What to expect from Trump on Day One

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders on his first day in office on January 20
  

IMMIGRATION
Follow through on pledge to deport
record numbers of illegal immigrants by giving federal officers more freedom to arrest people with no criminal records

Send more troops to U.S.-Mexico border and restart border wall construction

Scrap Biden administration’s “parole” programmes and end birthright citizenship – move would require overturning 14th Amendment


CLIMATE 

Pull U.S. out of Paris Agreement again

Roll back Biden’s regulations on power plants, end his pause on LNG exports, and revoke waivers allowing California and other states to have tighter pollution rules


ENERGY
   
Cut support for electric vehicles and boost U.S. production by imposing tariffs on all battery materials globally

Strengthen measures blocking import of cars, components and battery materials from China
 
 
ECONOMY

Prospect of raised tariffs intended to stimulate U.S. economic growth – at least 10% across-the-board tariff on imported goods, as well as 60% import tax on goods from China
                          

PARDONS 

Trump says he will grant clemency to some people who took part in assault by his supporters on U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021


Sources: BBC, Reuters 
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