Day One Frenzy: Trump’s 200 Executive Actions Explained
President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign over 200 executive actions on his first day in office, aiming to address issues such as border security, energy policy, and federal government reforms.
Key initiatives include:
- Border Security: Declaring a national border emergency, directing the U.S. military to collaborate with the Department of Homeland Security to secure the southern border, and establishing a national priority to eliminate all criminal cartels operating on U.S. soil.
- Immigration Policies: Reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy, ending “Catch and Release,” and constructing a new phase of the border wall.
- Energy Production: Declaring a national energy emergency, fully unleashing Alaskan energy, pausing all offshore wind leases, ending the electric vehicle mandate, and withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord.
- Federal Workforce Reforms: Reestablishing presidential control over the federal workforce, ending Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government, and implementing a new merit-based hiring review.
- National Security: Suspending security clearances for 51 national security officials who previously suggested that reports about Hunter Biden’s laptop were Russian disinformation.