What is Trump doing today? – ISNA

According to Isna, the Qatari media predicted the actions of US President-elect Donald Trump in an article on the first day of his presidency.

According to “Al Jazeera” News channel, Trump admitted in the middle of the election campaign that if he wins and gets to the White House, he will be a “dictator”, although “only on the first day”. When asked if he would abuse his power to retaliate if he wins the 2024 presidential election, he said: “Only on the first day. I want to close the borders and extract oil, extract and extract!”

Since then, Trump’s promises for his first day in office have expanded to include issues such as immigration and redefining the federal government. He will take oath today (Monday) and start his second term as president. All eyes are on how Trump will once again use his powers in the White House.

Trump is expected to issue a flurry of executive orders in the first hours of his presidency, which is not unprecedented among incoming presidents. However, these orders may face legislative or congressional challenges.

He has made about 60 promises for his first day in office and is expected to issue almost 100 executive orders. John Barrasso, a Republican member of the US Senate, has predicted that these executive orders will be a “massive storm” designed to take everyone by surprise.

Mass deportation of immigrants

Immigration and the reduction of illegal crossings at the southern border of the United States has been one of the main themes of Trump’s election campaign. On November 4, just days before winning the election, he reiterated his promise, saying, “On day one, I will begin the largest criminal deportation program in American history.” We will expel them. We have to.”

The US government estimates that nearly 11 million illegal immigrants live in the country, and according to Al Jazeera, the details of how this massive operation will be implemented and the financial sources of the plan remain unclear. However, Trump has announced that he will declare a national emergency and use military resources.

There is not much information about his possible goals. Some of his supporters say that all people who are in the US without legal documents are considered “criminals”. Others hope that Trump will limit himself to immigrants who have committed crimes such as theft or violence in this plan.

Muslim ban

Another of his first-day promises is reminiscent of his first term as president, when he signed the “Muslim ban” executive order in 2017. According to this order, the entry of passengers from several Muslim countries including Syria, Libya, Yemen and Sudan was restricted. Later, these bans faced many legal challenges and were finally canceled during the presidency of “Joe Biden”.

Now, in his new term, Trump has promised to restore the ban and stop “refugee admission, resettlement, and terrorist entry” into the United States. “We will ban refugee immigration from terror-ridden areas like the Gaza Strip, close our borders and restore the travel ban,” he told supporters in Washington.

Limiting the granting of citizenship

One of the executive orders that Trump has planned for the first day of his presidency in the White House is to limit the ways to obtain American citizenship. This plan has been in preparation for a long time.

For example, Trump posted a video on his campaign website in May 2023 saying that if he re-entered the White House, he would not allow children born to illegal immigrants on American soil to receive American citizenship.

Ending the war between Russia and Ukraine

Trump has repeatedly claimed that if he were the president of the United States, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine would never have started. Just a few days before Trump’s inauguration, the Zionist regime and Hamas reached an agreement to establish a ceasefire and exchange prisoners, but the war in Ukraine continues.

The US president-elect has promised to end this conflict quickly in his second term. He even claimed in a TV show that he will end this war “within 24 hours”!

Although Trump appears to be growing more cautious as his inauguration approaches, he announced last week that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin “very soon” after entering the White House.

Trump’s team has announced that he will put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky under intense pressure to reach a deal with Moscow, raising concerns about the possibility of concessions to Russia.

Increasing tariff pressure

According to Al Jazeera, part of Trump’s approach for the first days of his presidency is the redesign of the federal government. On January 14, he announced that on Inauguration Day, he would create a “Foreign Revenue Service” that would “collect tariffs, taxes, and all revenue from foreign sources.”

Trump has called for a sweeping program of tariffs, including tariffs of up to 60 percent on Chinese goods, to boost domestic manufacturing. He has also threatened Mexico and Canada to impose tariffs of up to 25% against them if they do not take more effective measures to prevent illegal border crossing and drug trafficking.

While Trump has announced heavy tariffs against America’s friends and enemies, economists have expressed doubts about this approach and say that heavy tariffs can lead to a trade war, a war that will harm the American economy.

Amnesty for those accused of January 6 rebellion

Trump has repeatedly referred to the people arrested in the attack on the US Congress on January 6, 2021 with titles such as “political prisoners” and “hostages”. He has even promised to start the process of pardoning them in the first minutes of entering the presidential office.

However, Trump did not provide much clarity on the timing of the pardons and whether all those accused in the riots would be pardoned, saying only that he would “probably do it very soon,” but that “there may be exceptions.” be.”

In addition, JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, angered Trump supporters last week by saying that only peaceful protesters should be pardoned.

On January 6, 2021, Trump, who protested the result of the 2020 US presidential election and the victory of Joe Biden, asked his supporters to storm the US Capitol and not allow the lawmakers to confirm the election result.

Abolition of industrial regulations

Trump has announced that he plans to implement a sweeping deregulation program when he returns to the White House. “On day one, I will sign an executive order directing every federal agency to immediately remove any burdensome regulation that increases the cost of goods,” he said on the campaign trail in October, which he sees as a barrier to business and a cost-increasing factor. gives, deletes.”

He added: “This will be the largest reduction in regulations in the history of our country and it will be implemented very quickly.” Trump also said at a press conference in December that for every new provision added to industrial regulations, he would eliminate 10 other regulations.

According to Al Jazeera, among the regulations that Trump opposes are environmental regulations, including the cancellation of Biden’s executive order banning oil drilling in 253 million hectares of US coastal waters. Trump plans to create a new nongovernmental body called the Department of Government Efficiency, which will be tasked with identifying additional regulations that can be eliminated.

Reopening the case of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan

According to Al Jazeera, Trump said on the first day of his presidency that he plans to hold people accountable for the chaotic and chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in 2021.

In 2020, Trump agreed with the Taliban to reduce the US presence in Afghanistan, but with the withdrawal of US forces, the Taliban launched an offensive that toppled the fragile US-backed government.

After the fall of Kabul, American forces were hastily withdrawing from Afghanistan and during a suicide bombing, 13 American soldiers and about 170 Afghan civilians were killed.

In his statements, Trump blames Biden for these deaths. Although a report in 2023 showed that Trump and Biden both made mistakes on this issue, Trump still insists on making others guilty and himself innocent.

He said in August: “At noon on inauguration day, I want the resignation of every senior government official involved in this Afghan disaster on my desk.” You have to fire people. “When people do their jobs badly, they should be fired.”

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