Washington According to someone involved in his transition operation, Donald Trump intends to sign more than 50 executive orders on Monday and perhaps more than 100 on the first day of his second term in office.
Trump plans to sign a number of the orders in front of a throng at an event at Washington’s Capital One Arena later this afternoon. Trump is expected to take the oath of office inside the Capitol at noon. Due to bad weather in the nation’s capital, the inauguration-related festivities were rescheduled to indoor locations.
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It is anticipated that Trump’s first wave of executive orders, some of which would be announced later this week, will include pledges made during the campaign, reversals of the policies of departing President Joe Biden, and a reorganization of the federal workforce.
As part of a larger attempt to crack down on illegal immigration and other cross-border crimes, many members of Trump’s MAGA political base are particularly looking forward to an order declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.
“There will be numerous executive orders that will create immense joy for [you].” At a rally on Sunday at Capital One Arena, Trump declared, “We must put our nation on the right path.” “By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have come to a halt, and all the illegal border trespassers will in some form or another, be on their way back home.”
After Congress denied him the funding he requested for the project, Trump attempted to reroute Defense Department funds to the construction of a border wall during his first term by declaring a national emergency. Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision, Biden revoked his plan after it was halted by a federal court.
At a breakfast with a number of Republican senators on Sunday, Trump outlined the general outline of his plans. He is also anticipated to halt funding for Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act’s climate-related provisions, which could put the president’s authority to unilaterally withhold congressionally approved funding to the test.
During a confirmation hearing last week, Trump’s nominee to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget stated that he does not think the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is constitutional, despite the fact that it requires the executive branch to spend appropriated funds.
The “Schedule F” policy, which Trump declared at the end of his first term in 2020, will be reinstated, as he has long promised. In order to make it simpler to appoint people who are dedicated to carrying out his program, he would categorize thousands of federal civil service positions.
On Sunday, GOP legislators received a phone briefing from Stephen Miller, the incoming White House deputy chief of staff for policy, regarding the upcoming directives.
Trump stated that he would sign “a record-settingnumber of documents” following his inaugural speech in a phone interview with Kristen Welker, host of NBC News’ “Meet the Press” program, on Saturday.