Can Trump turn promises into policy?
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🗓️ 16 December 2024
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Throughout his campaign, Trump laid out a list. Things he plans to accomplish in a second term — some on day one. They include: closing the border...imposing tariffs... and ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump also campaigned on bringing down food prices...in fact, he told NBC's Kristen Welker, it's the reason he won.
President-elect Trump has a long to-do list for his first days in office. How much of it can he actually get done? A lot says senior Trump advisor Jason Miller.
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| 0:00.0 | Starting on day one, we'll implement a rapid series of bold reforms to restore our nation to full prosperity. |
| 0:07.5 | We're going to go full prosperity and to build the greatest economy of the world has ever seen just as we have. |
| 0:13.7 | This morning in Florida, President-elect Donald Trump gave his first press conference since winning the election that promise to restore, quote, |
| 0:22.1 | full prosperity. It comes alongside several other promises he made on the campaign trail for what |
| 0:28.4 | he'll do on day one. There's what he says he'll do about immigration. On day one, I will launch the |
| 0:34.4 | largest deportation program of criminals in the history of our country. What he says he'll do on energy. When day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of our country. |
| 0:39.4 | What he says he'll do on energy. |
| 0:41.2 | On day one, we're going to drill baby drill. |
| 0:43.4 | Education. |
| 0:44.3 | We're going to take the department of education, close it. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm going to close it. |
| 0:48.3 | Gender affirming care. |
| 0:49.6 | On day one, I will sign an executive order instructing every federal agency to cease the promotion |
| 0:56.2 | of sex or gender transition at any age. They're not going to do it anymore. |
| 1:01.4 | The war in Ukraine. They're dying. Russians and Ukraine. I want them to stop dying. |
| 1:08.2 | And I'll have that done. I'll have that done in 24 hours. And the pardons for the January 6th rioters. |
| 1:15.2 | First day. First day. Yeah, I'm looking first day. You can issue these pardons. These people have been |
| 1:19.6 | there. How long is it? Three or four years. Presidential pardon powers are near absolute, |
| 1:24.6 | but the rest of his promises might not be so easy to implement. |
| 1:29.2 | Consider this, President-elect Donald Trump has laid out a massive mandate for his first day in office. |
| 1:35.2 | How much of it can he actually get done? |
| 1:37.4 | Coming up, a conversation with a senior Trump advisor. |
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