Trump Signs Executive Orders First Two Days In Office

Brandon Turbeville

BrandonTurbeville.com

January 22, 2025

Only hours after taking the Oath of Office, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of Executive Orders ranging from issues involving the border, climate change, and gender. 

Below is a list of the Executive Orders signed on January 20, 2025.

- Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness

- Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

- Ending diversity, inclusion, and equity hiring in the federal government

- Temporary withdrawal of all areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing

-HOLDING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION

- Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid

- Declaring a national energy emergency 

- Restoring accountability for career senior executives

- Promoting beautiful federal civic architecture

- Restoring the death penalty and protecting public safety

- Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism To Provide Water To Southern California

- Securing our Borders

- Protecting The Meaning and Value Of American Citizenship

- Realigning The United States Refugee Admissions Program

- Unleashing American Energy

- Clarifying the military's role in protecting the territorial integrity of the United States

- America First Trade Policy

- Memorandum To Resolve The Backlog Of Security Clearances For Executive Office of the President Personnel

- Restoring accountability to policy-influence positions within the federal workforce

- Withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization

- Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok

- Putting America First in international environmental agreements

- Deliver emergency price relief for American families and Defeating the Cost-Of-Living Crisis

- Hiring Freeze

- Regulatory freeze pending review

- Restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship

- Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions

- Ending radical and wasteful government DEI Programs And Preferencing

- Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government

- Establishing And Implementing The President's "Department Of Government Efficiency"

- America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State

- Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

- Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential

- Protecting The American People Against Invasion

- Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States

- The Organization For Economic, Cooperation, And Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)

- Organization of the National Security Council and subcommittees

Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Related To The Events At or Near The U.S. Capitol On January 6, 2021

Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government

Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day  

President Trump Designates Chairmen And Acting Chairmen  

President Trump Announces Cabinet And Acting Cabinet-Level Positions

President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments

President Trump Announces Cabinet And Cabinet-Level Appointments 

Trump also signed a number of Executive Orders on January 21 including:

Keeping Americans Safe In Aviation

Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity

Return To In-Person Work