Almost three weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump has already signed a slew of executive orders, breaking the 40-year record for the most signed within 100 days.
All in all, Trump has signed over 50 executive orders. Here’s everything that he has already made official in the order in which they were signed.
- America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State: This executive order directs the Secretary of State to adopt an “America First” policy when dealing with foreign affairs as part of the State Department’s work.
- Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok: The executive order temporarily paused the banning of TikTok for 75 days.
- Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States: Mandates that it’s American policy to protect borders, ordering the defense secretary to come up with a plan on sealing the border and putting a stop to “unlawful mass migration.”
- Declaring a National Energy Emergency: This executive order declares that there’s a national energy emergency and fast tracks energy plans.
- Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government: Dictates that there are only two sexes, male and female, to erase those that identify as non-binary. Disallows the usage of the term “gender” and ensures that every government-issued document reflects the person’s “accurate sex.” Also ended federal funding for programs that “promote gender ideology.” The executive order is also an attack on transgender Americans as it seeks to bar federal funds from being used on “gender transition health care” in prisons. Bathrooms must now only be designated by sex and not gender identity.
- Designating Cartels and Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists: Mandates that Cabinet secretaries create a list of cartels for their potential labeling as terrorist organizations.
- Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing: This executive order launched a massive attack on DEI programs, upending federal agencies, as it eliminated all DEI positions as well. Members of agencies were mandated to report those who were hired in DEI positions. DEI policies were eliminated as well.
- Ending The Weaponization of the Federal Government: Demands that the attorney general and other agencies launch an investigation into previous civil or criminal enforcement activities made by the Biden administration to see if it was done to “punish political opponents.” “Remedial actions” must be taken if so.
- Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency: Transforms the United States Digital Service into the U.S. DOGE Service to “modernize” government technology and software for increased efficiency. The department’s name draws roots from a meme and is led by Elon Musk. Musk has been in the news for a variety of controversies, including feeding federal data into AI.
- Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information: Removes access to security clearances of 51 previous intelligence officers who signed a letter that claimed that allegations surrounding Hunter Biden stemmed from Russia. A report and other “disciplinary actions” will be generated.
- Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions: Revokes a number of executive orders made by the Biden administration, repealing orders related to COVID, protecting people in the LGBTQ+ community, racial and gender equality, reuniting migrant families, as well as climate change. The order also repealed oil and gas leases and took away Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terror.
- Protecting the American People Against Invasion: Demands the creation of Homeland Security Task Forces in all of the U.S. states.
- Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship: Removes birthright citizenship for children born to two parents who don’t have lawful permanent residence or citizenship in the U.S. A court order temporarily blocked the executive order, using the Constitution 14th amendment to argue that birthright citizenship is a guaranteed right for everyone.
- Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats: Requires foreign nationals to be screened, demanding that agencies submit a report if there are concerns to bar entities from specific countries. The executive order also demands a review of the nationals let in by the Biden administration and a policy plan for evaluating visa programs.
- Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements: Officially withdraws the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, a treaty that curbs greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change.
- Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program: This executive order puts a stop to refugee resettlement in the U.S. Both the Homeland Security secretary and the secretary of State need to report to Trump on whether the resettlement should continue.
- Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid: This executive order puts a 90-day pause on “foreign development assistance,” also calling for a full-scale review.
- Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service: Changes the federal hiring process to prevent hiring anyone based on “race, sex or religion” and those “unwilling to defend the Constitution.” It also decreases hiring time and provides better communication during the hiring process.
- Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce: Brings back the “Schedule F” policy from Trump’s first term, converting civil servants to political candidates and appointees. The civil servants are required to “faithfully implement administration policies.” The Office of Personnel Management must identify other positions that can be reserved for Schedule F candidates.
- Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship: Instills a ban on government censorship of Americans, calling for an investigation on the Biden administration’s alleged censorship of Americans. The Supreme Court already threw out a claim that Biden coerced social media sites to remove content.
