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Today, shortly after taking office as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a record number of executive orders, including withdrawing the country from the World Health Organization. The executive orders cover a wide range of topics, from requiring federal employees to return to full-time employment to revoking first-born citizenship to the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. Donald Trump signed an order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, claiming the United States was unfairly paying more than China to fund the UN health agency. President Trump signed an executive order requiring federal employees to return to work full-time. During the coronavirus pandemic, work from home grants have become widespread to prevent the spread of the virus. The president immediately withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement, repeating actions he had taken in his first term.
President Trump is delivering results from Day One—and he’s just getting started!
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 21, 2025
42 Executive Orders, Memoranda, & Proclamations
115 Personnel Actions
Over 200 Executive Actions
60 Minutes of Press Q&A
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President Trump announced tough new immigration and asylum restrictions in the United States, sent troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and promised to abolish birthright. DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER The President signed a pardon for 1,500 supporters involved in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters seeking to overturn the 2020 election. President Trump has repealed various executive orders that promoted diversity and LGBTQ equality programs. He said that from now on the US government would only recognize “two genders”: men and women. President Trump also signed an executive order declaring the country a "national energy emergency" with the goal of significantly expanding domestic drilling activities and eventually becoming a global energy exporter. The president floated the idea of a partnership with the Chinese owners of the TikTok app and ordered a 75-day moratorium on implementing a law that effectively bans TikTok. President Trump has lifted sanctions against Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank accused of mistreatment of Palestinians, an unprecedented move by former President Joe Biden's administration. By changing Biden's recent action, Trump removed Cuba from the blacklist of countries that support terrorism.
