WASHINGTON — Donald Trump plans to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday — and possibly more than 100 — on the first day of his second presidency, according to a person involved in his transition operation.
Trump, who must take the oath inside the Capitol at noon, he plans to sign several orders in front of a crowd at an event at Washington’s Capital One Arena later that afternoon. Inauguration-related events were moved to indoor venues due to inclement weather in the nation’s capital.
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Trump’s first wave of executive orders, some of which could be rolled out later this week, are expected to include a mix of campaign promises, reversals from outgoing President Joe Biden’s policies and a restructuring of federal staff.
The action most anticipated by many in Trump’s MAGA political base is an executive order declaring a state of national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, part of a broader effort to to crack down on illegal immigration and other cross-border crimes.
“You’re going to see executive orders that are going to make (you) extremely happy, a lot of them. … We need to get our country on the right track,” Trump said Sunday at a rally at Capital One Arena. “By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have ended and all illegal border intruders will, in one way or another, be on their way home.”
During his first term, Trump declared a national emergency to try to redirect Defense Department funding toward border wall construction after Congress refused to give him the money that he was looking for the project. A federal court blocked his plan, which Biden canceled before the Supreme Court ruled.
Trump, who outlined his plans Sunday at a breakfast with several Republican senators, is also expected to strip funding for the climate-related provisions of Biden’s inflation reduction law — a move that could test a president’s power to take unilateral action. deny funding approved by Congress.
The Immoundment Control Act of 1974 requires the executive branch to spend appropriate funds, but Trump’s nominee to head the White House Office of Management and Budget said at a confirmation hearing last week that he did not believe the law was constitutional.
Trump has long promised to reinstate policy “Appendix F” he announced near the end of his first term in 2020. He would reclassify thousands of positions in the federal civil service so that it would be easier to fill them with appointees committed to implementing his agenda.
Stephen Miller, the new White House deputy chief of staff for policy, held a telephone briefing with Republican lawmakers on Sunday about the upcoming orders.
In a phone interview with Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Saturday, Trump said he would sign “a record number of documents” after his inauguration speech.
Matt Dixon, Olympia Sonnier, Jake Traylor And Abigail Brooks contributed.