Immigration, national security, environment, customs tariffs, LGBT+ rights: Donald Trump multiplied the resounding announcements which were to materialize into decrees, in his swearing-in speech on Monday.
State of emergency at the southern border
Faithful to the promises made during the electoral campaign, the 47e President of the United States has tackled immigration head-on. He announced that he would declare a state of emergency in order to immediately deploy the army to the border with Mexico with the aim of curbing “illegal entries” and “repelling the invasion” of the country. He also announced his intention to continue construction of the great wall to separate the United States from Mexico that he had promised during his first term in the White House.
Refuting land and asylum rights
Among the slew of decrees related to immigration announced by Donald Trump, the one which aims to restrict land rights will certainly be challenged in court since it would violate the American Constitution. Ratified in 1868, on the 14the amendment, which includes the right of soil, automatically ensures American citizenship to children born in the country, even if their parents are illegal immigrants. The first criminal to be elected president of the United States also promised to restrict asylum for refugees.
Only two genders exist
During his swearing-in speech, President Trump bluntly announced that only two sexes would be recognized in the United States: male and female. His team also promised that he would initial various decrees to end federal aid measures for transgender people. These policies would put an end to the previous administration’s decision to add the non-binary gender “X” to official administrative documents.
«Drill at all costs»
Donald Trump will put a major brake on the efforts of the world’s second largest environmental polluter. In addition to withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the new American administration intends to implement an aggressive oil policy in order to lower energy costs. “We’re going to drill like hell!” (drill baby, drill!), he exclaimed, in addition to affirming that he would look into several measures introduced by Joe Biden to promote the energy transition. Financing renewable energy and electric vehicles could fall by the wayside.
The war on the cartels
The Republican president signed a decree which aims to designate cartels in South and Central America as “terrorist groups”, to fight against illegal immigration and drug trafficking. He also reiterated his desire to invoke a 1798 wartime law on the presence of “foreign enemies” to eradicate “the presence of all foreign criminal gangs and networks that commit devastating crimes.” in the United States.
-Customs duties
“We will impose customs duties and taxes on foreign countries to enrich our citizens,” Donald Trump promised again.
The 47e President of the United States pledged to begin “immediately the review of [leur] trade system to protect American families and workers.
Donald Trump did not specify his intentions in his inauguration speech, but during his electoral campaign, he affirmed that he would introduce customs duties of 25% on imports from neighboring Mexico and Canada. He had also threatened to significantly raise those on Chinese products.
– With information from AFP
