countries that won’t take back criminals deported by the U.S.

    There’s been no discussion of this yet.

  9. “Immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal executive amnesties,” one of which allows young people brought into the country as children to stay and work.

    Trump has made no effort to end the program, even though it would take a single phone call. In fact, he told AP these young people can “rest easy” and not fear deportation.

    READ MORE: Young immigrants won’t ‘rest easy’ despite Trump’s comments

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney (L) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a "strategic initiatives" lunch Feb. 22 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque.

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney (L) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a “strategic initiatives” lunch Feb. 22 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque.

GOVERNMENT AND THE SWAMP:

  1. Ask agency and department heads to identify job-killing regulations for elimination.

    Done.

  2. Propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

    Nope.

  3. “Drain the swamp.”

    On his pledge to curb the power of special interests, Trump has so far used an executive order to prohibit political appointees from lobbying the government for five years after serving in his administration and to ban outgoing officials from representing foreign governments. But he’s discontinuing the Obama-era practice of releasing White House visitor logs, restoring a shroud over what special interests are getting in his gates. He’s also issued at least one waiver to his lobbying ban, allowing a White House budget adviser to go advocate for a business trade group

  4. Impose a hiring freeze on federal employees, excluding military and public safety staffers.

    This was one of Trump’s first actions. But the freeze has since been lifted.

  5. Require that two regulations be eliminated for each new one imposed.

    Trump signed an order requiring agencies to identify two existing regulations for every new one imposed — though there is nothing in the order that requires the two to be eliminated.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a joint news conference Feb. 15 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque  - RTSYUDS

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a joint news conference Feb. 15 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque – RTSYUDS

FOREIGN AFFAIRS:

  1. End the strategy of nation-building and regime change.

    Trump’s foreign policy posture is still in its early stages, though he has already intervened in Syria and has escalated rhetoric against North Korea.

  2. Move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

    The administration says it is studying the issue.

    READ MORE: Trump urges Israeli premier to ‘hold off’ on settlements

  3. Negotiate the release of all U.S. prisoners held in Iran, even before taking office. Renegotiate or leave the Iran nuclear deal.

    No prisoners have been released. The administration is studying the nuclear deal and Trump told AP “it’s possible” the U.S. will withdraw.

  4. Create a safe zone in Syria for refugees, paid for by the Gulf states.

    Not yet.

U.S. President Donald Trump points to the audience after the swearing in of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX34YUE

U.S. President Donald Trump points to the audience after the swearing in of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts – RTX34YUE

HEALTH CARE, COURTS AND GUNS:

  1. “My first day in office, I’m going to ask Congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law and replacing it with reforms that expand choice, freedom, affordability. You’re going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost. It’s going to be so easy.”

    The bill to replace “Obamacare” was pulled from Congress because it lacked enough support. He will try again with a revised plan.

    AP fact check: Trump’s promises on health care

  2. Begin selecting a new Supreme Court judge to fill the court’s vacancy.

    Done. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch and the Senate approved him.

  3. Eliminate gun-free zones in schools and on military bases.

    Nope.

    READ MORE: 5 things we learned from the fight over Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation

AND THE OTHERS

President Donald Trump applauses as a marching band performs while he arrives at Trump International Golf club to watch the Super Bowl LI between New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

President Donald Trump applauses as a marching band performs while he arrives at Trump International Golf club to watch the Super Bowl LI between New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

  1. “I promise I will never be in a bicycle race.”

    So far, so good. Trump’s vow came after John Kerry, then secretary of state, broke his femur in May 2015 while riding a bicycle. He was not in a bicycle race.

  2. Bar his generals from being interviewed on television.

    Never mind that. Army Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, as Trump’s national security adviser, recently appeared on a Sunday news show. Several senior military officers have done Pentagon news conferences in the past few months that are taped by the networks. Gen. John Nicholson, the top general in Afghanistan, appeared at a news conference Monday.

  3. No time for play.

    Most weekends as president, Trump has broken his pledge to avoid the golf course, after years of criticizing his predecessor for playing the game. “Because I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to go play golf,” he told a Virginia rally in August. “Believe me.”

    AP fact check: Do Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips cost $3 million?

  4. Season’s greetings.

    “If I become president, we’re gonna be saying Merry Christmas at every store. … You can leave ‘happy holidays’ at the corner.”

    As president-elect over the holidays, he sent a “Merry Christmas” tweet. So did President Obama. And both sent Happy Hanukkah wishes.

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Associated Press writers Alicia A. Caldwell, Lolita C. Baldor and Julie Bykowicz contributed to this report.