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Trump preps 100 executive actions. Here’s what could be coming.
WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump intends to start his second White House term with a bang through a flurry of executive orders and directives that leave no doubt a major transformation is underway.
“Shock and awe,” Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., recently predicted after Republicans members of Congress received a preview of the activity to come.
Convinced he has an election “mandate” from American voters, Trump is planning to surpass the century mark in executive actions over his first few days of office after getting sworn in as the 47th president on Monday ‒ a moment he’s called a “liberation day for America.”
“There will be over 100 executive actions ‒ commands to the bureaucracies to change their ways,” Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff for policy, told Fox News last week.
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The orders will bypass Congress to undo President Joe Biden’s policies ranging from climate to diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce while carrying out Trump’s campaign promises to secure the southern border, expand domestic energy production and target transgender Americans.
Many of the actions will be controversial and draw protests from Democrats and others on the political left. Some orders, particularly involving immigration, are expected to invite lawsuits.
It could be a busy few days and weeks of signatures from Trump, who has also also promised “major pardons” for people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Here’s a look at some of the executive actions that Trump and his top advisers have signaled the incoming president might take:
Reinstating Title 42
On the immigration front, Trump has talked about a series of orders he would issue on “Day 1” to seal the U.S.-Mexico border, where illegal crossings have in recent weeks fallen to record lows.
That includes executive action to revive Title 42 authority to quickly expel asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Title 42 is an emergency public health law that both the Trump and Biden administrations used during the COVID pandemic to justify turning back migrants and asylum-seekers who crossed the border illegally. Biden ended the policy in 2023.
Mass deportations
One of Trump’s signatures campaign promises is to carry out “mass deportations” of immigrants who are in the country unlawfully.
To carry out his sweeping plans, Trump has suggested he would expand the authority of immigration agents and use the U.S. military. The expected moves have already generated pushback from Democrats.
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Ending birthright citizenship
Trump has also promised to end birthright citizenship on Day 1 of his presidency ‒ and will do so through executive action “if we can” ‒ likely setting up a constitutional legal fight.
Birthright citizenship refers to anyone born in the U.S. being considering a U.S. citizen based on the 14th Amendment, which says “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
If he decides he can’t end birthright citizenship through executive action because of constitutional constraints, Trump would seemingly have to pursue an amendment to the Constitution, which would require support from two-thirds of Congress and ratification from two-thirds of state legislatures.
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Border wall and empowering local law enforcement
Trump has promised to restart construction of the border fence at the U.S.-Mexico border, an original staple of his first term policy agenda that the Biden administration halted.
About 452 miles of barriers along the southern border were constructed during Trump’s presidency, but only 40 miles of wall were placed where a barrier didn’t previously exist.
Trump advisers also have signaled plans to direct the federal government to more aggressively use 287(g) ‒ a federal program that empowers local law enforcement to carry out some immigration enforcement duties.
Trump turned to the federal program often in his first term. Biden campaigned on ending the Trump-era agreements during his 2020 campaign. Although Biden did not embrace the program at the same level as Trump, immigration activists have accused Biden of not fulfilling his original pledge.
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Tariffs
Trump has promised major new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China on his first day in office.
Three weeks after his election victory, Trump said one of his first executive orders would be to sign all the necessary paperwork to levy a 25% tariff on all products arriving from Canada and Mexico.
Trump said he plans to levy an additional 10% tariff on top of existing tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States.
He’s said the tariffs on goods from the neighboring country’s are in response to “thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before.”
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‘Drill, baby, drill’ agenda
Trump, who campaigned on a mantra of “drill, baby, drill,” is expected to take multiple executive actions aimed at fulfilling his pro-oil agenda to boost the production of domestic energy, even as it’s already at an all-time high.
Trump has promised to swiftly overturn Biden’s recent action to ban offshore drilling on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. He also wants to reopen drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Among several moves expected in the energy sector, the incoming president has said he will create a new National Energy Council to “oversee the path to U.S. energy dominance.” The new council will be led by former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Interior. But how the council will be structured, staffed and operate hasn’t been detailed.
