The shock program promised by Donald Trump upon his inauguration

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(Washington) Immigration, transgender rights, the environment, international trade, Ukraine… Donald Trump has promised, upon his return to the White House, a slew of measures, which will often be taken by decree.

Radical decisions that will immediately test its institutional room for maneuver. An overview of promises that are sometimes vague, but always spectacular.

Immigration

As soon as I am sworn in, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history,” the Republican assured during his campaign.

The president-elect also wants to end birthright citizenship, which he considers “ridiculous,” from day one. According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump will declare a state of emergency on the border with Mexico on Monday.

An estimated 11 million people are living illegally in the United States.

The U.S. president can make some decisions immediately by executive order — experts expect him to kill an app used by asylum seekers, or a program specifically designed for migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

But its power has limits. The right of birth is guaranteed by the Constitution, for example, and any expulsion program could run into legal challenges.

Customs taxes

On January 20th, as one of my many first executive orders, I will sign all necessary documents to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on ALL products entering the United States,” Donald Trump announced at the end of November.

Is this threat of a trade war with neighboring countries, to which Washington is linked by a free trade agreement, realistic or is it a bluff before negotiating, just like the repeated provocations about an annexation of Canada?

Donald Trump justifies this project as a retaliatory measure for the entry into the United States of drugs and illegal immigrants.

The president-elect also threatened his great Chinese rival with a 10% increase in customs duties, in addition to those on certain products already imposed during his first term.

Pardon those convicted on January 6?

On January 6, 2021, a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, and nearly 1,270 people were convicted.

He has long said he might decide to pardon some, and at a rally on Sunday, Donald Trump assured his supporters that they would be “very happy” with the decision he makes on the matter on Monday.

Wars and diplomacy

Before the agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced Wednesday, the president-elect had said that the Palestinian Islamist movement would live in “hell” if it did not free the hostages held in Gaza. He also promised unwavering support for Israel in a conflict that has lasted for 15 months.

But he did not specify what exactly he meant by that.

Donald Trump also wants to end the war in Ukraine, triggered in February 2022 by the Russian invasion, according to a timetable that fluctuates. After talking about ending hostilities in 24 hours, he more recently mentioned a six-month horizon.

Climate

Drill baby, drill”: the oil drilling slogan has been repeated ad nauseam by Donald Trump, a climate skeptic who wants to boost the extraction of fossil fuels from January 20.

For example, he assured that he would “immediately” cancel a recent decision by Joe Biden to broadly ban offshore oil and gas exploitation. It is not certain that he could do so without going through Congress.

The Republican has also expressed strong opposition to electric vehicles, despite his alliance with Tesla boss Elon Musk.

Transgender and anti-racism

With the stroke of a pen, from day one, we will put an end to transgender madness,” the president-elect recently assured, promising to “exclude transgender people” from the military and schools.

He repeated on Sunday that he wanted to put an end to the “woke” ideologies of the radical left.”