President Trump took office on Monday, marking the beginning of a new era in Washington.
The changing of the guard was, perhaps, marked most significantly by sweeping new executive actions that will have far-reaching consequences on swaths of the electorate.
Here’s a look at Trump’s moves on his first day in office, broken down by the numbers.
26 executive orders
Trump issued a flurry of executive orders on issues ranging from immigration to gender to TikTok.
On immigration and citizenship issues, Trump signed executive orders ending birthright citizenship, pausing refugee admissions, designating certain cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and calling for increased vetting and screening of migrants entering the U.S.
Trump also issued an executive order recognizing only two sexes, male and female, and he issued an executive order ending DEI programs in the federal government.
He issued an executive order “restoring the death penalty” and recognizing it as the “only proper punishment for the vilest crimes.”
Trump also ordered his attorney general not to enforce the TikTok ban for 75 days “to permit my Administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action with respect to TikTok.”
Trump issued an executive order “restoring” free speech and “ending federal censorship” and another one “ending the weaponization of the federal government.” He also issued an executive order establishing his inaugural “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE).
Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) and another executive order beginning the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
12 memos
Trump issued several memoranda, including one that established an “America First Trade Policy” and another that established a regulatory freeze “pending review.”
Trump also published a memo requiring that all government employees return to work in person on a full-time basis, and another instituting a hiring freeze for non-military government positions.
Trump also issued a memo pausing offshore wind projects and another to route water from parts of California to other parts of the state “for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply.”
4 proclamations
Trump issued four official proclamations on Monday, beginning with the pardons and sentence commutations for roughly 1,500 defendants charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. There have been 1,583 total defendants charged.
Trump also commuted the sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who were charged with plotting to forcibly halt the peaceful transfer of power in 2020 to time served. However, former Proud Boys national chair Enrique Tarrio — who is serving a 22-year prison term, the longest handed down in connection with the attack — received a pardon.
Trump’s second proclamation declared the situation at the southern border “an invasion,” and the third declared a national emergency at the southern border.
Trump’s fourth proclamation ordered that the American flag be flown at full-staff throughout the country “on this and all future Inauguration Days.” At the end of the day, according to the proclamation, the flag was ordered to be returned to half-staff, as previously designated in recognition of the late President Carter.
78 Biden executive actions withdrawn
Trump, in his first executive order, revoked dozens of Biden-era actions, including one that allowed members of the transgender community to serve in the military.
The Biden order, also called “Enabling All Qualified Americans To Serve Their Country in Uniform,” had revoked a 2018 ban on transgender members from serving in the military that was implemented in Trump’s first term.
Trump revoked several other Biden executive orders that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the federal government and even reversed some orders that sought to prevent discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
Many of the Biden executive orders that Trump rescinded addressed efforts to tackle climate change. He also rescinded a Biden-era executive order that sought to strengthen protections for Medicaid and make it more difficult to institute work requirements.
Trump also put Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, reversing Biden’s decision to remove Cuba from the list.
