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Lord, we pray for President-elect Trump as he prepares to take office. We ask You to give him wisdom and courage so that he can accomplish Your will as soon as he returns to the White House. Most of all, we pray that He would be focused on You.
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Trump has promised a great many things for the first few days of his new administration. What could his first week back in office look like?

From POLITICO. If President-elect Donald Trump lives up to his promises, he is going to have a prolific first week in office come January. …

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POLITICO compiled a list of the biggest promises Trump made on the campaign trail or since winning the election to provide a snapshot of what his first week in office might look like:

Education

Repeatedly:Ā Trump promised to sign a new executive order on Day One that would cut federal funding to any school ā€œpushing critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto our children.ā€

May 10, 2024:Ā TrumpĀ said on the conservative radio show ā€œKayal and Companyā€ that he would end Title IX discrimination protections for transgender students on Day One. …

Energy & Climate

Aug. 29, 2024:Ā TrumpĀ promised during a speech in MichiganĀ to ā€œdeclare a national emergency to allow us to dramatically increase energy productionā€ in an effort to reduce energy costs. He said that starting on Day One, he will ā€œapprove new drilling, new pipelines, new refineries, new power plants, new reactors and we will slash the red tape.ā€

July 20, 2023:Ā InĀ a campaign video, Trump promised to ā€œterminate these Green New Deal atrocitiesā€ on his first day in office, referring to the climate law theĀ Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed into law in 2022.

Oct. 22, 2024:Ā TrumpĀ promised during a campaign event in North Carolina to end the Biden administration’s ā€œelectric vehicle mandate.ā€ …

Foreign Policy

May 11, 2023:Ā Trump said he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine ā€œin 24 hoursā€Ā during a CNN town hall.

Health Care

Feb. 1, 2023:Ā In a campaign video, Trump promised to revoke Biden’s ā€œcruelā€ gender-affirming care policies. …

Immigration

May 30, 2023:Ā In a campaign video, Trump said he plans to sign an executive order on his first day as president to end automatic citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States. …

Nov. 8, 2023:Ā AtĀ a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida, Trump said he plans to ā€œrestore the Trump travel ban on entry from terror-plagued countries,ā€ a policy from his first administration that blocked entry from seven Muslim-majority countries, on his first day in office.

Repeatedly:Ā Trump promised to implement mass deportations of undocumented immigrants on ā€œDay Oneā€ of his second term. …

Labor

March 21, 2023: As part of his pledge to ā€œdismantle the deep state,ā€ Trump promisedĀ in a campaign videoĀ to reissue hisĀ 2020 executive orderĀ on Day One that would remove job protections for thousands of federal workers by redesignating their roles from policy positions to a ā€œSchedule Fā€ category — making them political appointees who could be fired by the president.

Legal/Department of Justice

Repeatedly: Trump has promised to pardon some Jan. 6 rioters charged with storming the U.S. Capitol ā€œif they’re innocentā€ on ā€œthe first dayā€ he returns to office. …

Technology

Dec. 15, 2022:Ā In aĀ campaign video, Trump promised to issue an executive order ā€œwithin hours of my inaugurationā€ to ā€œshatter the left-wing censorship regime and reclaim the right of free speech for all Americans.ā€ The EO would ban federal departments and agencies from working with any group limiting speech, ban federal money for being used for labeling any speech as mis- or disinformation and fire any federal employees ā€œengaged in domestic censorship.ā€

Trade

Feb. 4, 2024:Ā InĀ an interview on Fox’s ā€œSunday Morning Futures,ā€ Trump promised to impose between a 10 and 20 percent blanket tariff on all $3 trillion worth of U.S. goods imports and at least a 60 percent tariff on all Chinese goods.

Nov. 25, 2024: Trump promised inĀ a Truth Social post to implement 25 percent tariffs on Day One on all goods from Canada and Mexico until they clamp down on drugs and migrants crossing the border. …

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(Excerpt from POLITICO. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo)

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