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Some Of The things Donald Trump Promised To Do On His First Day In Office

President-elect Donald Trump will head back to the White House on Monday, and has vowed to make a slew of orders as soon as he arrives, promising “day one” of his presidency will include actions related to immigration, the economy, climate change and more.

Trump is reportedly planning to quickly issue more than 100 executive orders when he takes office, the Associated Press reports—with Reuters reporting approximately 25 of those are expected on his first day alone—after making dozens of promises on the campaign trail about his plans for his first few hours back in the White House.

Trump wants to kick off his mass deportations of undocumented immigrants on his first day in office, saying he “will launch the largest deportation program in American history” right after taking power, along with other anticipated moves on immigration like closing the border to undocumented immigrants, undoing Biden-era immigration policies and restoring a travel ban on people from certain predominantly-Muslim countries.

Trump has also vowed to end birthright citizenship—meaning anyone born in the U.S. automatically gaining citizenship—on his first day, acknowledging in an interview with NBC News that doing so may not be possible, given it’s a right enshrined in the Constitution, but saying he wants to undo it via executive action “if we can.”

Trump has long promised to impose steep tariffs on imported goods from other countries—despite economists’ warnings that doing so would hurt American consumers—and announced in November one of the first orders he will issue as president will impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, also vowing to levy an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports on top of other tariffs.

Trump has vowed to again pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, with sources cited by The Wall Street Journal saying a draft of that order is ready and waiting for him to sign, and has said he wants to repeal the climate change-centric Inflation Reduction Act that Congress passed in 2022, though he cannot unilaterally repeal federal legislation.

Trump also wants to get rid of what he terms the Biden administration’s “electric vehicle mandate,” referring to new pollution standards that incentivize auto manufacturers to increase production of electric and lower-emission vehicles—though while Trump has repeatedly vowed to get rid of the policy on his first day, he acknowledged to podcaster Joe Rogan the move could take “maybe two days, because it’s a little bit busy.”

Trump has prioritized increasing oil production during his second term—saying “drill, baby, drill”—and suggested he could take steps on his first day to rescind Biden-era regulations curbing oil drilling; he’s also said he wants to roll back efforts on renewable energy and stop offshore wind projects, as the president-elect has railed against windmill farms.

Trump said at a rally in August he wants to stop any schools from getting federal funding that teach “critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content,” as well as schools with vaccine or mask mandates—though such spending decisions likely couldn’t be accomplished without Congress.

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