Trump issued a flurry of executive orders on Monday. Here are the most notable.
Shortly after declaring an incoming "golden age" for America during his inaugural speech on Monday, President Donald Trump spent the afternoon into evening signing and declaring a flurry of executive orders.
Trump was sworn into office for a second term shortly after noon ET Monday at a ceremony held in the Rotunda of the Capitol due to freezing temperatures in Washington DC.
In his speech, Trump promised actions ranging from mass deportation and declaring a national emergency at the southern border to a manifest destiny that expands all the way to outer space.
"The United States will once again consider itself a growing mission, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons, and we will pursue our manifest destiny for the stars watching American astronauts plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars," Trump said.
With so many executive orders, some of which will most certainly be challenged and possibly shut down, it's hard to keep track. Here is a list of some of the highlights that have been the most talked about thus far.
Some of the most notable of Trump's executive orders
- Trump ordered to halt the ban on TikTok in the U.S. for 75 days.
- Signed order that begins the process of withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
- Signed an order to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
- Signed an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
- Ended Diverty, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government. He also signed an order demanding federal employees end remote work and return to the office.
- Ordered that cartels be categorized as foreign terrorist organizations.
- Granted pardons for nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 rioters.
- Plans to declare a "national energy emergency" to repeal regulations on fossil fuels, emissions and oil drilling.
- Expanding and restoring the death penalty in the U.S., specifically in cases of undocumented immigrants.
- Signed an order ending birthright citizenship to those born in the U.S. (as this is a direct contradiction to the 14th Amendment of the Consitution, it is expected to be challenged heavily.)
- Declared the government will only recognize two, non-changeable sexes.
- Trump is also expected to sign nearly a dozen executive orders on border security and immigration under the auspices of a national border emergency. These include deploying the military to the border, implementing bans on travel and asylum and planning mass deportations.
- Ordering the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE Agenda alongside Elon Musk.
- Rescinded 78 Biden-era executive orders, actions and memoranda, including the Inflation Reduction Act's regulation on prescription drug prices.
Contributing: Anthony Robledo, Paste BN