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Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States on Monday January 20. As soon as he returns to the White House, he intends to make several strong decisions. What should be the first steps?
Elected on November 5, 2024 for a second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump will take the oath of office under the dome of the Capitol to become the 47th President of the United States, Monday January 20.
Donald Trump intends to take strong measures as soon as he returns to power. To move quickly, he intends to act through decrees – called “executive orders” – rather than going through Congress, which would necessarily take longer. He could announce up to 100 executive orders in the hours following his swearing-in.
What measures from Donald Trump should we expect?
L’immigration
The first measures that Donald Trump will take will concern immigration. “As soon as I take the oath of office, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history,” he said during his election campaign. He wants to put an end to land rights guaranteed in the Constitution but which he considers “ridiculous”. The number of illegal immigrants is estimated at 11 million in the United States. Donald Trump could decide to return to the obligation for asylum seekers to stay in Mexico until they have obtained a court date, thinks political science professor Sidney Mikis, interviewed by West France. Donald Trump wants to end a long-standing policy that prevents federal Immigration authorities from intervening in churches and schools.
-Customs duties
Donald Trump declared at the end of November: “On January 20, for one of my many first executive orders, I will sign all the necessary documents to impose customs duties of 25% on Mexico and Canada on all products entering the UNITED STATES”. However, the United States is linked with its neighbors by a free trade agreement. It would be +10% on all imports, +25% for Canadian and Mexican products and +60% for products from China. Political science professor Sidney Mikis assures that Donald Trump wants to “move quickly on increasing customs duties, because the president has a lot of power over trade.”
Fossil fuels
Donald Trump intends to move away from Joe Biden’s climate commitments. He assured that he would “immediately” cancel the ban on “offshore” hydrocarbon exploitation. During his campaign, he often repeated the pro-oil drilling slogan: “drill baby, drill”. He has pledged to ban new wind projects. And despite his proximity to Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, he is a strong opponent of electric vehicles.
Transgender people
The American president wants to “exclude transgender people” from the army and schools. “The official policy of the United States will be that there are only two genders, male and female,” he said. “With the stroke of a pen, on day one, we will put an end to the transgender madness.”
The war in Ukraine
Donald Trump wants an end to the war in Ukraine, triggered in February 2022 by Russia’s invasion. But the American president’s schedule fluctuates. He recently mentioned a horizon of 6 months, after having assured that he could put an end to hostilities in 24 hours. For political science professor Sidney Mikis, “on international issues, like ending the war in Ukraine in one day, he will have more difficulty. He will probably have to backpedal.”
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