What can Trump do on his first day in the White House?

Donald Trump has promised he will “leave everyone reeling” on his first day back in office on Monday, with a flurry of executive orders expected in the hours after he is sworn in inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States.

He will call for a “revolution of common sense” according to excerpts released ahead of his inauguration. At a rally on Sunday, Republicans promised unilateral action on a range of issues, including illegal immigration, climate rules and diversity policies.

It is common for presidents to sign a series of executive orders when they take office. Such orders are legally binding but could be overturned by subsequent presidents or courts.

But the scale of what Trump has planned could be unprecedented, with legal challenges likely. “Tomorrow you will have a lot of fun watching television,” he told supporters at the rally.

Expulsion

Trump has vowed to “launch the largest deportation program in American history”, starting from day one.

According to Fox News, he is expected to declare a state of emergency at the national border and order the military to help protect the southern border.

Trump also said he would end a long-standing policy that prevents federal immigration authorities from conducting raids on churches and schools.

Any mass deportation program could face logistical difficulties, billions of dollars in costs and a series of legal challenges.

Stay in Mexico

Trump could quickly reimplement his “Remain in Mexico” policy, which during his first term returned about 70,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers across the border to Mexico to await hearings.

End birthright citizenship

Trump has called the 150-year-old constitutional right to say anyone born on American soil is an American citizen “ridiculous” and vowed to eliminate it from day one.

But doing that is much more difficult than simply issuing an executive order, because birthright citizenship is already explicitly guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Border closure for health reasons

A 1944 measure called Title 42 authorized the U.S. government to restrict immigration to protect public health. It was last used during the pandemic, but US media reported that the incoming administration was looking for a disease that could help justify plans to close the US southern border with Mexico.

Drug cartel

Trump is expected to classify drug cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations,” listing them alongside groups like Al Qaeda, the so-called Islamic State and Hamas.

Build a wall

When Trump was first elected president in 2016, he signed an executive order to build a border wall. Although part of the wall has been built, there are still many unfinished parts and he can try to finish what he started.

Tax schedule

Trump has announced sweeping tariffs on imported goods as part of his promise to prioritize American manufacturing.

Trump introduced tariffs during his first term, including some on China that Joe Biden retained.

But this time he promised to impose tariffs of 10% on all imports, 25% on Canadian and Mexican goods and 60% on goods coming from China. He said he will begin signing executive orders imposing these on day one.

Experts say tariffs could make consumer goods more expensive and could cause inflation. Some countries are considering imposing retaliatory tariffs.

Heap of cryptocurrency

Trump has championed cryptocurrencies and his election saw the value of Bitcoin increase by 30%.

Some believe Trump will quickly create a federal “Bitcoin reserve” – a strategic reserve similar to the US gold and oil reserves – which he says will serve as a national legacy that permanently benefits all Americans.”

Eliminate Joe Biden’s climate policy

The outgoing president counts the series of directives, laws and funding programs he supported to promote green jobs, manage pollution and finance infrastructure as among his greatest achievements .

Trump has made clear he wants to cancel much of it, including spending on the Green New Deal.

He is expected to use executive orders to lift restrictions on offshore drilling and on federal lands — delivering on his promise to “drill, drill for kids” and boost energy production as well. like American independence.

He has also pledged to ban new wind projects and roll back electric vehicle regulations.

Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement (again)

Within six months of taking office in 2017, Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement – a landmark international agreement designed to limit rising global temperatures.

Biden has offered to rejoin the agreement on his first day in office in 2021, but Trump is expected to once again withdraw from the agreement.

Liberation of “hostages” on January 6

Hundreds of people convicted after the 2021 US Capitol riot are awaiting pardons when Trump returns to office.

Trump called them “hostages” and promised on Sunday that everyone would be “very pleased” with his decision.

“I am inclined to pardon many of them,” he previously told CNN. “I can’t say specifically about each one, because some of them probably got out of control.”

More than 1,500 individuals were arrested in connection with this event. At least 600 people were charged with assaulting or obstructing federal officers.

Also at Sunday’s campaign rally, Trump said he would release secret documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy, the subject of countless conspiracy theories.

He said he would do the same for records related to the murders of Sen. Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Ukraine war

Trump declared during the campaign that he would end the conflict on the first day of his presidency. He has since said he may need six months. It’s unclear what he can do in the early days.

Cuba and Venezuela

Trump could use executive orders to rescind Biden’s recent decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. He could also reinstate sanctions against Venezuela. Both countries were frequent targets of his wrath during his first administration.

DEI

In recent years, schools and businesses across the United States have adopted policies designed to support women and racial minorities.

These practices, often categorized under “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), have angered many conservatives and faced legal challenges. Trump has promised to disband them, and major corporations including Meta, Walmart, and Amazon have begun canceling related initiatives.

Trump could use an executive order to ban federal funding to schools or other organizations with DEI programs. He could also ban funding for schools “critical race theory” (CRT).

During Sunday’s rally, he also pledged to work toward “sanity” in the U.S. military.

abortion

Like most Republican presidents before him, Trump is expected to reinstate the “Mexico City policy,” which bans federal aid to international groups that provide abortion counseling.

He is also expected to reinstate an abortion regulation that prohibits federal Title X health providers, a low-income family planning program, from referring to abortions for patient. The change stripped tens of millions of dollars from organizations that provide abortions or referrals.

Transgender women in sports

Trump has repeatedly criticized what he calls “transgender lunacy” in schools and health care facilities, and has specifically vowed to ban transgender women from competing in sports for women – a vow he repeated during Sunday’s rally.

On Sunday morning, Trump promised to issue an executive order that would delay legislation banning enforcement of the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok.

TikTok welcomed the commitment and began restoring its app’s services in the US – after briefly shutting them down to comply with new US laws.

Trump said his order will give TikTok’s parent company more time to find an American partner to buy 50% of the app’s shares.

He previously supported a ban on TikTok, but recently reversed his stance, pointing to the billions of views he said his videos attracted on the platform during the election campaign. president last year.