In 2024, during the campaign, did Trump promise to lower prices, keep us out of war, and slash the national debt?

Short answer: Yes — Trump repeatedly promised in the 2024 campaign to lower prices, to keep the U.S. out of new wars, and to reduce the national debt, though each promise had important caveats in how he framed them and how fact‑checkers evaluated them.

1. Promise to lower prices

Trump made lowering prices and “ending inflation” one of the central pillars of his 2024 campaign.

• He vowed to “immediately bring prices down” and “end inflation” if elected.
• His economic platform emphasized cheaper everyday goods, utilities, and energy.

How he said he’d do it: Through expanded domestic energy production, deregulation, and aggressive tariffs intended to pressure foreign producers.

Results?  Trump inherited an economy with a 2.7% inflation rate with the Fed saying it was trending down to 2.4%.   Within three months of Trump being in office, the inflation rate stayed at 2.7%, rising to 2.9% over his first six months in office due to the impact of his “Karate Kid, on again, off again” tariff policies.  Now fourteen months into his administration inflation is running at 3.3% with forecasts of it rising above 4% in the next three months due to the Iran conflict.

2. Promise to keep the U.S. out of war

Trump repeatedly framed himself as the candidate who would prevent new wars and end “forever wars.”

While the search results above don’t directly quote this promise, it is well‑documented across 2024 campaign coverage that he:

• Claimed he would “restore peace through strength”
• Said he would prevent escalation in Ukraine and the Middle East
• Argued that his presidency would deter conflict rather than start it

This aligns with his long‑standing messaging from 2016 onward and was a major theme of his 2024 rallies and interviews.

Results?  Trump has undermined support for Ukraine, seemingly echoing Putin’s demands on Ukraine. Denigrated NATO, criticized NATO leadership, threatened NATO countries with military action, essentially disrupted international trade by implementing a chaotic tariff policy.  The outcome of the Ukraine/Russia conflict is critical to the USA’s economic and strategic security.  Trump has initiated a full out war with Iran, from which there is no off ramp that benefits the USA, Arab states, and the crude oil dependent countries of the world.  The conflict has unleashed a wave of inflation world wide, undermined the USA’s position in the world, costing the American economy alone nearly $900 million a day. As of today, Iran has the ability to continue to close the Strait of Hormuz, resist further American and Israeli attacks, and extract from the USA (and the broader world) economic pain and potentially economic concessions going forward.

3. Promise to slash the national debt

Trump also promised to reduce the national debt, even while proposing large tax cuts.

• His 2024 platform included pledges to cut spending, expand energy production, and use tariff revenue to offset deficits.
• Fact‑checkers noted that his tax and spending proposals would likely increase deficits by $4.1–$5.8 trillion over 10 years.

Important nuance: He did promise to reduce the debt, but independent budget models concluded his policies would push the debt higher, not lower.

Results?  His first year in office increased the national debt by over ONE trillion Eight Hundred million dollars.  His promise to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” within the Federal government through the actions of DOGE and other initiatives have turned out to be fraudulent in their own ways, full of smoke and mirrors claiming results that did not, and do not exist.  The estimated deficit increase in 2026 is forecast to be ONE trillion THREE hundred million dollars and this before any consideration of the impact on the cost of the war with Iran.

So, how many of the Trump voters in 2024 are beginning to feel they have been “played”? 

How many Trump voters in 2024 may be having second thoughts on their support for Trump?

Are they beginning to question just who Trump is looking out for?  Is it really the working men and women of our country? 

Or is it himself, his family, his inner circle……and the billionaires that support Trump and benefit from his actions?