An earlier pledge, made in Paris four months before, would have impressed him more.
The Spanish government repeated its earlier pledge to retaliate, though it did not specify how.
His daughter has played down an earlier pledge to seek an amnesty for him.
That would mean revoking an earlier pledge not to challenge the current Republican governor, Jane Swift.
On Saturday, Diendéré repeated an earlier pledge not to remain in power for long.
"I will civilize this land," he says a while later, thus dulling the impact of his earlier pledge.
So he backed away from his earlier pledge to sell some of Vivendi's stake in Vivendi Environnement.
In the speech, Trump backed away, a little, from his earlier pledge to ban all Muslim immigrants.
But Mr Sadr's apparent willingness to talk was in contrast with his earlier pledge to battle on "to the last drop of my blood".
For instance, Mr Osborne followed through with an earlier pledge to abolish child support for high earners (albeit with some tapering).
(Just last week, he repeated that his earlier pledge to support the Republican ticket even if he doesn't win the nomination depended upon him being treated "fairly").
