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Summary of Donald Trump's orders after he was sworn in. ? Paris climate accord: US withdrawn from accord, repeating an action Trump took during his first term. The order extends Trump's defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming as catastrophic weather events intensify worldwide. It would take a year to leave the agreement after submitting a formal notice to the UN.
? Leaving WHO: US to exit the World Health Organization, with Trump insisting Washington was unfairly paying more than China. The move means the US will leave the United Nations health agency in 12 months' time and stop all financial contributions to its work.
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? Oil drilling: Order declaring a national energy emergency is aimed at significantly expanding drilling in the world's top oil and gas producer. "We will drill, baby, drill," Trump said in his inaugural address.
? TikTok: A 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok. His action delayed implementation of an act that came into effect this week, prohibiting the distribution and updating of TikTok in the US. Trump has said the app's Chinese parent company must agree to sell a 50 percent share to the US.
? Immigration: National emergency at the southern border declared. Trump also promised a mass deportation operation involving the military, which he says will target those he called "criminal aliens." He also signed an order revoking birthright citizenship. But automatic US citizenship to people born in the country is enshrined in the Constitution, and Trump's action is certain to face a legal challenge.
? Pardons: Trump signed pardons for some of the 1,500 participants in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by his supporters trying to overturn the 2020 election. He again referred to those who were convicted or pleaded guilty as "hostages."? Diversity, equity, inclusion: Various executive orders promoting diversity programs and LGBTQ equality repealed, in line with Trump's promised attack on "woke" culture. He overturned decrees promoting diversity and equality in the government, businesses and health care, as well as the rights of LGBTQ Americans. Trump said moving forward the US government will only recognize "two genders, male and female."
? Work from home: Federal workers required to return to the office full-time, with Trump seeking to undo most of the work-from-home allowances that flourished during the pandemic.? Cuba: Reversing another one of Joe Biden's more recent moves, Trump reinstated Cuba on the state sponsor of terror list. Biden had removed Cuba from the list only days earlier as part of a deal to free prisoners.
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