President-elect Donald Trump is gearing up to issue more than 100 executive orders on his first day in the White House, focusing on key issues like border security, deportations, and other policy priorities.
Many of these actions are expected to be implemented immediately on Inauguration Day, January 20.
In a private meeting with Republican senators, Trump and his team provided a briefing on the upcoming executive orders.
These measures are expected to address a wide range of topics, including border restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border, federal workforce regulations, school gender policies, vaccine mandates, and several campaign promises Trump made during his election.
Stephen Miller, a close advisor to Trump, outlined plans for enhanced border security and immigration enforcement that could be rolled out quickly after the inauguration.
While issuing executive orders on the first day is customary for a new administration, what Trump and his team are planning is described as an “executive coup unprecedented in the modern world,” with reports suggesting that Trump is preparing to bypass Congress and the legislative process, using his executive powers in untested ways.
Some of the orders are expected to be substantial, while others may serve more as symbolic messages.
During a lengthy Capitol Hill briefing this week, senators were informed that the new administration is likely to roll back many of President Biden’s executive orders and introduce its own set of proposals.
Additionally, Trump pledged in December to maintain public access to the polio vaccine, a move that followed a petition by an advisor to 2022 Health Secretary nominee Robert Kennedy to end access to the vaccine.
