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On January 20, the first day in office, US President-elect Trump plans to adopt more than 25 decrees and orders that will radically change the policy of the American government in various areas, from immigration to energy.
Reuters writes about this with reference to two sources familiar with the plans of the transitional administration, reports Ukrinform.
"Trump told his team that he wanted to make a 'big splash' with executive orders on the first day, to exercise his executive power with greater scope and speed than during his first term," the publication noted.
The agency reminds that Donald Trump in 2017 issued only a few decrees immediately after the inauguration. While Joe Biden signed 2021 executive orders in his first hours in office in 17, many of them reversed his predecessor's policies.
Trump's first wave of executive orders in January is expected to focus on border policy changes and preventing new surges in migration across the US southern border. This could include increased powers for immigration enforcement to make arrests, deploying troops to the border with Mexico, and resuming construction of a protective wall.
In addition, Trump's new policy will obviously involve increasing energy production. In a recent interview with NBC, the president-elect also stated that he plans to revoke US birthright citizenship. In addition, he is expected to sign executive orders to defund schools that teach critical race theory, which argues that racial bias is embedded in US institutions.
According to several people familiar with the inner workings of the transition administration, the drafting of Trump's first executive orders appears to be "a blur." Some of them are developed in his mansion in Palm Beach, others in think tanks in Washington.
As you know, US presidents often issue executive orders to fulfill campaign promises and quickly set political goals by bypassing Congress. However, such documents can be challenged in court. In addition, usually the funds to carry out these orders must be approved by Congress.
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