President Trump wasted no time Monday in asserting his second-term agenda, signing dozens of executive orders in a flurry of activity that began immediately after being sworn into office.
The new president's proclamations include combating illegal immigration, expanding domestic energy production, reducing government waste and the “deep state,” and promoting “America First” foreign policy and trade goals, some of his predecessor's best projects. focused on the reduction of
President Trump, 78, began an avalanche of actions on Capitol Hill on his first day, formally naming 22 cabinet and cabinet-level appointments and more than 90 lower-level positions to take over the reins from the Biden administration. Sent to the Senate. .
“Let's do that,” Trump said after being told that if he signed the bill, he would “effectively take control of the government.”
The action then moved to Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown district, where President Trump announced his plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, including steps to rescind 78 of former President Joe Biden's orders. Avoid government censorship, protect free speech, force government employees to return to work full time, and implement a federal hiring freeze with exceptions for positions related to national security, public safety, and the military.
Cheers erupted from the packed arena as the president put ink on paper and threw a pen into the crowd, allowing a few lucky supporters to go home with historical memorabilia.
But President Trump wasn't done yet.
At the end of the inaugural parade, which was held inside the arena due to weather concerns, the president ventured to the White House, where he signed dozens more orders for nearly an hour and, unlike Mr. Biden, simultaneously spoke to reporters. answered the question.
Years into the COVID-19 pandemic, while signing an order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization and accomplishing a major wish list item for conservatives, President Trump said inside the Oval Office, “That's it.'' It's a big deal,” he quipped.
“The World Health Organization fooled us,” he later said.
Seated resolutely, President Trump also signed an order designating a violent Mexican drug cartel that trafficks fentanyl as a foreign terrorist organization, declared a national emergency at the southern border, and ordered TikTok's “Divest or Ban” order. The Ministry of Justice was instructed not to enforce this. ” The law will be in effect for 75 days.
The president argued that in return for saving TikTok, the United States should acquire at least a 50% stake.
President Trump said, “I'm going to make the deal for America. I think we should get half of it.''
The systematic dismantling of Biden-era policies continued in the Oval Office, where he signed an order rescinding the previous administration's mandate that 50% of new cars sold in the United States be electric by 2030. During his campaign, he argued that this would only benefit China while kneeling down on Detroit and Mexico.
The president also made good on a campaign promise to pardon approximately 1,500 people convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, including 14 others, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. His sentence was commuted.
President Trump is expected to sign more executive orders in the coming days to quickly implement many of his campaign promises.
