After taking office on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump will begin cleaning up the country's “failed and corrupt political system” with more than 200 executive actions, aides said.
The measure includes 50 legally binding executive orders, some related to border security and domestic energy production, and others that require federal employees to be hired on merit. There are some guarantees. According to Fox News Digital.
President Trump plans to begin signing orders immediately after taking office. jason miller saida senior advisor to the incoming administration. Many of the moves will be part of an “omnibus” directive.
The president-elect had previously indicated he intended to sign at least 25 orders on his first day in office, the paper said.
“This is a massive, record-setting and unprecedented first wave,” officials told the outlet. “This is the most extensive list of executive actions in American history, all guided by a relentless commitment to delivering on campaign promises.”
As part of the order, President Trump will declare a border emergency, effectively closing the U.S. southern border. It is unclear whether any immediate action will be taken on the country's northern border.
Some of his broader Day 1 plans have already been leaked, including a mass deportation plan to begin in Chicago soon after taking office.
The crackdown would come in addition to a potential citizenship order that would end automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants born in the United States.
On the first day of his new term, President Trump will sign an executive order making it clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, future children of illegal aliens will no longer automatically receive U.S. citizenship. ” he said. In a video posted in May 2023.
The order violates the 14th Amendment and could be challenged in court.
President Trump also vowed to halt secret screening of 51 national security officials involved in the Hunter Biden laptop incident ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Fox also said he would put the government's offshore wind leases on hold, end the Biden administration's electric vehicle mandate for automakers and withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
During the campaign, President Trump mentioned domestic oil production, saying, “I want to be a dictator for one day. I'm going to start saying, 'Drill, baby, drill.''' “Then I will never be a dictator.”
President Trump also plans to enact federal workforce policies that require employees to face discipline if they don't follow directions, to hire people based on merit, and to require employees to work remotely. They will be warned that they must return to their offices instead of working locally.
“We have a large body of federal employees who are driving that agenda at the expense of the American people, and President Trump is at the helm saying, 'You serve the American people and only the American people.'” officials told Fox. “It is designed to stop corrupt and abusive practices and refocus the government on its fundamental duties to the American people.”
President Trump also plans to issue sweeping pardons to everyone arrested in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
More than 1,625 people across all 50 states have been charged with various criminal and federal crimes, and more than 465 people are in prison. According to United States Attorney's Office.
Fox said President Trump even plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
Trump won a landslide victory on the eve of his inauguration.
TikTok went offline overnight, claiming it needed to comply with a Congressional order banning it starting Sunday. President Trump claimed on social media early Sunday morning that he planned to “save” it, and its owner put it back online.
