Blitz Bureau
WASHINGTON: Within hours of taking office as President, Donald Trump plans to roll out a flurry of executive actions aligned with his campaign promises, reported NBC News. These include imposing more socially conservative healthcare policies on the US military and setting in motion the large-scale deportation of people living in the country illegally.
NBC News spoke with more than half a dozen people familiar with transition planning who outlined a number of quick actions Trump plans to take to signal a dramatic break from President Joe Biden’s administration.
Americans will see the new Trump administration enact changes at a pace that is “like nothing you’ve seen in history,” a Trump campaign official said, as per the NBC report. Trump is preparing on Day One to overturn specific policies put in place by Biden, with plans to end travel reimbursement for military members seeking abortion care and to restrict transgender service members’ access to gender-affirming care, two people familiar with the plans told the NBC.
But much of the first day is likely to focus on stopping illegal immigration – the centerpiece of Trump’s candidacy. He is expected to sign up to five executive orders aimed at dealing with that issue alone after he is sworn in on January 20, three Trump allies said on condition of anonymity.
“There will without question be a lot of movement quickly, likely Day One, on the immigration front,” a top Trump ally said. “There will be a push to make a huge early show and assert himself to show his campaign promises were not hollow.”
Transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, “The American people can bank on President Trump using his executive power on Day One to deliver on the promises he made to them on the campaign trail.”
