From the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine to the launch mass deportationsIt will be the busiest day in US presidential history when you look at the promises made by Donald Trump that will be fulfilled from the first day of taking office.
Critics are on alert, ready to pick off the checks and crosses on Trump’s to-do list as Monday’s Inauguration Day draws to a close.
Trump, however, appears to exude confidence in his second term in office. “Your head will spin when you see what’s going to happen,” he said of Day 1.
Here are ten things Trump said he would do on his first day in office:
End the war between Russia and Ukraine
“I will end the war with Ukraine and Russia. “If I am president-elect, I will do it before I even become president,” he told Fox Information Channel.
Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Trump would bring the Russian and Ukrainian leaders to the negotiating table on the first day. However, this does not align with his promise to end the war by Monday.
‘Largest deportation program in US history’
“The day I take the oath, the invasion of migrants ends and the restoration of our country begins. …On Day 1, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history. “I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered,” Trump had said at a rally in Kinston, North Carolina, on November 3, 2024.
State police and National Guard units can assist federal agents in a major effort to locate and deport millions of people. This approach, intended to deter illegal immigration, is largely untested. While illegal crossings increased under the Biden administration, they have recently fallen to near their lowest level in four years.
close the border
“And on day one I will close the border and stop the invasion of illegal criminals coming into our country,” he said at a rally in Coachella on October 12, 2024.
This is intended to move on to introducing Day 1 administrative actions to strengthen law enforcement against criminal entry.
End automatic citizenship for ‘children of illegal aliens’
“I will sign a day one executive order ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens,” he said at a rally in Pickens, South Carolina, on July 1, 2023.
Trump is unlikely to fulfill his promise by executive order, since birthright citizenship is protected by the Constitution. Changing this would require a challenging effort to gain congressional approval and amend the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
Cut federal funding for schools that promote ‘transgender madness’
“On day one, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school, pushing critical race theory, transgender madness, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto the shoulders of our children. And I will not give a dime to any school that has a vaccine or mask mandate,” he said at a rally in Atlanta on August 3, 2024.
Such sweeping cuts are unlikely to be achieved through executive action alone, especially without the necessary legislation, which will not be in place on Trump’s first day.
Trump had also promised to roll back the Biden administration’s Title IX protections against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. But this month, a federal judge ruled that those regulations exceeded presidential authority and struck them down.
Pardon January 6, 2021, convicted for attack on the Capitol
“The moment we win, we will quickly review the cases of all political prisoners unjustly victimized by the Harris regime, and I will sign their pardons on Day 1,” he said at a rally in Wisconsin on September 7, 2024.
In another interview, when asked about pardoning the Capitol attack rioters, Trump said: “Oh, absolutely, I would. “If they are innocent…if they are innocent, I would forgive them.”
Demolish the “Deep State”
“We will demolish the ‘deep state.’ We will expel the warmongers from our government. We will expel the globalists. We will expel the communists, Marxists and fascists. We will get rid of the sick political class that hates our country. We will end the fake news media,” he said at a rally in New Hampshire in 2023.
“We are going to find the ‘deep state’ actors who have buried themselves in the government, fire them, and escort them out of federal buildings, and it will all happen very quickly,” he said at a rally in South Carolina on Jan. 28. of 2023.
This refers to entrenched public officials who have caused frustration for Trump and his supporters.
A possible first step for Trump is an executive order to reclassify tens of thousands of non-political, job-protected public officials as political appointees, subjecting them to at-will firing. This would involve reviving his 2020 Schedule F order, which was revoked by Biden upon taking office.
National energy emergency declared
“I will immediately issue a national emergency declaration to achieve a massive increase in domestic energy supply,” he said in a speech at the New York Economic Membership in September last year.
“Starting on Day 1, I will approve new drilling, new pipelines, new refineries, new power plants, new reactors and we will cut bureaucracy,” he said at a rally in Michigan.
A national emergency could give him greater authority to act unilaterally, although it is unclear how much can be accomplished without congressional action. However, it may reverse Biden’s executive orders on renewable energy and environmental protection.
25% tariff on everything imported from Mexico, Canada
“On January 20, as one of my first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on ALL products entering the United States,” he said, adding, “we will charge to China.” an additional 10% tariff, on top of any additional tariffs, on all of its numerous products entering the United States.”
During his first term, Trump imposed higher tariffs on $360 billion worth of Chinese goods. As president, Joe Biden not only maintained these sanctions but also introduced a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.
Trump strongly supports raising tariffs to encourage domestic manufacturing, but his threat can also serve as a negotiating tool. The specific size and scope of the tariffs could vary depending on how the three countries respond before he takes office.
‘Will end electric vehicle mandate’
“I will cancel Kamala’s crazy electric vehicle mandate,” he said in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 4, 2024.
He is likely to try to relax Biden-era tailpipe pollution and fuel economy standards, which encourage automakers to produce and consumers to buy more electric vehicles.
