President Biden will have one last chance to exercise his pardon power before leaving office. Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, announced his arrival on the 47th on a day that marked a free transfer of power from the presidential system but lacked some of the pageantry of a typical inauguration due to winter weather. He is scheduled to take office as representative president. They are trying to overturn the democratic election that took place in the last election.
And that's likely just the beginning of what's shaping up to be a very busy news day Monday. Trump has promised to take rapid, aggressive action after taking office. These include pardoning or commuting the sentences of at least some of the people who carried out the storming of the Capitol in Biden's name four years ago, tightening immigration policies, delaying the ban on TikTok, and Biden's enforcement actions. This includes cancellation of.
The Senate could approve his Cabinet nominees and move toward passing legislation for his signature.
All of this will take place in a global context, including an uneasy ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the hostage agreement entering its second day.
Please pay attention to the developments on the day.
Donald J. Trump to be inaugurated
Trump's swearing-in ceremony will begin at noon ET in the Capitol Rotunda. After meeting with Biden at the White House in the morning, he plans to get in his car and head to the building, a traditional courtesy that Trump did not extend to Biden four years ago.
After the swearing-in ceremony is complete and Trump delivers his inaugural address, he will be ushered into the President's Office, located away from the Senate chamber in the Capitol. There he will complete a tradition of nominating signatures that began in 1981. It is also possible that they will start announcing major policies.
Whether these announcements are made immediately or later in the day, at a rally scheduled to take place after leaving the Capitol, or ensconced behind a desk in the Oval Office. Regardless of what is announced, the administration's work will begin quickly.
Fulfill your promise on the first day
Trump has frequently boasted of taking unilateral steps on his first day in office, from imposing tariffs on Mexico and China to cracking down on illegal immigration. Below are the major policy announcements expected in the form of executive orders, measures, directives, and proclamations.
immigration crackdown
Trump's border “czar” Tom Homan said people should expect “shock and awe” immigration measures in the early days of his administration. Mr. Trump and his aides have not said what steps they will take, but Monday is likely to include executive orders that would make it harder to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the incoming administration is considering a “post-inauguration” immigration raid targeting undocumented immigrants in Chicago. It remains unclear whether these plans will be implemented.
Pardon granted to criminal defendants on January 6th
Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon those charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. His pick for attorney general suggests he may not grant pardons to rioters convicted of assaulting police officers, but if Trump becomes president, he may issue broad pardons. If this option is chosen, the convictions and sentences of many of the approximately 1,600 people indicted could be reversed. Some of the 240 defendants still serving their sentences could be released on the same day.
One of the big questions is whether to pardon other people convicted of seditious conspiracy who planned the attack, including Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right group Proud Boys.
TikTok deadline extension
Trump signaled over the weekend that he had no immediate intention of enforcing a legal ban on TikTok that was scheduled to go into effect on Sunday, instead allowing its use to continue for now. He vowed to sign an executive order on Monday extending the amount of time TikTok owner ByteDance must sell the app and maintain its license to operate in the United States.
Other promises
It's unclear how many executive orders Trump intends to sign on Monday. He said he would act immediately to generate tariff revenue, vowing to create an “External Revenue Service” to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada. He said he would direct the State Department to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and promised to halt refugee resettlement to the United States.
Many policy decisions are likely to be announced on Monday, but many will take days, if not weeks, months to be fully implemented.
Activities on Capitol Hill
The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday afternoon on a bill that would require the detention and deportation of immigrants with unclear or contested legal status who are accused of minor crimes or assaults on police officers.
The bill, known as the Laken-Reilly Act, passed the House last week and could become the first bill Trump signs if it passes the Senate. He supports the bill, which is named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed by an immigrant who entered the United States illegally. Mr. Trump repeatedly cited the murder in his campaign promise to deport immigrants in the United States whose legal status is unclear or contested.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will also vote to advance the nomination of Marco Rubio, Trump's nominee for secretary of state, to a Senate seat. The full Senate could vote to confirm him as early as Monday.
Fragile ceasefire in the Middle East
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will last until its second day on Monday.
Three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners were released on Sunday, when the cease-fire agreement took effect. Trump credits the Biden administration with completing the deal after months of negotiations. Supporting peacekeeping on the ground and beginning to address whether there is any chance of stopping the fighting between Russia and Ukraine are among the earliest foreign policy and national security issues facing Trump and his team. It will become one.
