Policy recognising only ‘two genders’

‘Two genders’ will be the official policy, according to an edict signed by the president.

The policy reads: “Agencies will cease pretending that men can be women and women can be men when enforcing laws that protect against sex discrimination.”

“These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.”

Along with “defending women from gender ideology extremism,” the order will also terminate “wasteful” government initiatives that support diversity and inclusivity.

Free speech

The president accused the previous administration of ‘trampling free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech’ and vowed to restore freedom of speech.

According to the order, it would “end censorship of protected speech” and “ensure that no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.”

Leaving the World Health Organisation

The president declared that the US would no longer be “ripped off” by the organization, accusing it of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic.

While signing a document to have the US leave the health agency, Trump said: “World Health ripped us off, everybody rips off the United States. It’s not going to happen anymore.”

TikTok ban

As anticipated, Trump issued an executive order halting the US’s ban on the well-known app to give time for a “suitable course forward.”

“I guess I have a warm spot for TikTok that I didn’t have originally,” he said.

January 6 pardons

Following Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election, there was an uprising in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, which led to several Trump supporters being arrested.

And as expected, the president has not slowed down in pardoning criminals; according to Trump, he has pardoned approximately 1,500 people and granted six commutations.

Immigration

Since declaring illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border a national emergency, Trump has issued a number of immigration-related policies on his first day back in the White House.

Trump plans to send US troops to assist immigration agents and restrict refugees, and he has already begun to reverse a number of immigration orders from the Biden administration.

Additionally, the president has started the process of denying citizenship to children of illegal immigrants in the United States.

When he was inaugurated, he stated: “All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”

Restoring the death penalty

Calling capital punishment a ‘essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes’, Trump signed an order which will ensure states have enough lethal injection drugs for executions.

“The Attorney General shall pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use,” the decree states.

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico

Trump now has the authority to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, as he promised at a press conference earlier this month.

“President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American Civilization,” the executive order said.

Its worldwide naming will remain same notwithstanding the order.

Energy policy

Trump signed the order in the midst of what he calls a “national energy emergency,” vowing to “unleash American energy” and export US energy worldwide.

“America is blessed with an abundance of energy and natural resources that have historically powered our nation’s economic prosperity. In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens,” the order states.

As Trump said that America “will be a rich nation again,” the decree will also overturn Biden’s drilling prohibition in Alaska.

Cost of living

Trump pledged in the order to provide Americans with “emergency price relief” in order to reduce housing costs and supply while generating “employment opportunities for American workers.”

Trump will also “get rid of damaging,” coercive “climate” policies that drive up the “price of fuel and food.”

Drug cartels

Drug cartels will now be categorized as terrorist organizations, according to Trump.

“International cartels constitute a national-security threat beyond that posed by traditional organised crime,” the orders says.

Federal workers

The classification of federal employees as political hires would theoretically make it easier to fire them.

In order to shrink the size of the federal government, Trump also announced a federal hiring freeze.