Trump Executive Orders Cover Border, Energy, Free Speech

Fresh off his inaugural speech at the Capitol, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, which included building a wall on the southern border, preventing censorship, and unleashing American energy production.

At Capital One Arena in Washington, Trump signed the orders from a seemingly small wooden desk, with the presidential seal, and a microphone.

“Could you imagine Biden doing this, I don’t think so,” Trump said at the arena to a cheering crowd after signing one.

Trump later returned to his first day of moving back into the White House, where he signed several more executive orders during an Oval Office press conference.

This included an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. When asked if Elon Musk, who is heading up the initiative, would get a White House office, Trump said no.

“But he is getting an office of 20 people we are hiring to make sure things get implemented,” Trump said from the Oval Office.

Trump later tossed his pens out into the crowd, where supporters jumped for them as if at a Major League Baseball game.

While still at the Capitol, he signed four orders. After signing several more orders at Capital One Arena, the president was set to sign still more, for a total of 200 executive orders on the firs day in office.

One established that flags would be flown at full staff on all future presidential inauguration days. The flags were raised to full staff for Trump’s inauguration after being flown at half staff following the death last month of 39th President Jimmy Carter. 

Three other executive orders that the 45th and 47th president signed at the Capitol established control over his own administration by appointing acting Cabinet officials and acting subcabinet appointees and appointments as acting heads of boards and commissions. During his first term, his agenda was routinely undermined by federal employees. He came into office with many acting agency heads having worked in the Obama administration.

From there, he went to Capital One Arena in Washington where after the parade, Trump signed a series of executive orders in front of thousands in attendance. 

At the arena, Trump signed an order to end the weaponization of the federal government against political adversaries. He also signed an order rescinding most of Biden’s executive actions considered harmful. This included what what the president said created an “open border” and “climate extremism.”

Trump signed a federal hiring freeze, and an order to have the federal work force return to the office. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee recently issued a report on how nearly empty federal buildings have become costly to the taxpayers.

“Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM and the Administrator of the United States DOGE Service (USDS), shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government’s workforce through efficiency improvements and attrition,” the hiring freeze order says.

The president signed an executive order to stop federal censorship. The release of the Twitter files showed the federal officials exerted power to suppress damaging news stories about Democrats. Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg said the FBI applied similar pressure. 

Trump spoke about several of the orders in his second inaugural address. 

“After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America,” Trump said during his inaugural address. 

Trump also signed an order to provide price relief amid inflation, and an order to freeze all federal regulations pending review.

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