Credit: White House
Just hours after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump wasted no time in making good on the promises that defined his campaign.
With a series of bold Executive Orders and policy directives, President Trump has demonstrated his commitment to revitalizing American energy, securing the border, restoring common sense, and putting America First.
On his inaugural day, President Trump signed 42 Executive Orders, Memoranda, and Proclamations. He also implemented 115 personnel actions, took over 200 executive actions, and spent 60 minutes in a press Q&A session.
The transition team has released detailed accounts of Trump’s commitments and their fulfillment:
Promises made, promises kept.
Unleashing American Energy
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency to expedite domestic production on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderdeclaring a national energy emergency, unlocking America’s full energy potential.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to rescind every one of Joe Biden’s industry-killing, pro-China, and anti-American energy regulations.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing all Federal agencies to suspend, revise, or rescind all Federal policies that restrict American energy production.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to terminate the Biden administration’s electric-vehicle mandate on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderterminating the previous administration’s harmful electric vehicle mandate.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska for energy development on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderreversing burdensome regulations that impeded Alaska’s ability to develop its vast natural resources.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to reduce energy costs by 50% within a year to ease financial burdens on American families, starting on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash American energy production in order to bring costs down for American families.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to withdraw the United States from the disastrous Paris Climate Accord that unfairly ripped off our country.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, for the second time, President Trump has signed an Executive Order withdrawing the United States from the Paris agreement.
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to scrap offshore wind projects on Day One of his presidency.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum pausing all new and renewed federal leasing and permitting for both onshore and offshore wind projects.
Securing America’s Borders
Promise Made: President Trump promised to take bold and decisive action to immediately seal the border on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency at the southern border to allow the government to gain operational control of the border, combat the cartels, and secure our nation.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to terminate every open-border policy enacted by the Biden administration on his very first day back in the White House.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order revoking the disastrous Biden Executive Orders and policies that collapsed our border and flooded millions of illegal aliens into our country.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to immediately launch the largest deportation operation of criminals in American history.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring Homeland Security officials to deport aliens with orders of removal and prioritizing the prosecution of immigration criminal offenses.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to restore the travel ban and keep the terrorists out of our country on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance federal vetting and screening of aliens, requiring officials to identify which countries are not cooperating with United States officials in providing basic information on individuals seeking to enter the United States.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to suspend refugee admissions on Day One to prioritize American public safety.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order pausing the operation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States when such entry is not in the national interest.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to close loopholes in immigration laws on Day One, ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens and outlawing “birth tourism.”
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting recognizing as United States citizens, children who are born while in the United States to foreign national parents who are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to stop all migrant flights used for relocating illegal aliens and shut down all entries through the CBP One app on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump shut down the CBP One App.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to end catch-and-release policies abused by the Biden administration on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to end catch-and-release programs.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to restore the successful “Remain in Mexico” program on Day One to manage asylum claims effectively.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to resume the successful Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, also known as “Remain in Mexico.”
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to immediately restartconstruction of the border wall.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderdirecting the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to finish construction of a physical barrier along the southern border.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order designating international cartels and transnational gangs Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the invasion of illegal aliens.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.
Draining The Swamp, Targeting Government Corruption
Promise Made: President Trump promised to order Federal workers to get back to the office in person or be terminated from their job immediately.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering agencies to take all necessary steps to terminate remote work.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to create a Department of Government Efficiency to slash government waste.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing and implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to oversee a substantial reduction in the size and scope of government.
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to return the Federal government to a merit-based system.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderreforming the Federal hiring process to restore merit to government service and re-prioritize skills, experience, and patriotism, not commitment to radical ideologies.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to make it easier to fire corrupt or incompetent bureaucrats – a cumbersome process that currently takes years.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order instilling accountability for failing career bureaucrats to better address misconduct or poor performance.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to clean out the deep state on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to create a new category of federal hires for career employees in policy-influencing positions, making it easier to remove rogue bureaucrats without length delays and red tape.
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to end the weaponization of government against the American people.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to bring a swift end to the weaponization of the federal government.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to sign an Executive Order within hours of his inauguration banning any Federal department or agency from seeking to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to restore freedom of speech and end government-sponsored censorship, rectifying years of government abuse.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to undo numerous Biden executive actions on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding a record 78 executive actions signed by the Biden-Harris administration — including eliminating radical DEI ideology, open border policies, and climate extremism from our federal government.
Promise Made: President Trump promised the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” in American history if reelected.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum to the heads of all executive departments and agencies ordering an immediate halt to the publication of regulations.
Restoring American Greatness
Promise Made: President Trump promised to start his second term by putting America First again.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Policy Directivedeclaring that the United States’ foreign policy must always put the interests of America and its citizens first.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to stop the reckless foreign aid spending, emphasizing the need to prioritize America’s interests.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to realign U.S. foreign aid to match American values.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to once again put America First when it comes to trade.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum reviving his America First trade agenda.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and to bring back the name Mount McKinley.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order reinstating the name Mount McKinley and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to get economic relief to American citizens starting on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to deliver emergency price relief for American families by ordering all Federal agencies to eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses, counterproductive requirements, and harmful climate policies that are driving up costs.
Bringing Back Common Sense
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to bring back the death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderrestoring the death penalty.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to make the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female, on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderrequiring the Federal government to recognize the biological reality of two sexes — male and female.
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