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Donald Trump and his top advisers are finalizing nearly 100 executive actions he will sign in his first days in office starting Monday, as the incoming president rushes to implement his populist and nationalist agenda.
The first moves by Trump, who has vowed to become a dictator on “day one” of his second term, include curbing immigration, raising tariffs and deregulating sectors from energy to cryptocurrency.
Trump and his team aim to immediately reset US policy and begin fulfilling some of the sweeping promises of change he made to American voters during the campaign, when he promised to reverse many of Joe Biden’s actions.
“Their objective is to shock and awe so that their opponents’ heads spin,” said Stephen Miro, managing partner of Beacon Policy Advisors, a consultancy and former George W. Bush administration official.
“They’ve spent the last four years, day in, day out, preparing for Monday, and teams of lawyers brainstorming how they can accomplish what they want to do.”
Trump’s first moves will serve as a test of how far he believes he can act unilaterally without Congress, his view that US presidents should have broader authority than other branches of government.
Details of the first burst of executive action were still under wraps over the weekend, but Trump and his top officials have already indicated what their priorities will be. The incoming president wants to declare a national emergency over the southern border, free up federal resources to detain migrants from Mexico, limit asylum powers and launch what he has described as the largest deportation effort in US history.
On Saturday, Tom Homan, who will serve as Trump’s border “czar” in the White House, told Fox News that a “targeted enforcement operation” to deport undocumented immigrants in US cities would begin as early as next week.
Trump’s actions on trade are also expected early next week, which could affect financial markets. Trump wants to force US trading partners to cut deals on everything from immigration to drug trafficking and even sales. of Greenland. He has promised to impose massive tariffs on imports to encourage companies to produce more in the US and raise revenue for the US government.
In recent weeks, Trump advisers have looked at options for gradually introducing tariffs, hitting particularly important sectors and industries related to energy and defense, according to people familiar with the negotiations. But others, including his former and incoming White House trade and manufacturing advisers Peter NavarroAdvocating higher tariffs on all US imports from day one.
Trump could use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to quickly impose tariffs, and his staff is also exploring using existing Section 232 authority to quickly raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
Republicans on Capitol Hill, who have traditionally opposed tariffs, are already preemptively defending Trump’s inaugural move.
“I think what you’re going to see is a lot more countries coming to the table,” said one Republican member of Congress. “And I think it will actually be more effective than you think without raising the price,”
On foreign policy, Trump’s main concern on the first day of his second term will likely be its implementation Armistice Agreement Israel and Hamas reached an agreement to end the Gaza war last week.
But analysts said there could be executive orders and efforts to impose new sanctions on Iran and tighten enforcement of those already on the books as part of a goal to impose “maximum pressure” on the Tehran regime.
Trump’s team is also figuring out how to deal with Syria’s interim government, a one-time al-Qaeda ally. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Some US allies want Washington to lift the terrorist designation on the group alongside Syria, but Trump’s team is concerned about doing so too quickly.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine on his first day in office. But he said more recently that he hopes to resolve it within the first six months. In the short term, Trump will have funds from last year’s Congress to continue supplying arms to Ukraine, but he is unlikely to pass another package once they are used up.
Trump also said he plans to speak with Vladimir Putin soon, while the Russian president has expressed interest in meeting him. Other world leaders are expected to flock to Washington to try to start the new relationship on the right track.
Trump is expected to take the first steps to help the US oil and gas industry as part of his promise to usher in a new era of American “energy dominance”. In his one-day executive order, he promised to order the federal government to cut red tape and “end all of Biden’s restrictions on energy production.”
He is set to order the immediate resumption of licenses for multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export terminals. Biden’s suspension of new permits a year ago has been a particular bone of contention for officials eager to boost LNG shipments.
The Biden administration’s rule that cracked down on vehicle tailpipe emissions — blasted by Trump as an “insane electric vehicle mandate” — is expected to become the first hit list of the upcoming President’s Day. Also expected is a directive to reopen drilling on protected lands in Alaska.
“He’s going for maximum shock value,” Myrow said.
