Donald Trump himself admitted that his first term was difficult for him. – At that time everyone fought with me and was hostile towards me, but now it is completely different. Everyone is kind to me and wants to meet me. I don't know what has changed, he said at his first press conference after winning the election.
Many things have changed. Donald Trump is more powerful than he was in 2016 after his unexpected election victory. To many Republican leaders at the time, he was a strange outsider who would have to be put up with in some way and quickly disappear from politics. Trump is now a veteran player. Not only does he have support within the party, he has completely transformed the party and holds full power. The Republican Party is a MAGA (Make America Great Again) party, and its leader is the undisputed Donald Trump.
His strong position is also underlined by the fact that Republicans hold majorities in both the House and Senate, giving them full power in Washington for at least the first two years, until the midterm elections. Additionally, conservative-minded justices have an advantage on the Supreme Court, with three of the nine justices on this most important American court appointed by Donald Trump.
And there's one other important change. Donald Trump already knows how the world of Washington politics works, and now he has set the rules of the game and surrounded himself with completely loyal people who do not question his decisions. will surround. They will implement them to the best of their ability.
And Donald Trump has a concrete plan of action for his first days and even minutes as president. The most important points are:
cancel everything you can
Donald Trump does not want continuity, but wants to undo Joe Biden's decision as soon as possible. First, it will address the easiest legislation to rescind, as it was introduced by Biden's executive order and allows President Trump to repeal it without help from Congress.
Items most at risk of immediate repeal include immigration, favorable provisions for undocumented immigrants, protections for the LGBTQ community, and suspension of the student loan forgiveness program.
millions of people deported
On his first day in office, Donald Trump announced a decision that will allow him to begin the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history.
– We must remove all illegal immigrants from our country. It's going to be difficult, but we have to do it, he told NBC News in his first television interview since the election.
If this announcement goes into effect, the Trump administration would have to deport millions of people from the United States. Deportation on this scale is a huge financial and logistical challenge, with costs reaching billions of dollars.
President Trump announced his support for the move, which under country law allows the military to intervene only in the event of an invasion of the United States. According to the president-elect, this is happening because the United States is full of illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump also threatened to end cooperation with countries that do not want to accept the migrants he sends back.
But President Trump has already learned that this is easier said than done. During his first term, he also announced a crackdown on illegal immigration, but his administration deported only about 1.5 million people between 2017 and 2021.
Barack Obama carried out mass deportations while in the White House. But now those close to Donald Trump are claiming that they have learned lessons from the past few years and already know how to effectively remove millions of people from America.
habit, habit, habit
– Tariff is the most beautiful word I know – Donald Trump has already said this many times and asserted that the policy of imposing high tariffs on imported products will be one of the main tools of his policy.
On his first day in office, he promised to impose a 25% tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico and add another 10%. For products from China.
If that happens, both Mexico and Ottawa would be forced to respond with similar tariffs on U.S. goods, a direct path to a trade war, as economists have warned. It warns of dire consequences for participants in the trade war.
Experts say President Donald Trump's imposition of high tariffs could deliver a shock to the U.S. economy not seen since the Great Depression and could trigger a recession in Canada.
The question is how far Donald Trump is willing to go simply by threatening tariffs to get concessions from other countries on economic issues, for example, and to what extent he is prepared for a full-scale economic conflict. The question is, is it true? Either way, the world will hear about tariffs a lot during Donald Trump's presidency, because he loves tariffs.
Pardon for those who stormed the Capitol
After losing the presidential election, Donald Trump was asked about his promise of pardons for those who took part in the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, saying, “It's going to take the first nine minutes of my presidency.'' ” he said.
– Many people have been convicted, imprisoned, and gone through hell. We need to help them, Donald Trump said during the campaign. Each defendant's case will be carefully investigated. He promises pardons to those who have not committed violence.
More than 1,500 people have been charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol. Donald Trump often described them as true patriots and warriors.
end the war
“It takes a phone call, 24 hours a day, to end the war in Ukraine,” Donald Trump argued before the election, adding that he could accomplish this before taking office. As of now, there is no indication that this promise will actually materialize by January 20th, nor will President Donald Trump have 24 hours to end the war that has been going on for almost three years after entering the Oval Office. There is no indication that it is needed.
For now, it is known that he does not like President Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to attack military targets on Russian territory with U.S. missiles.
“I am withdrawing this agreement,” President Donald Trump announced, at the same time that Ukraine would have to prepare far less aid if he takes office than the aid that flowed from Washington during the Joe Biden presidency. I admitted that it must be done.
President Donald Trump refused to answer a question about whether he had spoken to President Vladimir Putin recently. But he has already said that ending the war in Ukraine will be more difficult than resolving the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Drill, baby, drill – full speed ahead with oil and gas extraction
– On day one I will approve new drilling, new refineries, new pipelines, new power plants and eliminate red lines – says Donald Trump.
During the campaign, he constantly talked about increasing U.S. oil and gas production. He said this would not only lower gas station prices and therefore store prices (fighting inflation was one of Donald Trump's key campaign promises), but it would also boost the American economy.
The focus on oil and gas also signals a shift away from green energy, one of the Biden administration's priorities. For Joe Biden, climate change is an existential threat to humanity, but for Donald Trump it is an invention that affects economic development, and the left brings ideas that are crazy and, in his opinion, dangerous for the economy. The purpose is to make it possible.
For Intel: Magda Sakowska, Polsat News, Washington
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