Trump’s Day 1 promises are ambitious – and controversial

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Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign promises were sweeping, delivered with bravado.

On Day 1 alone, then-candidate Trump pledged to begin mass deportations, pardon Jan. 6 rioters, start dismantling the “deep state,” end the “Green New Deal,” cut federal funding for schools pushing “radical gender ideology,” and “drill, baby, drill” – shorthand for increasing production of fossil fuels.

President-elect Trump won’t be a dictator – “except on Day 1,” he famously said last year.

Why We Wrote This

U.S. presidents have taken to signing stacks of executive orders on Day 1. In his campaign, Donald Trump vowed to begin mass deportations, pardon Jan. 6 rioters, and start dismantling the “deep state,” among other things.

Over the decades, American presidents have wielded expanding power up front by signing stacks of executive orders. President Joe Biden signed a record 42 such orders in his first 100 days, many of them undoing the policies of Mr. Trump, his predecessor. Now, with the former president returning to office in January after a sweeping election victory, his pen is ready.

Executive power has its limits, and civil liberties groups will be watching Mr. Trump’s actions closely. There will be lawsuits, which could tie up some orders in court. Some orders, too, are likely to require congressional action.

Still, expect Day 1 – and the 99 days that follow – to be bracing. During the campaign, Mr. Trump spoke of going after political opponents, be it unnamed “radical leftists” or named Democratic leaders whom he has called “the enemy from within.”

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