Trump Rescinds 78 of Biden’s Executive Actions with Stroke of a Pen

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
BREITBART | Published January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump rescinded 78 of former President Joe Biden’s executive actions with the stroke of a pen on Monday night.

Trump’s executive order covers an array of actions Biden took throughout his term, ranging from nixing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies to the southern border and the climate.

“I can undo almost everything Biden did, he through executive order. And on day one, much of that will be undone,” Trump said in a statement shared in a White House fact sheet obtained by Breitbart News.

Trump’s action notably undoes Biden’s first executive order, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” and several other “racial equity” orders Biden imposed, per the fact sheet.

“We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the entire federal government,” Trump said in a statement.

Trump’s executive order covers an array of actions Biden took throughout his term, ranging from nixing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies to the southern border and the climate.

“I can undo almost everything Biden did, he through executive order. And on day one, much of that will be undone,” Trump said in a statement shared in a White House fact sheet obtained by Breitbart News.

Trump’s action notably undoes Biden’s first executive order, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” and several other “racial equity” orders Biden imposed, per the fact sheet.

“We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the entire federal government,” Trump said in a statement.

Regarding the border, Trump is working to reverse Biden’s executive orders that reinstated catch-and-release, halted criminal illegal alien deportations, and granted government-funded benefits for illegal aliens.

Trump is targeting several of Biden’s climate orders as well, including his electric vehicle mandate to phase out gas-powered automobiles.

“Several EOs imposed crushing emissions standards designed to end gas powered vehicles, set an EV mandate by 2030, canceled the Keystone Pipeline, stopped drilling, and prevented permitting,” the sheet notes.

“We’re going to have a great border, we’re going to have more energy than you’ve ever had, and we’re never going back,” Trump vowed.

The order further mandates a review of all of Biden’s executive actions, meaning more recessions can be expected this year, according to the White House.

According to a Fox News report published Sunday, Trump is set to sign more than 200 executive orders on his first day.

Thus far, Trump has also signed orders preventing the federal government from engaging in censorship and to end the weaponization of the federal government. Additionally, he has withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accords, implemented a hiring freeze on federal civilian employees, and ordered federal agencies not to put forth any new regulations until they are reviewed and approved by his hand-picked department heads.

 

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RELATED: Trump signs Day 1 executive actions as he attempts to transform federal government

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CNN | Published January 21, 2025
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President Donald Trump on Monday took the first steps to enact his sweeping agenda with a series of executive actions that are expected to kickstart his promised transformation of the federal government.

On the first day of his second term, Trump took a moment during his first post-inauguration rally to sign several actions that remove the US from the Paris climate agreement, freeze hiring in the federal government and require federal workers to return to the office.

And in the Oval Office hours later, Trump signed actions that pardoned those charged with crimes related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, delayed the ban on TikTok and worked to revamp the American immigration system.

“With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense,” Trump said during his inaugural address after being sworn in as the nation’s 47th president. He added: “The Golden Age of America begins right now.”

The actions are the culmination of multiple pledges Trump made in his successful 2024 campaign, and other initiatives that were floated during his first term but ultimately did not come to pass. They don’t all have a clear path to realization, and some of the most significant actions are likely to be challenged in court.

Here are some of the actions Trump took on his first day in office:

January 6 pardons, commutations

One of the first acts Trump announced during his second term was a pardon for most of those who have been charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

In the Oval Office on MondayTrump said his pardons would cover “approximately 1,500 for a pardon – full pardon.”

Prosecutors charged more than 1,580 people for alleged January 6-related actions and secured roughly 1,270 convictions. That means Trump said nearly everyone who has been charged with a crime related to the attack will be pardoned, essentially ending all January 6 cases.

Fourteen people, including high profile leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were convicted for their roles in the attack, had their sentences commuted to time served.

Trump’s order was the fulfillment of a promise he repeatedly made on the campaign trail and as recently as a few hours before he signed the full pardons. But Trump never gave a hint to the extraordinary scale of the pardons he was envisioning.

Speaking at Capital One Arena on Monday night, Trump said he would be signing pardons for the “J6 hostages.”

“Tonight I’m going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons, and as soon as I leave, I’m going to the Oval Office, and we’ll be signing pardons for a lot of people,” Trump said at the post-inauguration rally.

Trump made that remark while he was standing in front of a large group of relatives of Israelis who were taken hostage by Hamas during the militant group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

Delay TikTok ban

As he promised the day before retaking office, Trump on Monday signed an executive action that extended the deadline for TikTok’s parent company to find a new owner or face a ban in the US.

The action directs the US Justice Department not to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which passed with broad bipartisan support in Congress and was signed in April by former President Joe Biden. That law required TikTok be banned in the United States by January 19 unless it sells to a buyer from the United States or one of its allies.

Just before that deadline, TikTok briefly went offline for its 170 million American users. But it later came back online after Trump on Sunday morning promised to find a way to bring it back.

But TikTok’s ultimate fate in the US remains in doubt. It’s unclear whether TikTok’s China-based owner, ByteDance, would want to sell to a buyer, even if it were a deal brokered by Trump.

Trump’s action extends TikTok’s deadline by 75 days.

Reversing Biden-era orders

Trump rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions, many of which Joe Biden signed on the first day of his administration.

The revoked policies include: an executive order that required federal agencies to extend prohibitions on sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity; an order that required executive branch appointees to sign an ethics pledge; an order that allowed transgender people to serve in the US military; and an order that banned the renewal of private prison contracts.

Other Biden-era orders revoked by Trump on Monday included actions that withdrew Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terror, applied sanctions on Jewish settlers in the West Bank and sought to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence.

Biden only recently removed Cuba from the terror list. The list of revoked orders Trump signed Monday did not specify individual reasons for reversing the Biden moves.

Biden applied the sanctions on certain Jewish settlers accused of fomenting violence in the West Bank in February 2024.

And his 2023 AI order aimed to monitor and regulate the risks of artificial intelligence.

Trump also sought to reverse Biden-era efforts to broaden gender identity designations, including on passports. Another order signed by Trump on Monday requires federal agencies to treat biological men and women as separate sexes, halt promoting “gender ideology” and require certain agencies to revert to recognizing only “male” and “female” on forms.

Immigration

Much of Trump’s first-day agenda dealt with immigration, a topic that has long been central to his political identity.

During his inaugural speech, Trump announced he was going to declare a national emergency on the southern border. Trump signed that order in the Oval Office on Monday night, triggering the use of Pentagon resources and personnel that will be deployed and used to build the border wall.

In its opening minutes, the Trump administration ended use of an app that allows migrants to notify US Customs and Border Protection that they intend to enter the United States and enables them to schedule appointments to claim asylum with border authorities.

 

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SOURCE: www.cnn.com

 

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