The day after President Trump was sworn into office, his administration has already begun turning this country around and reversing Biden’s disastrous policies.

On Monday, within hours of taking office, President Trump signed 42 Executive Orders, Memoranda, and Proclamations, 115 personnel actions, and over 200 executive actions, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

BY THE NUMBERS: President Trump’s HISTORIC first day:

-42 Executive Orders/Memoranda/Proclamations
-115 personnel actions
-More than 200 executive actions
-60 minutes of press Q&A
-3 historic speeches… with more to come at tonight’s balls!

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 21, 2025

This includes several actions on border policy, including designating the Cartels as foreign terrorists and revoking several Biden EOs on the border, which allowed unchecked illegal immigration. Now, on day two of his second term, Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, has announced that the mass deportation efforts and illegal alien raids are underway “effective today.”

The Gateway Pundit reported on Sunday that Tom Homan said the immigration raids on sanctuary cities, including Chicago and New York, may be placed on pause after details about the plan were leaked to the media.

Border Czar Tom Homan Says Raids on Sanctuary Cities to Deport Illegals May be Paused After Plan Was Leaked

This comes after it was reported last week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was preparing to launch a “big f–king operation” in sanctuary cities on Tuesday — just one day after Trump’s inauguration.

Homan later seemed to confirm the reports but also said that leaks put law enforcement officers at "great risk" and that ICE will "make a decision based on this leak."

However, he came out on Tuesday, telling Fox's John Roberts that despite

WATCH:

Roberts: Based on your initial schedule, today, roundups of criminal illegal aliens in the process of deporting them would begin. That seems to have been put on hold for a little while. When can we expect that to happen? Where will it begin?

Homan: No, it’s started ICE teams are out there as of today. We gave them the direction to prioritize public safety threats that we're looking for, so we've been working on the target list. There was some discussion about Chicago because a operational plan was released, so we got to look at and reevaluate, does this raise officer safety concerns? And it does, but we've addressed that, and teams are out there effective today.

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Just hours after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump wasted no time in making good on the promises that defined his campaign.

With a series of bold Executive Orders and policy directives, President Trump has demonstrated his commitment to revitalizing American energy, securing the border, restoring common sense, and putting America First.

On his inaugural day, President Trump signed 42 Executive Orders, Memoranda, and Proclamations. He also implemented 115 personnel actions, took over 200 executive actions, and spent 60 minutes in a press Q&A session.

The transition team has released detailed accounts of Trump’s commitments and their fulfillment:

Promises made, promises kept.

Unleashing American Energy

• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency to expedite domestic production on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderdeclaring a national energy emergency, unlocking America’s full energy potential.
• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to rescind every one of Joe Biden’s industry-killing, pro-China, and anti-American energy regulations.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing all Federal agencies to suspend, revise, or rescind all Federal policies that restrict American energy production.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to terminate the Biden administration’s electric-vehicle mandate on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderterminating the previous administration’s harmful electric vehicle mandate.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska for energy development on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderreversing burdensome regulations that impeded Alaska’s ability to develop its vast natural resources.
• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to reduce energy costs by 50% within a year to ease financial burdens on American families, starting on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash American energy production in order to bring costs down for American families.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to withdraw the United States from the disastrous Paris Climate Accord that unfairly ripped off our country.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, for the second time, President Trump has signed an Executive Order withdrawing the United States from the Paris agreement.
• Promise Made: President Trump pledged to scrap offshore wind projects on Day One of his presidency.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum pausing all new and renewed federal leasing and permitting for both onshore and offshore wind projects.

