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I will direct the Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator on my first day in office.

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PartialFact-checker reviewConfidence: 75%

Independently re-verified. The promise had two parts: (a) direct Treasury to label China a currency manipulator, and (b) do it on the first day in office. Trump did NOT act on day one (Jan 20, 2017) and in April 2017 he affirmatively took the OPPOSITE position, stating China is not a currency manipulator (CNN, Fortune, The Diplomat) — a genuine reversal for ~2.5 years. However, the substantive core was later delivered: on Aug 5, 2019, at Trump's personal direction, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin formally designated China a currency manipulator (confirmed by CNBC, WaPo, France24, Al Jazeera, NBC; WaPo reports Trump 'pressured Mnuchin' to do it after Mnuchin had resisted). That designation reversed a May 2019 Treasury finding that no country was manipulating its currency and was itself rescinded on Jan 13, 2020 as part of the Phase 1 trade deal. So the exact directed action was ultimately taken — which rules out ATTEMPTED/IGNORED/MISALIGNED as the final disposition — but the explicit 'first day' timeline was missed and the label was symbolic and non-durable, ruling out FULL. PARTIAL is correct and would apply identically to any party with this record. Sources verified: PBS quote confirmed verbatim; CNN 'Day One' headline confirmed via search; CNBC/Reuters Treasury-removal quote is the standard official Jan 13, 2020 Treasury FX-report statement, corroborated across outlets (CNBC page returned 403 on direct fetch but the fact and quote are independently corroborated).

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