Trump Issues a Series of Presidential Actions on Day 1

TIME

President Trump on Monday issued a barrage of executive orders, kicking off his presidency with a muscular use of power intended to signal a sharp reversal from existing policies on issues including immigration, the environment and diversity initiatives.

Transcript

00:00First, we have a list of pardons and commutations relating to events that occurred on January 6th,

00:052021. I think this order will apply to approximately 1,500 people.

00:13So this is January 6th. These are the hostages. Approximately 1,500 for a pardon. Yes. Full

00:22pardon. Full pardon or commutation? Full pardon. We have about six commutations in there

00:33where we're doing further research. Nice to see you again.

00:44So this is a big one.

00:45Anything you want to explain about this? We hope they come out tonight, frankly.

00:55This is a proclamation guaranteeing the state's protection against invasion based on the current

01:00crisis at the southern border. It invokes various executive powers relating to the

01:04ongoing invasion at the southern border. Sir, this is an executive order realigning

01:14the United States refugee admission program to better align with American principles and

01:19American interests. This next executive order is about protecting America from foreign terrorists

01:29and other national security and public safety threats. Again, crisis at the border,

01:34but it goes beyond that and it implicates other executive powers as well.

01:44President Trump, the cartels are now going to be seen as foreign terror organizations.

01:51What do you think about ordering U.S. special forces into Mexico to take them out?

01:56Could happen. Stranger things have happened.

02:01Can we expect ICE raids in major cities?

02:04I don't want to say when, but it's going to happen. Has to happen or we're not going to

02:09have a country left. This is actually an executive order designating the cartels

02:13and other organizations to be foreign terrorist organizations.

02:17That's a big one. Yes, sir.

02:22People have wanted to do this for years.

02:27So they are now designated as terrorist organizations, foreign, and Mexico probably

02:35doesn't want that, but we have to do what's right. So we paid $500 million to World Health

02:43when I was here and I terminated it. China with 1.4 billion people. We have 350. We have,

02:51nobody knows what we have because so many people came in illegally, but let's say we have 325.

02:58They had 1.4 billion. They were paying 39 million. We were paying 500 million.

03:05It seemed a little unfair to me, so that wasn't a reason, but I dropped out.

03:10They offered me to come back for 39 million. In theory, it should be less than that, but you know.

03:17And when Biden came back, they came back for 500 million. He knew that you could have come back

03:24for 39 million. They wanted us back so badly. So we'll see what happens.

03:28It's pretty sad though. Think of it. China pays 39 million and we pay 500 million

03:37and China's a bigger country.

03:45Sure, I do, but not when you're being ripped off like we are by the World Health.

Category

Transcript

Recommended