Sweeping changes are beginning now as Trump prepares for his second presidency
By Black Headline News
Tuesday November 5, the race for president between candidates Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president, Donald J. Trump proved to have shocking results: The Associated Press has officially called the race in favor of Donald Trump, winning 312 of the required 270 electoral votes. And now people wonder what to expect in this upcoming second presidency of Donald Trump which is set to begin on January 20, 2025, when Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States.
Here are some things to expect from the Trump Administration according to Politico.com: Trump has promised the largest deportation of immigrants in American history, sweeping new tariffs on imports, a freeze on climate-related regulations, a remaking of federal health agencies and ideological changes in the education system.
On November 7, Trump selected Susie Wiles, a co-chair of his presidential campaign, as his new White House Chief of Staff. She will be the first woman to hold the position. Three days later, CNN reported that Trump had offered U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik the position of United States ambassador to the United Nations. The following day, The Wall Street Journal reported that Representative Michael Waltz will serve as his national security advisor. The day after that, CNN reported that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was in the lead to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. That same day, Trump nominated former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel.
Several individuals have declined to serve in Trump's administration or have been excluded from serving. On November 7, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas declined to serve in an administration role. On November 9, Trump said that he would not re-invite Nikki Haley, his Ambassador to the United Nations, or Mike Pompeo, his Secretary of State.  On November 11, Eric Schmitt declined to be considered for Attorney General. On November 12, John Paulson declined to be considered for Secretary of the Treasury.
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Here is a review of some of the key issues Trump's Administration intends to tackle for 2025.
Abortion
Trump declared that abortion should be delegated to states in April 2024. To that extent, he stated that in a Time interview he would allow states to monitor pregnancies and criminally charge abortion patients. Trump criticized the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling in Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes (2024), in which the court upheld an 1864 law criminalizing abortions except to save the life of the mother, stating that he would not sign a federal abortion ban and reaffirmed his position in October.
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine (2024) that frozen embryos are living beings, Trump positioned himself in favor of in vitro fertilisation.
Climate and environment
Trump's transition team for climate and the environment is led by David Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist who served as interior secretary, and Andrew R. Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who led the Environmental Protection Agency under Trump. The team is preparing to withdraw from the Paris Agreement for a second time, expand drilling and mining on public land, and dismantle offices working to end pollution, while other officials have discussed moving the Environmental Protection Agency from Washington, D.C. Trump will redraw the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments as he did in his first presidency, end a pause on new natural gas export terminals that began under president Joe Biden, and prevent states from setting their own pollution standards.
At a private dinner at Mar-a-Lago in April 2024, Trump promised fossil fuel companies that he would roll back environmental regulations if they donated to his campaign.
In November 2024, CNN reported that Lee Zeldin was the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Immigration
Trump intends to expand and revive immigration policies he imposed during his first presidency, including his travel ban on Muslims, expel asylum seekers by asserting that they carry infectious diseases, deputize police officers and soldiers to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in mass deportations, and establish sprawling detention camps, according to The New York Times. After his win, Trump said "there is no price tag" to carry out these deportations.
Trump announced on November 10, 2024 that Tom Homan will be joining the incoming administration as the "border czar", writing that "Homan will be in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin."
Prosecutions and pardons
In September 2024, Trump stated that "those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law". He threatened to prosecute Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg for donating US$400 million to election agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Save America (2024).
Trump is expected to end the Department of Justice's prosecutions against him in Washington, D.C. and Florida. Special counsel Jack Smith is considering ending his prosecutions early and submitting a final report to attorney general Merrick Garland before Trump is inaugurated, according to The Washington Post.
Trump has said multiple times that if he were reelected in 2024, he would pardon rioters of the January 6 Capitol attack. As of March 2024, 500 people had been sentenced to prison terms and 1,358 had been criminally charged.
In May 2024, Trump said that he would commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence on his first day in office. Ulbricht is serving a life sentence for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road, which operated as a hidden service on the Tor network and facilitated the sale of narcotics and other illegal products and services.
Israel
Before taking office, Trump urged Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza within two months and opened the door to attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Ukraine
Following his victory, Trump called Russian president Vladimir Putin to warn him not to escalate the Russo-Ukrainian War, expressing an interest in resolving the war at a later date.
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