Inauguration Day President Donald Trump signed an order of executive orders and other presidential actions on Monday (Jan 20), fulfilling an election promise to enact a clear conservative agenda upon returning to the president’s chair in the White House. yes
Among other things, the president pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement, rescinded 78 Joe Biden-era executive actions, and ended work-from-home for federal workers.
He also signed a series of immigration-related executive orders, issuing executive orders curbing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; announcing upcoming tariffs on neighboring Canada and Mexico; and pardoning nearly 1,500 criminal defendants accused in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Before the inauguration luncheon on Monday afternoon, Trump signed his first few executive orders pending Senate confirmation of Cabinet nominees, appointing dozens of Cabinet-level officials and acting officials across the government.
The appointed officials include:
- James McHenry – Attorney General
- Robert Salesses – Secretary of Defense
- Dorothy Fink – Health and Human Services
- Benjamine Huffman – Secretary of Homeland Security
- Mark Averill – Secretary of the Army
- Tom Sylvester – CIA director
- Mark Uyeda – Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Andrew Ferguson – Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
Meanwhile, Trump officials immediately shut down a Biden-era Customs and Border Protection CBP One app that allows immigrants to apply for asylum to enter the United States legally.
Trump signed a variety of executive actions at the indoor Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, where he addressed supporters in the late afternoon. Trump’s signature actions included rescinding 78 Biden-era executive orders, actions, and memoranda; a moratorium on all federal hiring except for the military and other exempt departments; ordering federal workers to return to full-time, private work; agencies to fix Americans’ livelihoods; and notifying the United Nations of the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement.
Trump’s signed order included an order to restore free speech and an end to the government’s weaponization of political opponents of the previous administration.
Many of Trump’s new orders could face legal challenges in the coming months, as liberal groups and watchdog organizations have vowed to sue the Trump administration over some of the promises made during the presidential campaign.
Trump’s executive order
Immigration
- Trump signed an executive order to revoke birthright citizenship in the United States.
- Trump signed an executive order designating Mexican drug cartels and certain other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations.
- He also declared a national emergency on the southern border of the United States and authorized the use of federal funds to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.
Climate
- Trump said Monday at the Capital One Arena on his inauguration day that he was withdrawing the United States from a unilateral Paris climate accord ripoff. After he withdraws the United States from the World Health Organization, the organization will lose millions of dollars in funding.
- The president issued another order declaring a national energy emergency, which could allow the United States to unilaterally bypass some environmental regulations.
Tariffs and Taxes
- Trump said countries like Canada and Mexico would have 25 percent tariffs on imports from both countries starting February 1.
- He signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the global corporate tax treaty.
- Trump signs executive order to increase oil and gas drilling. One order seeks to drill into oil and gas reserves in the Arctic region of Alaska.
- The second orders a review of policies that would eliminate the Biden-era “electric vehicle mandate.”
Tik Tok
- The president signed an executive order extending the deadline for Chinese company ByteDance, the parent company of the popular platform TikTok, to divest from the app.
- The president’s executive order gave ByteDance an additional 90 days to disassociate from TikTok to avoid a ban on the app, which has 170 million users in the US.
Transgender Rights and DEIA
- The president signed an executive order that could significantly curtail transgender rights in the United States.
- In an executive order, Trump said his administration will use accurate policies that recognize that women in the United States are biologically female and men are biologically male.
- As noted in the executive order, it is the policy of the United States to recognize two genders, male and female, that these genders are not interchangeable.
- Trump ordered the illegal DEI and the end of all discriminatory programs, including ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, choices, and actions.
- Trump has criticized federal programs aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workforce, describing them as wasteful, illegal, and unethical.
Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali renamed
- Trump signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico in the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of America.
- The 47th president also renamed North America’s highest mountain, Mount Denali, back to Mount McKinley.
- According to the executive order, Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico and Denali to honor American greatness.
The president signed an executive order championing core American interests and always putting America and American citizens first. In another executive action, the president suspended US foreign development assistance for 90 days pending a review.
DOGE
- Trump formally created the long-anticipated Department of Government Skills on Monday evening, the day of his inauguration. He renamed the United States Digital Service created by former President Barack Obama in 2014 to the United States DOGE Service.
- Trump announced the creation of the DOGE shortly after winning the presidential election. The division will be led by Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly known as Twitter) and CEO of SpaceX.
- According to Business Standard, DOGE will work outside the government, partnering with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to provide guidance on various fronts.
Security clearance
- Trump signed two security executive orders, the first of which would allow White House staff to obtain top-secret security clearances without going through the traditional vetting process.
- The second was the executive order revoking security clearances for 50 people who signed a letter saying a news story about Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden’s laptop was part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
According to Newsweek, allies of the 47th president have indicated he could sign up to 100 executive orders on his first day in office, the highest number any president has signed on their first day. Until the past few decades, US presidents typically signed a few executive orders during their first week or day in office.
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Inauguration Day in 2017 and four more the following week.
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