One of his first orders was to revoke almost 80 Biden decrees, including the one that advocated for racial equity.
The new American president, Donald Trump, This Monday he fulfilled his promise turning the page to the era of Joe Biden and on his first day in office he dismantled the Democrat’s legacy with an avalanche of executive orders on immigration, the economy and federal government reform.
The Republican leader erased the four years of his predecessor before even reaching the Oval Office. The Capital One Arena in Washington, where he went after being inaugurated under the dome of Congress, was the scene of the first ratifications, received with applause by a massive and dedicated audience.
Trump promised this Monday a “golden age” for the United States and put an end to the “decadence” of previous governments, in his opinion, and within the framework of that “tide of change”, already anticipated since his campaign, he took charge with the steps taken by Biden in immigration, environmental and diversity matters.
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The decrees that Trump signed
For the new president it was a matter of “common sense.” And along those lines, one of his first orders was to revoke almost 80 Biden decrees, including the one that advocated for racial equity and the one that advocated preventing and combating discrimination due to gender identity and sexual orientation.
In his investiture speech he had stated that it will become “official policy” of his new Government recognize only two gender identities“the masculine and the feminine”, and his first steps already reflected his intention to put an end to the “woke” ideology.
In honor of its motto “Make America Great Again” (Make America Great Again), Trump declared a “national emergency” on the border with Mexico, which authorizes the use of military forces on that border, and signed the order to classify Mexican cartels and criminal groups such as the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua or the Salvadoran gang MS-13 as terrorist organizations.
It was not the only measure that affected Mexico. Although he did not carry out his threat of apply 25% tariffs to that country and Canada due to the flow of immigrants and fentanyl across the respective borders, delayed that application to February 1.
As soon as he assumed power, in fact, Your Administration removed the CBP One application, which allowed asylum seekers to make an appointment to enter the country legally. That measure earned him a first lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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Trump too It was proposed to deny citizenship to the children of undocumented migrants born in the United States, but that right is protected by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and its eventual invalidation is expected to be accompanied by legal challenges.
The “national emergency” was also directed at the energy sector. The president advanced that will give “free rein” to American energy, and repeated his willingness to “drill, drill, drill” in search of oil.
It was a day that set the tone for his next four years in power, but one that also unfolded with a certain spirit of revenge.
So, pardoned the sentences of the vast majority of those convicted of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, which occurred on the same day that a Biden victory that remains unrecognized was being certified. About 1,500 people benefited this Monday, of which fourteen are commutations to members of the extremist groups Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
It was a step that had already been taken, as well as his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, an order also issued this Monday. In addition to this multilateral pact, He also ordered the departure of the World Health Organization (WHO).
And he also advanced that will be notified to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that the commitments acquired by the previous cabinet regarding the global fiscal agreement are void.
His reorganization of the country’s functioning also affected the daily lives of certain workers. For example, ended remote work policies for officials and ordered them to return to their offices four to five days a week.
“The United States will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful and most respected nation on Earth. (…) The future is ours and our golden age has begun,” he declared triumphantly.
