Day 1 Dictator

Mass deportations. Pardoning Jan. 6 rioters. Banning trans athletes from sports. President-elect Donald Trump has said he would not be a dictator “except for Day 1” of his presidency, when he plans to act swiftly on those proposals and several other major campaign promises he made to voters during the election.

• One of Trump’s most extreme campaign promises was to carry out “the largest mass deportation program” in the country’s history beginning on Day 1 of his presidency.
• Trump has said he would issue an executive order to reverse President Joe Biden’s climate policies and would push for a steep increase in oil and gas drilling on his first day as president.
• Trump made several promises to crack down on transgender rights upon his return to office. He said he would cut federal funding for schools that teach “critical race theory” and what he called “transgender insanity.”
• Trump has said that one of his first acts in the White House would be to pardon those convicted in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He has called the insurrection “a day of love” and cast the rioters as “patriots” who were “horribly and unfairly treated.”
• Trump has vowed to sign an executive order imposing steep tariffs on goods from some of the U.S.’ largest trading partners on the first day of his presidency. He threatened to charge a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico as punishment for what he called the “open borders” through which people are “bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before.” During his campaign, Trump promised to impose a 60% tariff on goods from China.