The Trump effect
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Trump signed an avalanche of executive orders and actions in his first eight hours in office, which not only fulfilled major campaign trail promises, but also allowed the returning president to flex his executive muscles as well as settle some longstanding grievances.
The president immediately cracked down on immigration, moved towards a trade war with top allies and adversaries, reversed many policies implemented by former President Biden, including scrapping much of the previous administration's federal diversity actions and energy and climate provisions.
He also sparked a major controversy by pardoning or commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 supporters who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to upend congressional certification of Biden's 2020 election victory. Among those whose sentences were commuted included some who violently assaulted police officers on one of America's darkest days.
Trump also fired some top government officials, made a high-profile half-trillion dollar tech investment announcement, held unscripted and wide-ranging, informal, and impromptu news conferences during his first two days back at the White House, and even renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
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Trump had a plan of action that he executed quickly to improve the economy and to deal with foreign policy. So far, it appears to be working. It is doubtful that a Democrat president could have pulled this off. The move on illegal immigration was also immediately effective as the border became much quieter.
Getting rid of the DEI nonsense of the Biden administration puts merit back in play for jobs and businesses. It should give everyone and incentive.
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