Immigration, Panama Canal, Green Deal: Donald Trump aligns his priorities in his inauguration speech

1. Offensive anti-immigration

Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he wanted to launch a vast anti-immigration offensive: his administration will declare a state of emergency at the border with Mexico, use the American army to ensure surveillance, and attack the right to asylum and right of the soil.

Now in power, the Republican billionaire will sign on the first day of his mandate a slew of decrees which promise to be hotly contested in court, and some of which appear to violate the American constitution.

“I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entries will be immediately stopped and we will begin sending millions and millions of criminal aliens back to where they came from,” insisted the new American president, during of his inauguration speech.

“I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country,” added the Republican billionaire, who had made immigration a top priority of his campaign.

The septuagenarian plans to sign a series of decrees on Monday, to mark his intention to act as quickly as possible.

The 47th President of the United States also plans to resume construction of the border wall, according to Anna Kelly, the future deputy spokesperson for the White House.

He will also sign decrees attacking the right to asylum and land rights.

“We are going to put an end to the right to asylum, (…) which creates an immediate expulsion procedure without the possibility of asylum. We will then put an end to the right to land,” detailed Ms. Kelly.

2. Panama Canal

The 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, promised Monday to “retake back” control of the Panama Canal, stressing that “the purpose of our agreement and the spirit of our treaty have been totally violated.”

“We have been very mistreated by this senseless gift that should never have been given. Panama’s promise to us has not been kept,” President Trump said in his inaugural address, shortly after his speech. oath.

“The purpose of our agreement and the spirit of our treaty have been totally violated. American ships are severely overtaxed and are not treated fairly in any way, including the United States Navy,” he said. he said.

“And above all, China operates the Panama Canal, and we did not give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we are going to take it back,” said the American president.

3. America First

United States President Donald Trump promised in his inauguration speech on Monday to tax foreign countries to “enrich American citizens”.

“I will immediately begin reviewing our trade system to protect American families and workers,” declared the 47th US president, just after taking the oath of office at the Capitol in Washington.

“Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will impose tariffs and taxes on foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” he continued.

“President Trump will announce a trade policy that puts America first,” the White House also announced in a statement, adding that the country “would no longer be dependent on foreign organizations for its national tax policy, which punishes American companies.”

The latter also promised to tax foreign countries to “enrich American citizens”.

4. Find the Green Deal

Donald Trump announced Monday during his inauguration speech that he would declare a national state of “energy emergency” aimed at boosting hydrocarbon production in the United States, already the world’s leading producer.

“We are going to drill at all costs,” he said, reiterating his campaign promise and ensuring that he would return to a number of climate measures taken by his predecessor Joe Biden to promote the energy transition and reduce carbon emissions. greenhouse gas emissions from the country, the second largest polluter in the world after China.

The administration of new US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement for a second time, jeopardizing global efforts to curb global warming.

5. “There are only two sexes”

Donald Trump also promised to turn his back on aid policies for transgender people, affirming that the United States would now only recognize “two sexes, male and female” defined at birth, and that federal aid aimed at promoting diversity in government would also be eliminated.

“I will end government policies that attempt to integrate race and gender into every aspect of public and private life,” Donald Trump said.

According to his team, which spoke to the press a little earlier, this promise will be translated into the decrees that Donald Trump promised to sign as soon as he takes office.

One of the concrete consequences of this policy will be to remove the gender “X”, neither masculine nor feminine, for people identifying as non-binary, “on official government documents, including passports and visas (which) will accurately reflect gender,” this source told the press. This possibility was opened during the mandate of Joe Biden.