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Eliminating the ‘electric vehicle mandate’
Trump has talked repeatedly about eliminating Biden’s so-called “electric vehicle mandate,” referring to an Environmental Protection Agency rule that requires auto manufacturers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half in new light- and medium-duty vehicles beginning in 2027.
The EPA estimates that auto manufacturers may choose to build electric vehicles for about 30% to 56% of their new light-duty vehicles by 2032 and 20% to 32% of new medium duty vehicles.
Biden has used the federal government to accelerate the transition to clean-energy electric vehicles. Trump has pledged to undo the efforts.
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Ending natural gas export ban
Trump has said he will take executive action to end the Biden administration’s pause on issuing new permits for projects aimed at exporting liquified natural gas.
Like the emissions guidelines, it’s among several rules issued by the Biden administration to combat climate change, which Trump has called a “hoax.”
A Louisiana federal judge in July ruled the Biden administration cannot halt issuing permits for such projects. The Justice Department appealed the decision.
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‘Transgender lunacy’
Trump has promised first-day action taking aim at rights for transgender people, including making it the official policy of the U.S. government to recognize only two genders: males and females.
“With the stroke of my pen, on Day 1, we’re going to stop the transgender lunacy,” Trump said in a speech last month in Phoenix.
Trump said he will sign executive orders to end “child sexual mutilation,” get transgender people out of the military and public schools, and to keep athletes born male biologically from participating in women’s sports.
The Republican-controlled House voted Tuesday to pass a bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in women’s and girls’ school sports, but it’s unclear if the legislation can garner 60 Senate votes and eventually make it to Trump’s desk for signature into law.
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DEI in the federal government
Trump has signaled he will take action to overturn Biden-era policies aimed at diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, in the federal government.
“I’ll end all of the Marxist diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the entire federal government immediately,” Trump said last month.
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DEI in business and government has become a top target of Republicans. In his first year in the White House, Biden signed an executive order that established procedures to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility are priorities in building the federal workforce.
In-person work for federal employees
Trump and his top advisers have signaled possible executive action directing federal employees to return to working in-person.
“He’s going to bring workers back to their offices,” Miller said. “He’s going to end the travesty in which federal workers are pretending to work but are not actually working. They’re at home watching Netflix while you’re paying their salaries.”
Trump has said he will fire any federal employees who don’t physically return to their offices once his new administration begins. He also pledged to challenge in court a Biden agreement allowing Social Security Administration employees to work remotely.
Work-from-home policies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic remain in place for some federal workers.
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End funding to ‘radical left NGOs’
Miller said Trump will take action to stop federal funding for “radical left NGOs,” though he did not specify which entities would be targeted.
NGOs, or non-governmental operations, refers to nonprofit organizations that receive federal funding.
Biden used executive authority to overturn a Trump executive order for a so-called “global gag rule” that prevented federal aid from going to foreign organizations that provide abortion services or information.
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As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, news has emerged that he is planning to sign as many as 100 executive actions in his first days in office. While the specifics of these actions have not been confirmed, here are a few possibilities of what could be coming:
1. Repealing and replacing Obamacare: Trump has long promised to overturn the Affordable Care Act, and it is likely that he will take swift action to begin the process of dismantling and replacing the healthcare law.
2. Building a wall along the Mexican border: One of Trump’s signature campaign promises was to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, and he could use an executive action to kickstart the project.
3. Implementing a temporary ban on Muslim immigration: Trump has called for a ban on Muslims entering the country, and he could use an executive action to impose restrictions on immigration from certain countries.
4. Rolling back environmental regulations: Trump has been critical of environmental regulations put in place by the Obama administration, and he could use executive actions to relax or repeal some of these rules.
5. Enacting tax cuts: Trump has promised to cut taxes for individuals and businesses, and he could use executive actions to implement some of these changes without needing congressional approval.
While these are just a few possibilities, it is clear that Trump is planning to hit the ground running once he takes office. Stay tuned for updates on the specific executive actions that he plans to take in the coming days.
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