As of the writing of this article, Trump has been in office for 45 days. This is a month and a half, and what a month it has been. He has taken extreme actions in his first 45 days, as he has previously mentioned he would. I do not have enough storage in this document to list everything he has done, so here I will highlight his first 10 days in office.
Jan. 20th- Day One:
On day one, President Donald Trump ordered a 60-day pause on approvals for all renewable energy development on public land. On day one, he granted clemency to everyone charged in connection with the White House attack on the sixth. On his first day, he violated the Constitution and ended birthright citizenship. He also withdrew our nation from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) On day one, he restored the death penalty. On a more comedic and honestly ironic note, he renamed the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America.” These are only some of the actions our new president took on his very first day in power.
Jan. 21st- Day Two:
On the second day, he announced a 100 billion dollar A.I. initiative. He also promised to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico. He then went on to direct the Federal Aviation Administration to halt D.E.I. (diversity equity inclusion) hiring practices, as well as ordering diversity efforts to be shut down and all D.E.I. staff to be placed on administrative leave.
Jan. 22nd- Day Three:
Ross Ulbricht, a man with a life sentence for the facilitation of distribution of illegal drugs on the black web, was federally pardoned on day three. On that third day, President Trump decided his focus for the day had shifted from anti-D.E.I. to dealing with the “immigrant crisis.” On that day, he canceled flights for immigrants to enter the country, accompanied by a message to send 1,500 troops to the southern border. On a similar note, Trump authorized ICE to raid places previously marked as “off-limits” such as courthouses, schools, hospitals, and places of worship. Expecting resistance, he also threatened to prosecute local and state officials who obstruct immigration enforcement.
Jan. 23- Day Four:
On day four, President Trump decided that California should not receive federal aid for the wildfires that raged through the state. On day four, he pledged to take the Panama Canal back, telling Sean Hannity, “We’re going to take it back.” On a complete topic switch, he required trans women to be in men’s prisons henceforth.
Jan. 24- Day Five:
The third gender option was ordered to be removed on day five, affecting passports and government issued identification. Trump also ended the government’s security protection for Dr. Fauci, the disease specialist who helped the nation through the pandemic. On this day, he also fired more than just security, laying off more than a dozen inspectors general, the watchdogs who keep an eye on federal entities and combat fraud and abuse within the government. This perturbed many, given that an abrupt firing of these officials left the government unwatched for the staffing interim.
Jan. 25- Day Six:
At a Vegas rally on day six, Trump suggested that we might rejoin the W.H.O, but “they would have to clean it up.” He also suggested relocating all Palestinians from Gaza to other countries in the Middle East, which was met with a rare unified defiant force from the Middle Eastern countries. He also insisted that Greenland would be acquired by the U.S.
Jan. 26- Day Seven:
Trump has been in office for a week. On day seven, almost 1,000 ICE arrests were made, making it “a good day” in the words of Tom Homan, a border officer in Chicago. Jordan has rejected Trump’s relocation proposal to move the Palestinians. In the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth follows along with Trump’s anti-D.E.I. orders, saying that D.E.I. initiatives were not welcome at the Pentagon.
Jan. 27- Day Eight:
On Day eight, Trump jokes about running for a third term and changing federal regulations to allow him to do so. He reinstated service members who were previously dismissed for not being vaccinated. On day eight, he also moved to push transgender people out of the military and ordered the development of a missile defense system like Israel’s.
Jan. 28- Day Nine:
On day nine, Trump decided to purge the federal agencies of people who did not align with his ideas. In this effort, he offered a deal: resign and be paid through the end of September. If the employee ignored the email or simply declined, they could be laid off anyway. Tens of thousands of workers took the deal. He continued restricting gender-affirming treatments to minors. He also revoked deportation protection for Venezuelans.
Jan. 29- Day Ten:
On day ten, he decreed that the U.S. would hold migrants at Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a military prison within the naval station. He also ordered agencies to end programs that recognize transgender people nationwide, as well as to withhold funding from public schools.
Overall, these are only some of the acts, orders, and laws that President Trump has made. Since January 29, he has only gone on to multiply his immigration, gender, and diplomatic affairs for our nation. The first 45 days of Trump’s presidency have been an emotional one for many, good and bad. This has spurred an immense amount of political conversation, especially in young groups, which I believe is a good thing.
