Trump Announces Slew Of Hardline Executive Actions On Day One And Attacks Biden Over Pre-emptive Pardons – Live

Trump airs familiar grievances in first speech of second term; Biden pardons members of his family before leaving office

• Trump expected to sign barrage of executive orders
• Trump sworn in as 47th president
• Factchecking Trump’s inaugural address

My colleague Joseph Gedeon in Washington DC also had this look at what Trump might have planned for day one:

In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used his first day to tackle the banking crisis. Barack Obama moved to close Guantánamo Bay (though it remains open). Donald Trump’s first term began with a single executive order targeting Obamacare. Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders on his first day in 2021.