Donald Trump signed a record number of executive orders, just hours after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, to the cheers of a large crowd. He later continued to sign additional orders at the White House.
Immediately following his inauguration, Trump delivered his inaugural address, in which he outlined several sweeping executive actions to be taken on his first day. After the presidential parade, he gave another speech in which he signed nearly 80 orders aimed at reversing actions taken by the Biden administration. Before the signing, Trump said, “We will be signing the first executive orders to undo nearly 80 destructive and radical actions of the previous administration.”
Full list of executive orders signed by Trump:
- Rescinding 78 executive actions, orders, memoranda, and directives of the Biden administration.
- Enacting a regulatory freeze to prevent new regulations until the administration is fully under control.
- Halting all federal hiring except for the military and certain other categories until the administration’s goals are clarified.
- Requiring federal employees to return to full-time, in-person work.
- Directing federal agencies to address the ongoing subsistence crisis.
- Withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and inform the United Nations about the decision.
- Directing the restoration of free speech and preventing future government censorship.
- Ending the weaponization of government agencies against political opponents.
