Current Position Change Count: 20
Original: “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: When asked if he’d pull out of the climate change accords, Trump said, “I’m looking at it very closely. I have an open mind to it.” (Source)
Original: “the most corrupt enterprise in political history.” - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: The Clinton Foundation has done “good work.” -Donald Trump (Source)
Original: "You're going to have a deportation force." (Source)
Now: "Donald Trump is not planning on that." - Paul Ryan (Source)
Original: "The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.” - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: Trump tweeted that the Electoral College is “actually genius” because it “brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play.” -Donald Trump (Source)
Now: “rather do the popular vote,” and that he was “never a fan of the Electoral College.” - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: "Donald Trump says he'd tear up the "disastrous" nuclear deal with Iran and "renegotiate"." (Source)
Now: "Key Trump foreign policy adviser Walid Phares today offered clarification on the president-elect’s plans for the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, confirming that he intends to “review” the deal, but has no intention of trying to unilaterally rip it up." (Source)
Original: "Trump has declared his desire to “save the middle class.” (Source)
Now: "Trump said in an August interview that he’d exempt small businesses from the (overtime) rule." (Source)
Original: "Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "The Muslim ban is something that in some form has morphed into extreme vetting from certain areas of the world." - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: "We will repeal and replace disastrous Obamacare." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "Mr Trump is going to look at "amending" the Affordable Care Act, rather than completely repealing it, he told the Wall Street Journal." (Source)
Original: At the South Carolina Freedom Summit, Donald Trump said that he would impose a hefty 35 percent tariff on American multinational corporations like Ford Motor Company, in order to stop outsourcing to China and elsewhere. (Source)
Now: “Trump abandons campaign promise to penalize outsourcing, offers tax breaks instead” (Source)
Original: "If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation because there has never been so many lies, so much deception." (Source)
Now: "I think when the President-elect, who's also the head of your party, tells you before he's even inaugurated that he doesn't wish to pursue these charges, it sends a very strong message, tone, and content" to fellow Republicans." - Trump aide Kellyanne Conway: No plan to pursue charges against Clinton (Source)
Now: "I don’t want to hurt them, I don’t want to hurt them. They’re, they’re good people. I don’t want to hurt them." - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: "If I’m elected I would be very strong in putting certain judges on the bench that maybe could change things, but they have a long way to go. I disagree with the court in that it should have been a states’ rights issue.” - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "It–It’s irrelevant because it was already settled. It’s law. It was settled in the Supreme Court. I mean it’s done. It’s done. It–you have–these cases have gone to the Supreme Court. They’ve been styled. And-I’m–I’m fine with that." - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: Wants to tax the rich more - “"It’s [Trump tax plan] going to cost me a fortune, which is actually true.” - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: President-elect Trump caught on video appealing to patrons who represent a sampling of the wealthiest denizens of the five boroughs. “We’ll get your taxes down,” Trump appealed, “don’t worry about it.” (Source)
Original: "It's going to be a big, fat, beautiful wall!" - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "But Trump also appeared to back off from commiting to build a solid wall, telling CBS' "60 Minutes" the barrier might look more like a fence in spots." (Source)
Original: "I would bring back waterboarding, and I'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: ’Torture is not going to make the kind of a difference that a lot of people are thinking.” (Source)
Original: “I think he’s the worst president, maybe, in the history of our country.” (Source)
Original: “Obama Has Been The Worst President Ever” (Source)
Now: Trump “liked him a lot.” (Source)
Original: "I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, you have to [take in refugees]." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "If I win, they're going back." - Donald Trump (Source)
Then: "You know, there's a big move to create new bathrooms. Problem with that is for transgender, that would be—first of all, I think that would be discriminatory in a certain way. That would be unbelievably expensive for businesses in the country. Leave it the way it is." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "I'm going with the state [Transgender people should use the restroom of their biological sex]. The state, they know what's going on, they see what's happening and generally speaking I'm with the state on things like this. I've spoken with your governor, I've spoken with a lot of people and I'm going with the state." - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: "We have-- even in the military-- I'm gonna build a military that's gonna be much stronger than it is right now. It's gonna be so strong, nobody's gonna mess with us. But you know what? We can do it for a lot less." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "As soon as I take office, I will ask Congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military. This will increase certainty in the defense community as to funding, and will allow military leaders to plan for our future defense needs." - Donald Trump (Source)
Original: "It is time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: Trump's transition effort and public lists of his possible Cabinet appointees include plenty of lobbyists. (Source)
Now: Transition team and potential cabinet includes over twenty Wall Street elites, industry insiders, and lobbyists. (Source)
Original: "But, taxes too high, wages too high, we’re not going to be able to compete against the world." - Donald Trump (Source)
Now: "I'll say raise the minimum wage to $15." - Donald Trump (Source)
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