Donald Trump promised on Saturday that he would sign a “record” number of presidential decrees immediately after his swearing in on Monday in Washington, where he is expected this Saturday evening.
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In a telephone interview with NBC News, the soon-to-be 47th President of the United States said he did not have a precise number in mind, but that he intended to initial, as of Monday afternoon, a “record” number decrees, legal texts emanating from the executive power.
“More than a hundred?” the NBC News journalist then asked him: “In that range at least,” replied the Republican tribune who pledged during his campaign and since he was elected to defeat the policies of the Joe Biden administration.
“As soon as I take the oath, I will launch the largest expulsion program in American history,” he assured at the meeting.
The expulsion of illegal immigrants – who number around 11 million in the United States – “will begin very, very quickly,” Mr. Trump insisted on Saturday.
-“I can’t say in which cities, because things are moving,” he added, after an official from his future administration spoke Friday about Chicago, a Democratic city.
“There will be actions across the country. “Chicago is just one place among others,” Tom Homan, former director of the Immigration and Border Control Agency (ICE) and who will be responsible for protection, said on Fox News. borders.
Donald Trump also announced on Friday that he had decided against his inauguration ceremony taking place, as tradition dictates, outside the Capitol, seat of Congress, due to the polar cold which will sweep through the federal capital on Monday.
His swearing-in will take place inside the Capitol, under its Rotunda, a first in 40 years.
“I think we made the right decision. The forecasted weather looks really bad and cold and I think that would have represented a risk for a lot of people,” explained the 78-year-old leader.
He is expected in Washington on Saturday evening for a reception in one of its golf courses and a fireworks display in Virginia, very close to the federal capital.
