We already can see that Donald Trump’s impending presidency will be a tumultuous one that could potentially put people of color and marginalized groups in danger of further persecution. Aside from attacks on the Haitian population and bias claims against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump has made a slew of promises for the first day he’s back in the Oval Office. Here are a list of those claims.
Trump has said he would immediately pardon Jan. 6 rioters on numerous occasions despite their attack on the U.S. Capitol. In an interview with Time magazine published last year, Trump said “I’ll be looking at J6 early on, maybe the first nine minutes.” More than 1,580 defendants were charged and more than 1,200 have been convicted in the Jan. 6 investigation. The charges ranged from seditious conspiracy to unlawful parading.
Trump wants to change a crucial part of the 14th amendment which gives anyone who is born in the U.S. automatic citizenship. Of course, this will definitely lead to an array of legal battles.
Trump has consistently vowed to deport undocumented migrants. Just days before the election, Trump said at a campaign rally in NYC: “On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out.”
After winning the presidential election in November, Trump insisted that he would sign an executive order to implement a 25 percent tariff on products imported from Mexico and Canada. These are two of this country’s most significant trading partners.
“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” Trump wrote in a post on his social media site Truth Social.
One of Trump’s most ridiculous promises was that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of his presidency.
“That is a war that’s dying to be settled. I will get it settled before I even become president,” Trump said during a September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. “I know [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy very well, and I know [Russian President Vladimir] Putin very well.”
Trump has been unrelenting in his commitment to increase oil drilling in the U.S. Trump has regularly stated that increasing U.S. oil production would significantly reduce energy costs.
Trump has constantly referred to transgender women as men and told his followers that he will make sure that transgender women cannot compete in women’s sports. He also promised to sign an executive order on his first day in office to reduce federal funding for schools that push “transgender insanity.”
Trump has spoken out against gender-affirming care, which sometimes includes hormone therapy. He said he will revoke the Biden administration’s policies that provided resources and guidance about care options.
Trump has pushed for a future in which the automobile will be made in America. He wants the auto industry to be “fueled by American energy,” “sourced by American suppliers” and built by American workers. Trump said that will happen his first day in office.
Back in 2021, Biden signed an order that focused on 50 percent of new cars and trucks sold by 2030 to be zero-emission. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized emission limits, and electric vehicles were expected to help meet the goals. California has a law requiring that all new car sales in the state be zero-emission with the next decade.
Trump has referred to this as “electric vehicle mandates” and said he would cancel it as soon as he assumed office.
Trump has said on his first day in office he will “terminate every open-borders policy of the Biden administration.” This means he plans on restoring all of his first term’s stringent border policies.
Trump has been an infamous adversary of America’s diversity efforts. He has vowed to divest federal money to schools that encourage “critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto the shoulders of our children.” Trump also vowed to cut money to any schools that have vaccine or mask mandates.
Trump has promised to end inflation, though he never outlined a plan for it. “I will instruct my cabinet that I expect results within the first 100 days, or much sooner than that,” Trump said in 2024.
