Donald Trump will take the oath of office on Monday (Image: Getty Images)
Donald Trump has vowed to “make heads spin” with a blitz of executive orders expected in the hours after he is sworn in as the 47th US president.
He could sign up to 200 directives as he rushes to enact his populist and nationalist agenda.
Tackling illegal immigration, increasing tariffs, climate rules and diversity policies are among those on his hitlist.
“I will act with historic speed and strength and fix every crisis facing our country,” Mr Trump told a rally of supporters in Washington on the eve of his inauguration.
Mr Trump and his team aim to immediately reset US policy and start fulfilling some of the huge promises of change he made to American voters during the campaign, when he vowed to reverse many of ’s actions.
The scale of what Mr Trump has planned could be unprecedented, with legal challenges expected.
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Migrants congregate on the banks of the Rio Grande at the US border with Mexico (Image: AP)
Immigration and the border
Deportations
Mr Trump has vowed to “launch the largest deportation program in American history”, starting from day one.
He is expected to declare a national border emergency and order the military to help secure the southern border with Mexico.
The incoming president has also said he will end a longtime policy that has kept federal immigration authorities from conducting raids on churches and schools.
Build the wall
When he was first elected president in 2016, he signed an executive order to build a border wall. Although parts of the wall have been built, there is still much left uncompleted. He might try to finish what he started.
Mexico
Mr Trump could quickly move to re-implement his “remain in Mexico” policy.
During his first term, the US returned about 70,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers across the border to Mexico to await hearings.
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Trade and economy
Tariffs
Mr Trump has vowed sweeping tariffs on imported goods as part of his promise to prioritise American manufacturing, something he did in his first term.
But this time he is promising 10% tariffs on all imports, 25% on Canadian and Mexican goods and 60% on items coming from China.
He has said he will begin signing executive orders, imposing these on day one.
Tariffs are likely to make consumer goods more expensive and could fuel inflation. Some countries are considering retaliatory tariffs.
Crypto pile
Mr Trump has championed cryptocurrency and his election saw the value of Bitcoin increase by 30%.
Some believe the incoming president wants to create a federal “Bitcoin stockpile” – a strategic reserve similar to the US’s stockpile of gold and oil – that he has said would serve as a “permanent national asset to benefit all Americans”.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Foreign policy
war
claimed during the campaign he would end the conflict on day one of his presidency. That is unlikely to happen but Ukrainian president has indicated in recent weeks he would be open to a deal with .
Cuba and Venezuela
He could use executive orders to undo Biden’s recent decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Mr Trump could also reinstate sanctions against Venezuela.
Diversity and gender
Mr Trump could go to war on “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) practices and has promised to dissolve them. Major corporations including Meta, Walmart and Amazon already have already rolled back related initiatives.
He could use an executive order to forbid federal funding going to schools or other institutions that have DEI programmes. He could also ban funding for schools that teach “critical race theory” (CRT).
Transgender women in sports
Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised what he calls “transgender lunacy” in schools and healthcare, and has specifically vowed to bar transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
TikTok
Mr Trump has promised to issue an executive order that would postpone a law banning Chinese-owned social media platform from being implemented.
He previously backed a ban, but recently reversed his stance, pointing to the billions of views he says his videos attracted on the platform during last year’s presidential campaign.
JFK moments before his assassination (Image: Getty)
Climate and energy
Mr Trump is likely to immediately scrap ‘s climate policies. The outgoing president sees the series of directives, laws and funding programmes he championed to boost green jobs, regulate pollution and fund infrastructure as one of his biggest accomplishments.
He is expected to use executive orders to remove drilling restrictions offshore and on federal land – fulfilling his promise to “drill baby drill” and increase US energy production and independence.
New wind projects will be banned and Mr Trump will also cancel electric vehicle mandates.
He may pull out of the Paris Agreement – a landmark international deal designed to limit rising global temperatures. He did the same within six months of taking office in 2017.
Capitol riot
Hundreds of people convicted after the 2021 US Capitol riots are awaiting potential pardons on Monday, when Mr Trump returns to office. “I am inclined to pardon many of them,” he has said.
More than 1,500 individuals were arrested in relation to the event. At least 600 were charged with assaulting or impeding federal officers.
Secret documents
At his inauguration-eve rally, Mr Trump said he would release classified documents related to the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963, a subject of countless conspiracy theories.
He said he would do the same for files related to the 1968 killings of Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.