Trump signs record number of executive Orders on day 1 of 2nd term

US President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders on day one of his second term in office. He signed a record number of executive orders last night. Outlining the orders, President Trump said his topmost priority is to declare a national emergency along the US southern border with Mexico. He said, all illegal entry will immediately be halted and will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. 

The US President said he would order the deployment of troops along the border immediately. Mr Trump also said his day-one orders include curbing immigration, boosting fossil fuel production, and rolling back environmental regulations, namely the 2021 Paris Climate Accord. 

The first executive order he signed was for ending work from home for federal employees. Speaking about fossil fuel production, he said his first-day actions would ensure declaration of a national energy emergency thereby lifting



all restrictions on mining, allowing for crude oil production. Mr Trump said, America will be a manufacturing nation once again and will use oil and gas. Another significant order that he signed was to “restore freedom of speech and end federal censorship.” This comes after Trump and his allies have accused Joe Biden and his administration of suppressing free speech on online platforms. 

Donald Trump also said his day-one orders will begin the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. It will also outline a new US policy under which the United States will recognise and be home only to two genders – male and female. America, he said, will also end the new Green Policy of EVs (electric vehicles) with the signing of the orders. Among other orders, President Trump used his special powers to pardon hundreds of people, including those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riots after Mr Trump lost the last election to Joe Biden.