Exclusive: President Trump will sign more than 200 executive actions on Inauguration Day — a massive, record-breaking first wave of policy priorities focused on border security, energy, lowering the cost of living for American families, ending DEI programs across the federal government and more, Fox News Digital has learned. .
A senior administration official familiar with executive actions and authorized to brief Fox News Digital said the president will sign several “sweeping” executive orders, each containing dozens of key executive actions.
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“The President is issuing a historic series of executive orders and actions that will lead to a radical reform of the American government, including the full and complete restoration of American sovereignty,” the official told Fox News Digital.
On the first day, the President will declare a state of emergency at the national borders; Directs the US military to work with the Department of Homeland Security to fully secure the southern border; Establishing a national priority to eliminate all criminal gangs operating on American soil.
Trump will close the border to all illegal aliens by declaring a national emergency at the border, Fox News Digital has learned.
Trump will also establish Homeland Security Task Forces with officers from the FBI, ICE, CIA, and more to “completely eliminate the presence of criminal gangs.”
Trump will also direct the cartels' designations as foreign terrorist organizations, which the official said would open up new powers to fulfill Trump's homeland security mission.
Fox News Digital has learned that Trump will reinstate “Remain in Mexico” and “catch and release” and will direct the military to build a new phase of the border wall, in addition to granting emergency powers to suspend the entry of illegal aliens. across the southwest border, allowing individuals who are arrested to be “quickly returned to their countries of origin.”
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As for energy, Trump will “fully unleash” Alaska's energy, which the official said is pivotal and essential to US national security.
The energy executive order addresses “every energy policy individually,” addressing liquid gas, natural gas, ports, fracking, pipelines, permits and more, while also ending President Biden's policies that “restricted American energy,” the senior official told Fox News Digital. supply.”
The official also said Trump would reform the entire federal bureaucracy by restoring presidential control over federal careers and the workforce and would make clear to federal employees that they can be removed from positions for failing to comply with executive directives.
Trump will sign an executive order to strengthen control over senior government officials and implement a new merit-based hiring review, the official said. Trump will also take action to return federal employees to in-person work.
The official also said Trump would end “the weaponization of the federal government,” restore freedom of speech and “end federal censorship.”
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Trump, on his first day, will also suspend the security clearances of 51 national security officials who “lied” about Hunter Biden's laptop before the 2020 presidential election.
Trump is also expected to establish biological definitions of sex; Renaming historic places like “America’s Bay” and more.
Trump will also, on day one, end all equity, diversity, and inclusion programs across the federal government.
Trump will also freeze hiring at the new government efficiency department; control of foreign aid and NGO funding; And more.
“It reasserts muscular control over the executive branch of the US government,” the official told Fox News Digital.
As for reducing the cost to American families, Trump will sign a specific presidential memorandum directing all agencies and departments to remove all federal measures that increase costs for families and consumers, which the official told Fox News Digital will be the beginning of Trump’s “historic step” – the regulatory effort” for his term. Second.
On his first day, Trump will also declare a national energy emergency and temporarily halt all offshore wind leases.
Meanwhile, Trump will end the electric vehicle mandate; Ending the Green New Deal; Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement; And undo further actions and orders of President Biden.
“This is a huge, unprecedented first wave,” the official told Fox News Digital. “And even after that, there's a whole group looking forward to continuing to rebuild America.”
“This is the most comprehensive list of executive actions in American history, all guided by an unrelenting commitment to fulfilling a campaign promise,” the official added.
The official told Fox News Digital that “everything” voters voted on “is being translated into executive policy.”
The official said: “There is a huge federal workforce that advances its goals at the expense of the American people, and President Trump is taking the lead, saying that you will serve the American people and the American people only.” “This is about stopping corrupt and abusive behavior and refocusing government on its basic duties to the American people.”
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Incoming Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital that the main theme of his actions on his first day was “promises made, promises kept.”
“Once President Trump gets his hands on the Bible and swears an oath to the Constitution of the United States, America’s golden age will begin,” White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt told Fox News Digital. “The American people will have a leader who delivers on the promises he made to restore the greatness of our country.”
On Sunday, the president reviewed one of his first-day executive orders related to the popular video-sharing app TikTok, which was forced to shut down in the United States after a ruling from the US Supreme Court.
Trump said he would sign an order on Monday that would “extend the period of time before the ban goes into effect, so we can reach an agreement to protect our national security.” Trump also said the order would confirm that “there will be no liability for any company that helped prevent TikTok from going dark prior to my order.”
