Washington As thousands of people hailed a U.S. departure from the Paris climate deal and an order for government employees to return to work full-time, President Donald Trump signed some of his first executive orders just hours into his second term.
After an indoor inaugural parade at the 20,000-seat Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C., Trump signed about ten portfolio-bound documents at a desk on the arena’s floor. Due to the frigid weather, Monday’s festivities were rescheduled for indoors.
The White House press staff termed the directives America First Priorities, which included restoring freedom of speech, suspending federal hiring and new regulations, and rescinding 78 Biden administration measures.
Do you think Biden would do this? “I don’t think so,” Trump told the audience.
After signing the directives, Trump tossed his ceremonial pens into the chairs.
Trump signed an order earlier Monday requiring all U.S. flags to fly at full height during future presidential inaugurations while he was surrounded by politicians from both parties who engaged in friendly conversation in the President’s Room at the U.S. Capitol. Despite the recent passing of the late President Jimmy Carter, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, ordered flags at full staff for Trump’s inauguration.
Trump revoked Biden’s executive orders on promoting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people and preventing and combating discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity during his initial blitz.
Hours before the inauguration, Trump’s team hinted that the incoming president will issue an order requiring the use of the word “sex” rather than “gender” in official policy language and documents, such as passports and visas.
During a background call with reporters early Monday, White House administration officials stated that protecting women from extreme gender ideology and bringing biological reality back to the federal government would be the main goals of one of their first executive orders.
According to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, there are over 2 million transgender persons in the US. The group denounced Trump’s directive on Monday.
In a statement, the group’s president, Kelley Robinson, attacked Trump for attacking the LGBTQ+ community rather than bringing our nation together and focusing on the urgent problems that the American people are experiencing.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis and Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All are just two of the dozens of earlier Biden administration decrees that Trump revoked.
Trump’s executive measures drew criticism from environmental advocates. Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, according to a statement from the Center for Biological Diversity, demonstrates how alarmed he is by the recent global consensus to move away from fossil fuels.
According to the statement, state leaders will have to confront the climate catastrophe and guide us toward a livable future while Trump keeps his head in the sand.
Biden-era environmental policies, including as announcing an energy emergency, allowing energy production in the Alaska wilderness, and eliminating energy regulations for household appliances, were also hinted at by incoming White House officials. On Monday night, they were still not free.
On the eve of the inauguration, Trump told a crowded arena in Washington, D.C., that they would be seeing executive orders that will make them very pleased.
Trump promised to address every issue confronting our nation with unprecedented strength and speed.
Trump assured his followers during his campaign and as the Republican presidential nominee that he would immediately begin the mass deportation of immigrants, put a stop to Russia’s war on Ukraine, and pardon anyone who were found guilty or entered guilty pleas for offenses committed during the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
In one of his final acts as president, Biden granted preemptive pardons to the police officers who testified before the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as to the lawmakers and staff who were members of the committee.
