Trump Issues Executive Orders on J6, Energy, DEI, Border Security, and More!

Washington is working on Trump time now meaning a hundred things happened this morning before your foot touched the floor getting out of bed.

On Monday, following Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, the newly sworn-in Commander-in-Chief wasted no time implementing the agenda he promised to the American people.

Why wait? Why give the media and Democrats time even to get their pants on and start complaining about whatever order Trump signed and why it’s racist or whatever? Seriously, America has had enough and it’s time to roll back stupid and start living in a land of common sense once again.

The anti-Trump commentators are acting like these are new boundaries being pushed but really, it’s simply a return to sanity like declaring that there are two genders, boys shouldn’t play in girls’ sports leagues, and the government should hire and promote based on merit, not skin color or sexual preference.

Furthermore, with former President Biden pardoning the entire January 6 Select Committee on the way out the door, it seems fitting that all the defendants caught up in the politically motivated prosecutions should also be pardoned.

Here’s a list of what Trump accomplished on day one. Some of these are individual orders, some are comprised of multiple orders. This list isn’t fully exhaustive but it’s a glimpse of how quickly Trump is moving to restore order and sanity to the country:

1. Proclamation on flying flags at half-staff – Declares that flags shall be flown at full staff on Inauguration Day
2. Executive order on rescinding previous executive orders – Revoking 78 executive orders and memoranda issued by the Biden Administration, many related to woke DEI policies
3. Executive order on freedom of speech – The order directs the Attorney General to investigate federal censorship policies of the past four years and to recommend appropriate remedial action
4. Executive order on the ‘weaponization’ of government – Directs the Attorney General to “identify and take appropriate action to correct politically motivated” law enforcement activity at the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission
5. Memorandum ending remote work – Requires federal employees in the executive branch to terminate all remote work arrangements and return to in-person work
6. Memorandum limiting new regulations – Trump ordered all executive departments and agencies not to propose any rule or directive until a department head reviews and approves it
7. Memorandum stopping federal hiring – Ordering a pause on recruiting federal civilian employees in the executive branch. Certain exceptions apply like the military and federal law enforcement
8. Memorandum on ‘emergency price relief’ – Trump directed executive departments and agencies to implement so-called “emergency price relief” measures to lower the cost of housing, health care, food, and fuel costs—as well as create employment opportunities for workers
9. Executive order on withdrawing from international climate agreements – Withdraws the U.S. from the landmark Paris Agreement that focuses on reducing countries’ carbon emissions
10. Proclamation pardoning Jan. 6 Capitol rioters – Issues pardon to free over 1,500 defendants who were participants in the J6 Capitol riot
11. Executive order delaying TikTok ban – Gives TikTok a delay to reach a deal on US ownership before being shut down
12. Executive order withdrawing from the World Health Organization
13. Executive order on hiring and firing federal employees 
14. Executive order revoking security clearances – Revokes security clearance of the 51 former intelligence officials who publicly lied about the Hunter Biden laptop story as well as former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton
15. A proclamation declaring a ‘national emergency’ at the southern border – Opens federal funding to complete the border wall and utilize all available resources to secure the border
16. Memorandum on resolving delayed security clearances  
17. Memorandum on trade – The memorandum stipulates that “unfair and unbalanced trade” should be addressed, directing Cabinet officials to look into trade and tariff policies, including those with China
18. Executive order on plans for troop deployment to the border – Effectively authorizes the U.S. military to create a plan that would deploy troops to the southern border
19. Executive order on energy – Directs an immediate review of agency activities that “potentially burden” the development of domestic energy resources—particularly “natural gas, coal, hydropower, biofuels, critical mineral, and nuclear energy resources.” After a month, agencies are required to have action plans to counter previous rules that hinder energy development
20. Executive order suspends refugee resettlement – The order takes effect Jan. 27 and is indefinite, asking the Secretary of Homeland Security, consulting with the Secretary of State, to submit a report every 90 days regarding whether refugee resettlement should be resumed
21. Executive order to redefine birthright citizenship – Aimed at effectively ending birthright citizenship by redefining it such that it would not apply to a person born in the U.S. to a mother and a father who both are neither a lawful permanent resident nor a citizen when the person is born
