We will ban the Federal Government from colluding with anyone to censor Lawful Speech, defund institutions engaged in censorship, and hold accountable all bureaucrats involved with illegal censoring. We will protect Free Speech online.
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“Whenever an executive department or agency publicly proposes for notice and comment or otherwise promulgates a new regulation, it shall identify at least two existing regulations to be repealed.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov), Executive Order 13771https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-02-03/html/2017-02451.htm ↗
“for every one new regulation issued, at least two prior regulations be identified for elimination”
“But if he has asked, Congress hasn't responded. No bill has been introduced.”
- Government Executivehttps://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/03/trump-vows-shatter-deep-state-revive-schedule-f-and-move-more-agencies-out-dc/384266/ ↗
“I will immediately re-issue my 2020 executive order restoring the president's authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.”
“Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service), is hereby immediately reinstated with full force and effect”
- Newsweekhttps://www.newsweek.com/trump-dismantle-deep-state-truth-reconciliation-commission-1789374 ↗
“We will establish a truth and reconciliation commission to declassify and publish all documents on deep state spying, censorship and corruption.”
“All of the materials referenced in the Presidential Memorandum of January 19, 2021 (Declassification of Certain Materials Related to the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation), are no longer classified.”
“The Department of Justice is finalizing a deal to launch a so-called 'Truth and Justice Commission'”
- Project 2016 (Trump campaign announcement speech, Trump Tower, NYC)https://www.p2016.org/trump/trump061615sp.html ↗
“I won't be running around the country begging people for money for my campaign. I won't owe anybody anything. I won't be beholden to anyone except to you, the American people.”
“Individuals will be able to contribute a maximum of $449,400 -- a cap that far exceeds the $2,700 donation maximum for presidential campaigns.”
“Donald Trump drew in over $6 million at his first joint fundraiser with the Republican National Committee (RNC)”
- History Musings (full speech text archive)https://historymusings.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/full-text-campaign-buzz-2016-october-22-2016-donald-trumps-gettysburg-address-speech/ ↗
“for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated”
- American Presidency Project — 2024 Republican Party Platformhttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform ↗
“We will ban the Federal Government from colluding with anyone to censor Lawful Speech, defund institutions engaged in censorship, and hold accountable all bureaucrats involved with illegal censoring.”
- White House (Executive Order 14149)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-freedom-of-speech-and-ending-federal-censorship/ ↗
“No Federal department, agency, entity, officer, employee, or agent may act or use any Federal resources in a manner contrary to section 2 of this order.”
“Acting Attorney General James McHenry made this decision because he did not believe these officials could be trusted to faithfully implement the president's agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the president.”
- White House (Executive Order 14147)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-the-weaponization-of-the-federal-government/ ↗
“shall take appropriate action to review the activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority of the United States”
- National Archives and Records Administrationhttps://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release-2025 ↗
“In accordance with President Donald Trump's directive of March 17, 2025, all records previously withheld for classification that are part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection are released.”
- White House (Executive Order 14248)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/ ↗
“documentary proof of United States citizenship”
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.”
- The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/implementing-schedule-policy-career-in-the-excepted-service/ ↗
“Ensuring that such employees can be removed for misconduct or poor performance is essential to protecting democratic self-government by an elected President.”
- Project 2016 — Gettysburg Contract with the American Voter speechhttps://p2016.org/trump/trump102216sp.html ↗
“Clean up corruption in Washington, enacts tough new ethic reforms to reduce the corrupting influence of special interests and donors on our politics.”
- Roll Call / Factbase transcripthttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-gettysburg-pa-october-22-2016/ ↗
“Clean up corruption in Washington, enacts tough new ethic reforms to reduce the corrupting influence of special interests and donors on our politics.”
- U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo.gov) - Executive Order 13983https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202100041/html/DCPD-202100041.htm ↗
“Executive Order 13770 of January 28, 2017, 'Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees,' is hereby revoked, effective at noon January 20, 2021.”