Securing America’s Borders

• Promise Made: President Trump promised to take bold and decisive action to immediately seal the border on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency at the southern border to allow the government to gain operational control of the border, combat the cartels, and secure our nation.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to terminate every open-border policy enacted by the Biden administration on his very first day back in the White House.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order revoking the disastrous Biden Executive Orders and policies that collapsed our border and flooded millions of illegal aliens into our country.
• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to immediately launch the largest deportation operation of criminals in American history.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring Homeland Security officials to deport aliens with orders of removal and prioritizing the prosecution of immigration criminal offenses.
• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to restore the travel ban and keep the terrorists out of our country on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance federal vetting and screening of aliens, requiring officials to identify which countries are not cooperating with United States officials in providing basic information on individuals seeking to enter the United States.
• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to suspend refugee admissions on Day One to prioritize American public safety.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order pausing the operation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States when such entry is not in the national interest.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to close loopholes in immigration laws on Day One, ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens and outlawing “birth tourism.”
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting recognizing as United States citizens, children who are born while in the United States to foreign national parents who are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to stop all migrant flights used for relocating illegal aliens and shut down all entries through the CBP One app on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump shut down the CBP One App.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to end catch-and-release policies abused by the Biden administration on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to end catch-and-release programs.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to restore the successful “Remain in Mexico” program on Day One to manage asylum claims effectively.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to resume the successful Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, also known as “Remain in Mexico.”
• Promise Made: President Trump pledged to immediately restartconstruction of the border wall.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderdirecting the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to finish construction of a physical barrier along the southern border.

• Promise Made: President Trump promised to immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order designating international cartels and transnational gangs Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the invasion of illegal aliens.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.

Draining The Swamp, Targeting Government Corruption

• Promise Made: President Trump promised to order Federal workers to get back to the office in person or be terminated from their job immediately.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering agencies to take all necessary steps to terminate remote work.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to create a Department of Government Efficiency to slash government waste.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing and implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to oversee a substantial reduction in the size and scope of government.
• Promise Made: President Trump pledged to return the Federal government to a merit-based system.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderreforming the Federal hiring process to restore merit to government service and re-prioritize skills, experience, and patriotism, not commitment to radical ideologies.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to make it easier to fire corrupt or incompetent bureaucrats – a cumbersome process that currently takes years.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order instilling accountability for failing career bureaucrats to better address misconduct or poor performance.
• Promise Made: President Trump vowed to clean out the deep state on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to create a new category of federal hires for career employees in policy-influencing positions, making it easier to remove rogue bureaucrats without length delays and red tape.
• Promise Made: President Trump pledged to end the weaponization of government against the American people.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to bring a swift end to the weaponization of the federal government.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to sign an Executive Order within hours of his inauguration banning any Federal department or agency from seeking to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to restore freedom of speech and end government-sponsored censorship, rectifying years of government abuse.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to undo numerous Biden executive actions on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding a record 78 executive actions signed by the Biden-Harris administration — including eliminating radical DEI ideology, open border policies, and climate extremism from our federal government.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” in American history if reelected.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum to the heads of all executive departments and agencies ordering an immediate halt to the publication of regulations.

Restoring American Greatness

• Promise Made: President Trump promised to start his second term by putting America First again.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Policy Directivedeclaring that the United States’ foreign policy must always put the interests of America and its citizens first.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to stop the reckless foreign aid spending, emphasizing the need to prioritize America’s interests.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to realign U.S. foreign aid to match American values.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to once again put America First when it comes to trade.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum reviving his America First trade agenda.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and to bring back the name Mount McKinley.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order reinstating the name Mount McKinley and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to get economic relief to American citizens starting on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to deliver emergency price relief for American families by ordering all Federal agencies to eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses, counterproductive requirements, and harmful climate policies that are driving up costs.

Bringing Back Common Sense

• Promise Made: President Trump pledged to bring back the death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderrestoring the death penalty.
• Promise Made: President Trump promised to make the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female, on Day One.
• PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderrequiring the Federal government to recognize the biological reality of two sexes — male and female.

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In a final act of blatant disregard for justice, outgoing President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shielding him from any future prosecution related to his mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fauci, who has been widely criticized for his inconsistent guidance, misleading statements, coverup, and involvement in controversial research funding, now escapes accountability thanks to Biden’s unprecedented use of executive clemency.

“For more than half a century, Dr. Fauci served our country. He saved countless lives by managing the government’s response to pressing health crises, including HIV/AIDS, as well as the Ebola and Zika viruses. During his tenure as my Chief Medical Advisor, he helped the country tackle a once-in-a-century pandemic. The United States is safer and healthier because of him,” Biden wrote.

Recall that in the 1980s, during the height of the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Fauci told Americans that children could catch AIDS from casual contact.

Fauci also withheld successful treatments from AIDS patients for over a year as THOUSANDS died. He wanted a vaccine—that never came.

Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has finally broken his silence following the controversial decision.

Fauci spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash during the network’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Bash said that while Fauci is ‘ very appreciative’ of the pardon, he once again insisted he did not commit any crimes while overseeing the United States’ response to the COVID pandemic.

Dana Bash:
“I talked briefly to Anthony Fauci, who got one of the pardons, who said he is very appreciative of what President Biden did. He said, and again and again, he has done nothing wrong, but there are baseless accusations against him in his view, and he has been very worried about what it will mean for him, and even more so for his family.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells me he is “very appreciative” of the preemptive pardon President Biden issued this morning. “As (Biden) said, we did nothing wrong, but the baseless accusations and threats are real for me and my family,” Fauci said. pic.twitter.com/g2iVYNgRqo

— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) January 20, 2025

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The historic second presidential term of Donald J. Trump is sending geopolitical seismic waves all over the world. In many countries, right-wing political forces that espouse a ‘common-sense’ approach to policy-making may benefit from this altogether new political landscape.

In Europe that is expected to be the case, since the last year already saw the pendulum shift tremendously to the right side of the political spectrum in most countries.

The Trump era in the US will ‘trigger a new right-wing surge in Europe’, according to conservative champion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Orbán launched yesterday what he called ‘an offensive to occupy Brussels’.

Reuters reported:

“The nationalist premier, a long-time Trump supporter, envisages a ‘golden era’ for relations between the U.S. and EU member state Hungary under Trump’s presidency, despite a warning from Hungary’s central bank that the incoming president’s proposed tariffs on the EU will hurt Hungary’s economy.

‘Only a few hours and even the sun will shine differently in Brussels. A new president in the U.S., a large faction of Patriots in Brussels, great enthusiasm’, Orbán said before Trump’s inauguration later on Monday, which he will not attend.

‘So, the great attack can start. Hereby I launch the second phase of the offensive that aims to occupy Brussels’, Orbán told a conference, upping his anti-Brussels rhetoric.”

While Orbán’s political ‘call to arms’ can be seen as a mere celebration of this year’s victories, and an attempt to keep the momentum going, his ‘Patriots for Europe’ Group of MPs in the EU Parliament is not to be scoffed at, anymore.

For example, Austria’s Freedom Party is about to take power and negotiate a coalition.

Growing parties in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Latvia and Poland.

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party in France is now a major player about to go into power.

Orban’s Hungarian Fidesz Party is in power since 2010.

Mateo Salvini’s Lega (League) is a member of the Italian governing coalition.

Geert Wilders PVV in the Netherlands, leading the governing coalition.

The Chega (Enough) party in Portugal and Vox in Spain – incidentally both parties that were present in Donald J. Trump’s inauguration.

“Orban’s Fidesz party and other right-wing parties founded the Patriots party group in the European Parliament last year. The group, led by France’s National Rally, has become the third largest in the parliament with 86 members.”

European liberal establishment tries to terrorize Orbán that Trump’s tariff will destroy Hungarian car industry and the economy in general.

The EU lives in a crisis because it did not ensure the prosperity of its citizens, did nothing to stop illegal migration and didn’t even ensure its security.

“’We in Hungary are the opposition to the system in Brussels. Brussels is occupied by a left-liberal oligarchy’, Orban said. ‘At the European election we came close to a real chance of a new right-wing majority that can replace the Brussels elite’.”

Watch: Orban – ‘The executive orders signed by President Donald Trump will transform not only the US, but the entire world’.

Orban: “The executive orders signed by President Donald Trump will transform not only the US, but the entire world.

The rebellion against woke liberal democracy has entered a new stage. The time has come for patriotic forces to occupy Brussels!”

pic.twitter.com/FNWIWXdzib

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) January 21, 2025

Read more:

Ukraine’s Zelensky Slams Hungary’s Orbán’s Quest for Peace, Says He ‘Does Not Have Any Leverage’ on Putin, That Kiev Needs No ‘Intermediaries’ To Talk to Trump

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Here we go.

Senators received an 11th hour affidavit with spousal abuse allegations against Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth ahead of his confirmation vote.

On Monday, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to advance Pete Hegseth’s nomination to a full senate floor vote.

