Donald Trump promises flurry of executive orders on first day back in White House

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On the campaign trail, Trump pledged mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States and said at the rally that would be one focus of the blizzard of presidential paperwork.

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00:00Donald Trump has said he will sign a string of executive orders on his first day as president

00:06to set our country on the proper course.

00:09Speaking to supporters at a MAGA victory rally in Washington, D.C., Trump pledged to act

00:14with historic speed to fix what he sees as a raft of problems.

00:19On the campaign trail, Trump promised mass deportations of illegal immigrants in the

00:23United States and said at the rally that would be one focus of his executive orders.

00:28Thank you, Steve.

00:29You're going to see something tomorrow.

00:30You're going to see executive orders that are going to make you extremely happy, lots

00:34of them, lots of them.

00:40We have to set our country on the proper course.

00:44By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have come

00:50to a halt and all the illegal border trespassers will in some form or another be on their

00:59way back home.

01:01Trump also said he'd sign an executive order delaying a TikTok ban so that we can make

01:05a deal to protect our national security.

01:09The popular video streaming app went dark late on Saturday after the Supreme Court upheld

01:13a ban on national security grounds.

01:16But hours later, it returned after Trump's executive order pledge.

01:21Trump also took a swipe at outgoing President Joe Biden, criticizing his time in office

01:25as a failed administration.

01:28He took credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal, which took effect on Sunday morning, bringing

01:32a pause to 15 months of devastating fighting in the Gaza Strip.

01:37The first group of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released the same day.

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