Donand Trump pushes for major overhaul on Day 1

President Donald Trump begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1 With his opening rounds of memoranda and executive orders Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Bidenrsquos actions began his immigration crackdown withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords and sought to keep TikTok open in the US among other actions He also pardoned hundreds of people for their roles in the January 6 2021 attack on the US CapitolUS Capitol attack pardonsThe President issued pardons late on Monday US time for about 1500 people convicted or criminally charged in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as Congress convened to certify Bidenrsquos 2020 victory over TrumpPresident Donald Trump addresses his inauguration ceremonySeparately Trump ordered an end to federal cases against ldquopolitical opponentsrdquo of the Biden administration meaning Trump supporters His actions seemed targeted only to help his backersThe economy and TikTokBy repealing Biden actions and adding his own orders Trump is easing regulatory burdens on oil and natural gas production something he promises will bring down costs of all consumer goods Trump is specifically targeting Alaska for expanded fossil fuel production On trade he said he expects to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting February 1 but declined to flesh out his plans for taxing China Trump also intended to pause Congressrsquo TikTok ban for 75 days a period in which the President says he will seek a US buyer to protect national security interests while leaving the popular social media platform open to AmericansAmerica FirstTrump is pulling the US out of the World Health Organization He also ordered a comprehensive review of US foreign aid spending Both moves fit into his more isolationist lsquoAmerica Firstrsquo approach to international affairs Trump planned to sign an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico making it the Gulf of America The highest mountain in North America now known as Denali will revert back to Mount McKinley its name until President Barack Obama changed it Another order states that flags must be at full height at every Inauguration Day and one calls for promoting ldquobeautiful federal civic architecturerdquoImmigration securityTrump reversed several immigration orders from Bidenrsquos presidency It returns the government to Trumprsquos firstterm policy that everyone in the country illegally is a priority for deportation The President declared a national emergency at the USMexico border and he plans to send US troops to help restrict refugees and asylumHe suspended the US Refugee Admission Programme pending a review and is ending the CBP One app a Bidenera border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants On national security Trump revoked any active security clearances from a long list of his perceived enemies including former director of national intelligence James Clapper Leon Panetta a former director of the CIA and defense secretary and his own former national security adviser John BoltonClimate and energyTrump signed documents to formally withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreements He made the same move during his first term but Biden reversed it Trump also declared an energy emergency and said he will eliminate what he calls Bidenrsquos electric vehicle mandateFederal bureaucracyTrump halted federal government hiring with some exceptions He added a freeze on new federal regulations while he builds out his second administration He also formally empowered the socalled Department of Government Efficiency DOGE which is being led by Elon MuskTransgender rightsTrump is rolling back protections for transgender people and terminating diversity equity and inclusion DEI programmes within the federal government An order declares that the federal government would recognise only two immutable sexes male and female A separate order halts DEI programmes10037 tariffs against BRICSTrump has again warned that he will impose 100 per cent tariffs against countries of the BRICS bloc of which India is a part if they take any steps to replace the US dollar BRICS is an intergovernmental organisation of ten countriesmdashRussia India China South Africa Egypt Ethiopia Indonesia Iran and the United Arab EmiratesNew US Secy of State meets Quad membersOn his first full day as secretary of state Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad which is made up of the US plus India Japan and Australia representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP The grouping has been around for more than 15 yearsTaliban to release two AmericansA prisoner swap between the US and Afghanistanrsquos Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking charges officials said Tuesday The Taliban praised the swap as a step toward the ldquonormalizationrdquo of ties between the US and Afghanistan The Talibanrsquos Foreign Ministry in Kabul confirmed the swap saying two unidentified US citizens had been exchanged for Khan Mohammed who was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2008Key orders issuedgtgt 1500 people convicted in US Capitol riot pardonedgtgt 2537 tariffs on Canada Mexico starting February 1gtgt Order for pulling the US out of the WHOgtgt Everyone in the country illegally is now a priority for deportationgtgt US Refugee Admission Programme temporarily suspendedgtgt Active security clearances of lsquoperceived enemiesrsquo revokedgtgt Protections for transgender people rolled backgtgt Order to formally withdraw from the Paris climate agreementsgtgt Federal government hiring halted with some exceptions