{"id":163823,"date":"2026-09-28T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/28\/checking-trumps-predictions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:23:16","slug":"checking-trumps-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/28\/checking-trumps-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Trump\u2019s Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump has made several predictions during the past 10 years.<\/p>\n

In February 2020, Trump predicted that COVID would go away \u2014 \u201clike a miracle<\/a>\u201d \u2014 very quickly.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

In fact, the country would be \u201copened up<\/a>\u201d by Easter 2020.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that the war in Iran would end four or five weeks after it started.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that Mexico would pay for the wall.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that the new White House ballroom would cost $200 million.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that it would take two weeks to renovate the reflecting pool on the National Mall.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that China would pay the cost of tariffs.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

In 2016, he predicted that he would eliminate the national debt in eight years.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

In 2024,\u00a0he predicted<\/a>\u00a0that he would be \u201cslashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that he would end the war between Ukraine and Russia within 24 hours of his taking office.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

And now \u2014 remarkably, just before the midterm elections \u2014 Trump has a few predictions about problems that will disappear \u2014 right after the elections!<\/p>\n

He predicts that energy costs and gas prices will drop \u2014 right after the elections!<\/p>\n

He predicts that he\u2019ll negotiate an end to the war with Iran \u2014 right after the elections!<\/p>\n

He predicts that his superior mind is sufficient to control the dangers of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

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Mark\u00a0Herrmann\u00a0spent 17 years as a partner at a leading international law firm and later oversaw litigation, compliance and employment matters at a large international company. He is the author of\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Curmudgeon\u2019s Guide to Practicing Law<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Drug and Device Product Liability Litigation Strategy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(affiliate links). You can reach him by email at\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>inhouse@abovethelaw.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The post Checking Trump\u2019s Predictions<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump has made several predictions during the past 10 years.<\/p>\n

In February 2020, Trump predicted that COVID would go away \u2014 \u201clike a miracle<\/a>\u201d \u2014 very quickly.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

In fact, the country would be \u201copened up<\/a>\u201d by Easter 2020.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that the war in Iran would end four or five weeks after it started.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that Mexico would pay for the wall.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that the new White House ballroom would cost $200 million.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that it would take two weeks to renovate the reflecting pool on the National Mall.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that China would pay the cost of tariffs.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

In 2016, he predicted that he would eliminate the national debt in eight years.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

In 2024,\u00a0he predicted<\/a>\u00a0that he would be \u201cslashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

He predicted that he would end the war between Ukraine and Russia within 24 hours of his taking office.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

And now \u2014 remarkably, just before the midterm elections \u2014 Trump has a few predictions about problems that will disappear \u2014 right after the elections!<\/p>\n

He predicts that energy costs and gas prices will drop \u2014 right after the elections!<\/p>\n

He predicts that he\u2019ll negotiate an end to the war with Iran \u2014 right after the elections!<\/p>\n

He predicts that his superior mind is sufficient to control the dangers of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

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Mark\u00a0Herrmann\u00a0spent 17 years as a partner at a leading international law firm and later oversaw litigation, compliance and employment matters at a large international company. He is the author of\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Curmudgeon\u2019s Guide to Practicing Law<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Drug and Device Product Liability Litigation Strategy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(affiliate links). You can reach him by email at\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>[email\u00a0protected]<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump has made several predictions during the past 10 years. In February 2020, Trump predicted that COVID would go away \u2014 \u201clike a miracle\u201d \u2014 very quickly. Mm-hmm. In fact, the country would be \u201copened up\u201d by Easter 2020. Mm-hmm. He predicted that the war in Iran would end four or five weeks after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}