Trump checks off major Day 1 campaign promises — leaving some on the to-do list

Trump checks off major Day 1 campaign promises — leaving some on the to-do list


Trump signed 46 executive orders and presidential actions on his first day back in the White House aimed at a variety of policy priorities he promised to address on Day One, such as border security, energy, production, transgender rights and pardoning the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in December that he would look to pardon those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot on his “first day” in office, and he did just that. Another sets his administration’s priorities to secure the border — building a “physical wall and other barriers,” preventing illegal immigration and removing those who come to the country illegally, ending the use of the CBP One app used by migrants to schedule appointments at border checkpoints and blocking a parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Author: Jake Traylor, Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman


Published at: 2025-01-21 23:02:30

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