19/1/2025–|Last updated: 1/19/202503:28 PM (Mecca time)
US President-elect Donald Trump said during an interview with NBC News yesterday, Saturday, that he will sign a record number of executive orders during the first day of his presidency.
In response to a question about the number of orders he will sign, Trump confirmed that he does not have an accurate number in mind, but he expects to sign a “record” number of executive orders starting at noon tomorrow, Monday, that is, after his inauguration.
When the journalist who interviewed him asked him, “More than 100?”, the Republican president replied, “At least within these limits.”
What executive orders is Trump expected to sign during the first days of his presidency?
Deportation of immigrants
During the interview conducted with him by the American network “NBC News”, Trump said that mass deportations of irregular immigrants would begin “very quickly” after he takes office.
He also said in one of his election rallies that “as soon as I take the oath, I will launch the largest deportation program in the history of America.”
Officials and human rights defenders said that the Trump administration will launch deportation campaigns for irregular immigrants – who number about 11 million people – in several American cities as soon as he takes office tomorrow, Monday, and they suggested that the deportation campaign will begin in Chicago.
While Dulce Ortiz, head of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, confirmed to Reuters that up to 200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are expected to begin raids in the Chicago area at 5 a.m. tomorrow, Monday, with the aim of arresting people heading to work or starting their day.
In a related context, Trump confirmed to NBC News that he would close the borders to immigrants, and he had previously vowed during his election campaign to strictly close the borders to immigrants and return foreign prisoners to their countries.
Presidential pardon
Trump confirmed during the interview with NBC News on Saturday that he would issue a presidential pardon to the Americans detained in connection with the riots that took place in the US Congress on January 6, 2021.
In response to the journalist’s question about whether he would issue a pardon within the first 100 days of his presidency, he said that he would issue the pardon on the first day of his presidency, noting that the people involved in the presidential pardon had spent 3 or 4 years in prison.
Imposing customs duties
Economists expect that the Trump administration will impose new tariffs, but this will require waiting for confirmation from key members of his government, taking into account the impact of these measures on markets and inflation.
-A report published by Bloomberg indicates that Trump’s economic team is studying a plan to gradually increase customs duties at a rate of 2% to 5% per month.
Trump had previously threatened to increase customs duties on imports from Europe to between 10 and 20% and on imports from China to 60%.
These statements raised concern and many reactions in Europe, China, and Canada.
Energy and climate
Political analysts are likely that Trump will issue orders to cancel many of his predecessor Joe Biden’s policies related to energy and climate, including new standards for automobile fuel efficiency, which were established during the Biden era, and which Trump described as an effective mandate for the use of electric cars.
He is also expected to cancel the suspension imposed by Biden on liquefied natural gas export licenses, in addition to expanding oil and gas exploration operations on federal lands and waters, in line with his plans to achieve energy sufficiency.
Observers believe that Trump will again withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty adopted in 2015 to limit emissions of harmful gases that lead to global warming.
Trump withdrew from the treaty during his first term, and Biden returned to it on the first day of his presidency.
What are executive orders?
Executive orders are a powerful legislative tool in the hands of US presidents, as the US Constitution places the power to make laws in the hands of Congress, which represents the legislative branch with authority, while the executive branch is charged with implementing and enforcing those laws.
However, the president can sometimes act as a legislator according to his right to issue presidential executive orders that have the force of law, based on the powers granted to him by the Constitution, the purpose of which is to help the executive branch carry out its tasks.
Like regular laws, that is, legislation enacted by Congress and later signed by the president, executive orders can be reviewed by courts, can be invalidated, and can be overturned by new legislation or subsequent executive orders.
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