Trump First Year Report Card: A- promise keeper or ‘nightmare’ failure

Published December 27, 2025 9:47am ET



As President Donald Trump nears his one-year anniversary in his second administration, he is closer than ever in making good on many of his top campaign promises and further away on his pledge to unite the nation.

Three days before Inauguration Day, he pledged “a message of unity,” adding that “success brings unity.”

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