Donald Trump's day-one US presidency agenda: immigration, pardons and more
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US President-elect Donald Trump has promised to implement drastic and swift reforms when he steps into the Oval Office later this month. At a glance, his to-do list includes starting up the mass deportation of migrants; rolling back Joe Biden administration policies on education; and reshaping the federal government by firing potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him.
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Mr Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1,” according to the Associated Press. Here are some key issues he will prioritise when he starts his second term in office — and when this begins. Mr Trump reiterated his pledges to pardon his followers who took part in the attack on the United States (US) Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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He said a “very nasty system” had been applied to convicted Capitol attackers. Mr Trump, who was found guilty in May by New York state authorities of fraudulently fabricating business documents to hide hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, claimed to “know the system”.
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Mr Trump, 78, claimed “they had no choice” in response to a question concerning why the Capitol assailants attacked police officers. Additionally, he asserted that many assailants were coerced into entering guilty pleas. US prosecutors have dropped two criminal cases against the president-elect, relating to alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents.
