Executive Order: Donald Trump’s first action as new president | US News

Donald Trump reversed some of his predecessor Joe Biden’s policies and signed a slew of executive orders within hours of returning to the White House.

The new president told supporters at an inaugural parade event at a sports arena in Washington, D.C., that he would undo “80 destructive and radical executive actions of the previous administration.”

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Trump’s first actions after being sworn in as the 47th president on Monday include:

January 6th

:: Pardons nearly 1,500 Trump supporters charged in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The lawsuit also reduces prison terms for 14 members of the far-right group Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, including one convicted of seditious conspiracy.

climate

:: US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement. The announcement further threatens the agreement’s central goal of avoiding a 1.5 degree rise in global temperatures.

Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal during his last administration, but President Biden has reversed that decision.

:: Rescinds the 2021 Biden order that called for half of new cars sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2030.

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energy

:: Reversing Biden’s 2023 memo that banned oil drilling on 16 million acres of the Arctic Circle. The new president has declared a national energy emergency, promised to reclaim strategic oil reserves and export American energy around the world.

“We will be a rich nation again, and it will be helped by liquid gold under our feet,” the US leader said.

illegal immigration

:: Declared illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border a national emergency, with plans to deploy the U.S. military to assist immigration agents and limit refugee and asylum cases.

The president also took steps to designate criminal cartels as terrorist organizations and block citizenship for immigrant children living in the United States illegally.

Trump rescinded several Biden-era immigration orders, including narrowing deportation priority to people who have committed serious crimes, are considered national security threats and are stopped at the border. .

Foreign affairs

:: Temporarily suspend all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending review to determine whether they are aligned with policy goals.

It was not immediately clear how much aid would be initially affected by the order, since funding for many programs has already been appropriated by Congress and is obligated to be spent even if it has not already been spent. .

:: Lift sanctions against Jewish settlers who commit violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

:: The White House has announced it is reversing the Biden administration’s last-minute decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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freedom of speech

:: Restore freedom of speech and prevent censorship of free speech.

:: The president signed a document to “end the weaponization” of the government against political opponents.

The order directs the attorney general to investigate the activities of the federal government over the past four years, including the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission during the previous administration.

The administration will “take appropriate steps to identify and correct past misconduct by the federal government related to the weaponization of law enforcement and the weaponization of intelligence agencies.”

death penalty

:: Mr. Trump signed a comprehensive order on the death penalty, directing the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful steps” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs for executions.

“Politicians and judges who oppose the death penalty have defied and subverted our laws,” Trump said in his executive order. The moratorium on federal executions has been in place since 2021, leaving just three inmates on federal death row after Democratic President Joe Biden converted 37 of their sentences to life sentences.

TikTok

:: Trump signed an executive order keeping TikTok open for 75 days, a boost for users of the social media platform amid lingering national security questions.

TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance was supposed to find a U.S. buyer or be banned on January 19th. Mr. Trump’s order could mean ByteDance will take longer to find a buyer.

“I think I have a strong interest in TikTok,” Trump said.

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government and federal employees

:: Orders federal employees to return to offices five days a week.

:: The reinstatement order coincides with a federal hiring freeze, excluding military personnel, and the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory body aimed at downsizing the federal government.

:: Former government official held “responsible for election interference”.

living expenses

:: Instructions have been issued to all ministries to address the cost of living crisis.

gender and equality

:: End “wasteful” government programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, protect women from “gender ideological extremism,” and designate that the federal government only recognizes both genders.

drug cartel

:: Designating cartels and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorist organizations. “International cartels exceed the national security threat posed by traditional organized crime.”

world health organization

:: The US intends to withdraw from the WHO. “The WHO continues to demand unreasonably burdensome payments from the United States that are far disproportionate to the assessed value of other countries.

“China has 1.4 billion people and 300 percent of the U.S. population, but contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO.”