Donald Trump’s Biggest Policy Flip-Flops

On banning Muslims from entering the United States
December 7, 2015: “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.”
May 12, 2016: “It hasn’t been called for yet. Nobody’s done it. This is just a suggestion.”

On raising the minimum wage
November 10, 2015: “Wages [are] too high. We’re not going to be able to compete against the world. I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. People have to go out, they have to work really hard, and they have to get into that upper stratum. But we cannot do this is if we are going to compete against the rest of the world. We just can’t do it. … I would not raise the minimum [wage].”
May 8, 2016: “I don’t know how people make it on $7.25 an hour. Now, with that being said, I would like to see an increase of some magnitude. But I’d rather leave it to the states. … I like the idea of let the states decide. But I think people should get more. I think they’re out there. They’re working. It is a very low number. You know, with what’s happened to the economy, with what’s happened to the cost [of living]. I mean, it’s just — I don’t know how you live on $7.25 an hour.”

On raising taxes on the wealthy
May 8, 2016: “For the wealthy, I think, frankly, it’s going to go up. And you know what? It really should go up.”
May 12, 2016: “I really want to keep taxes for everybody as low as possible. … When you start making them too high, you are going to lose people from the country, and oftentimes these are the people who create the jobs.”

On self-financing his campaign
January 27, 2016: “I’m totally self-funding my campaign so I don’t have to take donors and special interest people and lobbyists — I don’t have to bring them in.”
May 4, 2016: “I’ll be putting up money, but won’t be completely self-funding.”