47th President Of The United States (POTUS), Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders on everything from immigration, climate to pardons after being sworn in on Monday, 20th January.
The BBC reports that at the White House, the Republican quickly set about using his new powers to sign off on executive actions, presidential memorandums and executive orders on a host of policy priorities.
Executive orders carry the weight of law, but can be overturned by subsequent presidents or the courts, the report adds. Several of those enacted by Trump will face legal challenges, the report went on.
The executive orders he signed on his first day includes:
1. Imigration
National emergency at the border
Closing the border
Birthright citizenship
Terrorism designation for gangs and cartels
‘Remain in Mexico’ and no more ‘catch and release’
Death penalty for some immigrant criminals
Refugee resettlement
2. Climate and energy
Pull out of the Paris agreement (again)
‘Energy emergency’
Alaskan fuel
End Green New Deal
3. World Health Organization
Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the UN’s health body, the World Health Organization (WHO)
4. Diversity and gender
Transgender people: Trump has declared that the US will only recognise “two sexes, male and female.
DEI: Trump has also halted all “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) programmes within the federal government – labelling them “radical and wasteful”.
5. TikTok: Trump has signed a directive postponing by 75 days the implementation of a law that would ban Chinese-owned app TikTok in the US.
6. 2021 Capitol riot: Pardoning hundreds who stormed US Capitol
Commuting sentences of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys
7. Government reform: Trump has signed a directive creating the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) – a new advisory body on cutting government costs. It is expected to be led by Elon Musk – who Trump separately said would get an office for about 20 employees.
Freeze on federal hiring
Federal employees returning to the office
Censorship
Political prosecutions
8. Reversing Biden policies
‘American-First’
Cuba: Trump wants to undo Biden’s recent decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Regulatory freeze
Unvaccinated federal workers
9. Economy
Tackling inflation: Trump has signed a directive asking every US federal department and agency to address the cost of living.
10. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico
‘Gulf of America’ and Alaska’s Mount Denali: Trump has directed the secretary of the interior to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”.
What Trump has not acted on – yet
Tariffs: After bracing for weeks for a trade war with the US, Canada has – for now – evaded import taxes that Donald Trump had threatened to impose on the country as soon as he takes office.
Classified documents
Crypto pile: Trump has championed cryptocurrency, and his election saw the value of Bitcoin increase by 30%.
