What are the main contents of the Trump's new policy?

Source: Dolphin Business Research Institute

On Monday, January 20th, Donald Trump once again assumed the presidency of the United States. In order to fulfill the slogan of “MAGA (Make America Great Again)”, he signed dozens of executive orders from his first day in office, striving to implement measures such as introducing global unified tariffs and mandatory deportation of illegal immigrants. His policies will be closely watched by all parties.

According to foreign media analysis, if Trump is sworn in, it is believed that he will sign about 100 presidential orders on the second day. As for the number of orders signed in the first year in office, only President Truman exceeded 100 orders. If Trump actually signs, he will surpass this number, and at least the number of orders signed on the first day will set a record for the most since World War II.

The number of executive orders signed by the president in the year of inauguration

Countries are paying significant attention to tariff-related measures. Trump stated that he will sign a presidential order imposing a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico on his first day in office, citing illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

Announcing that the country’s economy is in a ‘state of emergency’ on the grounds of possible illegal immigration and raising tariffs on this basis would be the first time since President Nixon.

Strict measures will also be taken on the issue of illegal immigration. Trump promises in every speech that he will launch the largest ever forced deportation on the first day of his presidency, and is expected to issue executive orders to crack down on illegal immigration. The use of the U.S. military is also being considered.

The United States is believed to have at least several million people among the 11 million illegal immigrants who are likely to be subject to forced deportation.

On January 17, major US media reported that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin to implement large-scale forced deportation operations in Chicago from the second day of taking office. Chicago is known as one of the sanctuary cities that is tolerant of illegal immigrants.

Compared with the Biden administration, the pendulum seems to be swinging significantly in the opposite direction in the fields of energy and environment. Trump has criticized the existing strict fuel efficiency standards multiple times since the election campaign, believing that it is in fact “mandatory electrification of pure electric vehicles (EVs)” and intends to significantly relax fuel efficiency standards.

Trump will once again withdraw from the Paris Agreement, which he exited during his first term, and the Biden administration will rejoin. Faced with the domestic automobile and energy industries, it will demonstrate a more business-focused attitude than environmental protection.

As a measure to be paired with the relaxation of restrictions, breaking bureaucracy will also be a focus of the second Trump administration. Trump has long made it clear that he will sign a presidential order on the first day of his tenure allowing for large-scale layoffs of officials.

Trump will reinstate the presidential orders signed at the end of his first term, replacing bureaucratic positions involved in important policies with newly established political appointments called the ‘Schedule F’ program. Positions under the ‘Schedule F’ will not be subject to civil service employment protections.

There are media reports that Trump’s policy will include the following core content:

1. Sign an executive order declaring a national energy emergency.

2. Sign a memorandum on inflation, envisioning a “comprehensive government response” to inflation

3. Establish Government Efficiency Department

4. Restore the death penalty in the field of public safety.

5. There is no specific oil price target

6. Terminate the federal government DEI program by signing an executive order