Trump reverses key Biden policies with executive orders

U.S. President Donald Trump took action on Monday by reversing policies set by his predecessor, Joe Biden, through the signing of various executive orders.

Trump signed several executive orders in front of a crowd at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., shortly after his inauguration as the 47th U.S. president. These orders included the cancellation of nearly 80 executive actions from the Biden administration.

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“I’m revoking nearly 80 destructive radical executive actions of the previous administration,” He stated.

At 78 years old and now back in the White House for a second term, Trump also signed an executive order delaying the TikTok ban previously imposed by Biden’s administration for 75 days. This delay allows Trump’s administration time to assess the proper approach regarding TikTok.

In addition, Trump signed an order that will initiate the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization.

He also declared a national energy emergency in an executive order, aiming to reduce energy costs.

This declaration, the first of its kind by the U.S. Federal Government, is expected to use emergency powers to ramp up energy production.

The U.S. is the world’s largest producer of both crude oil and natural gas and is also the leading exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas LNG.

The newly sworn-in president also signed an order to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, marking the second time the country will exit the accord.

In his inaugural address, Trump, who has often criticized clean energy as costly and inefficient, pledged to intensify efforts to extract and utilize fossil fuels.

“I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill,” he declared.

“We have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have — the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth. And we are going to use it.”

The Paris Agreement, established in December 2015, is a global initiative aimed at addressing human-driven climate change and its associated challenges. The U.S. formally joined the agreement in September 2016.

In November 2020, the first Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, a significant setback to global efforts to tackle climate change.

The latest round of executive orders by Trump signals another shift in the U.S. stance on global climate action.

When Joe Biden succeeded Trump as the 46th U.S. president in 2021, he signed an executive order on January 20, 2021, his first day in office, to rejoin the Paris climate accord.

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