Senators can vote as early as Thursday to confirm Hegseth.

However, an affidavit from Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, alleging “instances of abuse” and “mistreatment of a former spouse” involving Hegseth’s second wife, Samantha Hegseth, was submitted to senators.

Samantha Hegseth responded to the allegations via email, according to NBC News: “First and foremost, I have not and will not comment on my marriage to Pete Hegseth. I do not have representatives speaking on my behalf, nor have I ever asked anyone to share or speak about the details of my marriage on my behalf, whether it be a reporter, a committee member, a transition team member, etc.”

Samantha Hegseth added, “I do not believe your information to be accurate, and I have cc’d my lawyer.”

“There was no physical abuse in my marriage. This is the only further statement I will make to you, I have let you know that I am not speaking and will not speak on my marriage to Pete. Please respect this decision.”

Tim Parlatore, an attorney for Pete Hegseth, blasted Danielle Hegseth for her false allegations.

“Sam has never alleged that there was any abuse, she signed court documents acknowledging that there was no abuse and recently reaffirmed the same during her FBI interview. Belated claims by Danielle Dietrich, an anti-Trump far left Democrat who is divorced from Mr. Hegseth’s brother and never got along with the Hegseth family, do nothing to change that,” Tim Parlatore said in a statement to NBC News.

“After an acrimonious divorce, Ms. Dietrich has had an axe to grind against the entire Hegseth family,” Parlatore added. “Ms. Dietrich admits that she saw nothing but is now falsely accusing Sam of lying to both the Court and to the FBI because of private, undocumented statements that she allegedly made 10 years ago.”

NBC News reported:

Senators received an affidavit Tuesday from the former sister-in-law of defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in which she says his behavior caused his second wife to fear for her safety. The receipt of the affidavit comes after Senate Armed Services Committee staffers were in contact with Hegseth’s former sister-in-law for several days.

The former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, submitted the affidavit in response to a Jan. 18 letter from Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., seeking “a statement attesting to your personal knowledge about Mr. Hegseth’s fitness to occupy this important position.”

Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, asked Danielle Hegseth to detail what she knew of “instances of abuse, or threats of abuse, perpetrated against any other person” and “mistreatment of a spouse, former spouse, or other members of his family,” among other requests.

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A woke bishop decided to hide behind the Christian faith to launch an outrageous attack on President Trump during today’s National Prayer Service.

As the AP reported, Trump went to the Washington National Cathedral for which was supposed to be a uniting, apolitical event. This interfaith ceremony has been held the morning after every inauguration dating back to 1933.

But during the service, Episcopal Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde took an opportunity to chastise Trump, outrageous implying that he was heartless toward the LGBTQ community and illegals.

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President,” Budde began. “As you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God.”

“In the name of a loving God, to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now, she stated. “There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives.”

“And the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings…They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation,” she added.

“The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors…May I ask you to have mercy Mr. President on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away,” she concluded.

WATCH:

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: “The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors…may I ask you to have mercy Mr. President on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away.” pic.twitter.com/iXaHJrPsof

— CSPAN (@cspan) January 21, 2025

The Washington Examiner notes that Budde is a despicable Never-Trumper who has trashed the 47th President in the past. She previously wrote an op-ed for the far-left New York Times in 2020 saying she was “outraged by President Trump’s use of the Bible and the backdrop of St. John’s Church for his political purposes” during the summer of George Floyd riots.

Budde also wrote she was “horrified” that Trump “was threatening to use military force across America” while “peaceful protesters” were being forcibly removed from Lafayette Park.

Trump as expected was displeased over the bishop’s disgusting invocation of politics during what was supposed to be a nonpolitical service.

“What did you think?,” he told reporters. “Did you find it exciting? Was not too exciting, was it?”

“They could do so much better,” Trump added.

Trump responds to the sermon at the National Prayer Service, that asked him to take “mercy” on those “scared” of his presidency.

“Not too exciting, was it.”

“They could do much better,” Trump says. https://t.co/Zgvb1l5ICq pic.twitter.com/50QanxBNFc

— Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_) January 21, 2025

One could argue Trump was being far too kind and would have been justified in walking out of the church as soon as Budde corrupted the Christian faith.

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