22. Executive order to secure the U.S.-Mexico border – Trump revoked several Biden-era immigration policies, reinstating many of his own first-term border policies in a sweeping executive order titled “Securing Our Borders”
23. Memorandum removing environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – Trump ordered for water from California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to be redirected for use in the rest of the state, overruling environmental protections of the wildlife in the Delta
24. Executive order expanding the use of the death penalty – The order instructs the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for all capital crimes and to “pursue Federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime involving: the murder of a law-enforcement officer; or a capital crime committed by an alien illegally present in this country.”
25. Memorandum on classical architecture for public buildings – Calls for federal public buildings to be designed in a style that respects “regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage”
26. Memorandum facilitating the firing of civil servants – The directive calls on federal agency heads to reassign or replace SES members to “optimally” implement Trump’s agenda and “prioritize accountability”
27. Executive order declaring a ‘national energy emergency’ – The order calls for a review of “obstacles to domestic energy infrastructure” resulting from legal environmental protections like the Endangered Species Act
28. Memorandum pausing certain wind energy projects – Trump suspended and called for a review of the leasing and permitting practices of wind energy projects in a memorandum
29. Executive order to pause U.S. foreign aid – Calls for a 90-day pause in U.S. foreign development assistance and a review of the nation’s foreign aid programs
30. Memorandum organizing the National Security Council – Trump outlined the structure, membership, and purpose of the National Security Council for his administration
31. Memorandum pulling out of the OECD’s Global Tax Deal – Trump effectively withdrew the U.S. from a landmark agreement on a universal corporate minimum tax ratified by nearly 140 countries
32. Executive order to tighten immigration laws and restrict federal funds for sanctuary cities – Restricting federal funds for so-called sanctuary jurisdictions, allocating resources to creating more detention centers, and establishing Homeland Security TaskForces in every state to “ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States.”
33. Executive order repealing Biden-era environmental protections and promoting resource extraction in Alaska – The executive order “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” reverses a number of restrictions on drilling and extraction in Alaska set by the Biden Administration
34. Executive order to restrict visa-seekers from certain countries – Intensifies the vetting and screening of visa-seekers, particularly “those aliens coming from regions or nations with identified security risks” as well as refugees or stateless persons
35. Executive order calling for an ‘America First’ foreign policy approach – Trump directed the Secretary of State to bring the State Department in line with Trump’s isolationist foreign policy approach that puts “America and American citizens first”
36. Executive order establishing DOGE – A new agency Trump promised to create and install Elon Musk as head of. The order gives DOGE advisory powers to “maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”
37. Executive order defining gender and rolling back transgender policies –  Trump outlined federal definitions of “women” and “girls” as females and “men” and “boys” as males, defining male and female as biological, binary, and immutable. The order seeks to remove the promotion of “gender identity” and “gender ideology” from federal policies, communications, IDs and more
38. Executive order to end DEI programs – The order calls for the termination of all DEI, accessibility, and environmental justice offices and positions across the federal government
39. Executive order calling for ‘merit’-based federal hiring – The order blocks federal hiring based on race, sex, or religion—describing diversity hiring practices as “illegal racial discrimination under the guise of ‘equity’
40. Executive order to designate certain Latin-American gangs and cartels as terrorist organizations – The President designated drug cartels, Salvadoran gang MS-13, and Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as foreign terrorist organizations
41. Executive order to rename Denali and the Gulf of Mexico – Trump directs the Secretary of the Interior to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and return the name of Denali—the highest mountain in North America—to its former name, Mount McKinley
42. Proclamation declaring an ‘invasion’ and restricting entry into the U.S. – Trump claimed the U.S. is facing an “invasion” due to the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border

So. Much. Winning.

Some of these orders will be challenged in the legal system, of course, but so be it. The issue of birthright citizenship has been a simmering battle that needs to be resolved.

Each of these items can be explored more deeply on the White House website under the Presidential Actions section.