- White House (archived) - Executive Order 13770https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-ethics-commitments-executive-branch-appointees/ ↗
“I will not, within 5 years after the termination of my employment as an appointee in any executive agency in which I am appointed to serve, engage in lobbying activities with respect to that agency.”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1343/enact-term-limits/ ↗
“If I'm elected president, I will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.”
“Decades of failure in Washington and decades of special-interest dealing, must and will come to an end. We have to break the cycle of corruption.”
- Office of U.S. Senator Katie Britthttps://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/u-s-senators-katie-britt-ted-cruz-reintroduce-constitutional-amendment-to-impose-term-limits-for-congress/ ↗
“U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and ten of their Senate Republican colleagues reintroduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress.”
- Office of U.S. Senator Ted Cruzhttps://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-and-rep-desantis-introduce-constitutional-amendment-to-impose-term-limits-on-members-of-congress ↗
“The amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms.”
- The American Presidency Project (archived presidential statement)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-april-30-2018 ↗
“I recently had a terrific meeting with a bipartisan group of freshman lawmakers who feel very strongly in favor of Congressional term limits. I gave them my full support and endorsement for their efforts. #DrainTheSwamp”
- Project 2016 (speech archive)https://p2016.org/trump/trump101716sp.html ↗
“I am going to re-institute a 5-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government for 5 years after they leave government service. I am going to ask Congress to pass this ban into law so that it cannot be lifted by executive order.”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1442/enact-5-year-ban-white-house-and-congressional-off/ ↗
“I'm going to reinstitute a five-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government for five years after they leave government. I'm going to ask Congress to pass this ban into law so that it cannot be lifted by executive order.”
“Among other things, it banned administration officials from lobbying the agencies where they worked for a full five years after the termination of their employment.”
- White House (archived) - Revocation of Executive Order 13770https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-revocation-executive-order-13770/ ↗
“Executive Order 13770 of January 28, 2017, "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," is hereby revoked, effective at noon January 20, 2021.”
“I will use the president's long-recognized Impoundment Power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings.”
- Roll Callhttps://rollcall.com/2023/06/20/trump-says-hell-restore-presidential-impoundment-authority/ ↗
“I will then use the president's long-recognized impoundment power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings.”
“for the first time in 50 years, the President is using his authority under the Impoundment Control Act to deploy a pocket rescission, cancelling $5 billion in foreign aid and international organization funding”
- U.S. Government Accountability Officehttps://www.gao.gov/products/b-337805 ↗
“the ICA does not permit the withholding of funds past their date of expiration, even if the 45-day period for congressional consideration has not passed”
- PolitiFact Trump-O-Meterhttps://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1354/place-lifetime-ban-white-house-officals-lobbying-f/ ↗
“I'm going to issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.”
- Associated Press (via WSLS)https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2021/01/20/trump-frees-former-aides-from-ethics-pledge-lobbying-ban/ ↗
“President Donald Trump, in one of his final acts of office, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, which included a five-year ban on lobbying their former agencies.”
- Webline News (Trump campaign press release reprint)https://www.weblinenews.com/press-release-donald-trumps-ethics/ ↗
“I am going to ask Congress to institute its own 5-year ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffs.”
“The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws.”
- CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-government-watchdogs-inspector-generals-fired-by-trump/ ↗
“President Trump violated the IGA. That much is obvious,”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-02/pdf/2025-07566.pdf ↗
“The Attorney General has determined that the constraints imposed by the 2022 amendments to 28 CFR 50.10 have unduly hindered the Department's efforts to subpoena journalists who have coordinated with Federal employees to leak protected materials.”
“The Justice Department on Friday rescinded a Biden-era policy that provided protections to journalists in leak investigations.”
- CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/controversial-surveillance-program-fisa-section-702-house-vote/ ↗
“The Trump administration is pushing an 18-month reauthorization of the law without any changes.”
“A key surveillance tool that lets the government collect foreign intelligence without a warrant has expired.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov), Presidential Memorandum of Jan. 23, 2017https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-01-25/html/2017-01842.htm ↗
“I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees to be applied across the board in the executive branch”
“The across-the-board hiring freeze the president imposed by executive order three days after taking office in January is being replaced with a "smarter plan, a more strategic plan, a more surgical plan."”