Exit from Paris accord to two gender policy: Donald Trump signs key executive orders as he assumes office
Hours after taking oath, he signed orders on Monday in front of his supporters inside the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.
PTC News Desk: US President Donald Trump has begin his second stint as he has returned to White House. Trump has signed several executive orders including Washington's exit from Paris Climate Agreement, an immediate freeze on government hirings and revoking 78-Biden era actions.
Hours after taking oath, he signed orders on Monday in front of his supporters inside the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.
Exit from Paris Climate Agreement
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Treaty -- just as he did in his first term. However, the Trump administration's move against the 2015 Paris accord in 2017 was reversed by Joe Biden on his first day in office in 2021. Paris Agreement is an international agreement to combat climate change, and nearly 200 countries have committed to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius and ideally below 1.5 degrees. Each country is responsible for developing its own plan to uphold the commitment. However, the agreement is not a legally binding treaty.
Two-gender policy
In a major announcement just after being sworn in as the 47th US President, Donald Trump declared that it will be the official policy of the United States to recognise only two genders - male and female. Trump said his administration will work to make a "merit-based" and "colourblind society."
There were a total of eight executive orders, which also included restoring freedom of speech and preventing censorship of free speech, and ending the “weaponisation of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration”.
1. Halting 78 Biden-era executive actions
2. A regulatory freeze preventing bureaucrats from issuing regulations until the Trump administration has full control of the government
3. A freeze on all federal hiring except for the military and a few other essential areas
4. A requirement that federal workers return to full-time in-person work
5. A directive to every department and agency to address the cost of living crisis
6. Withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty
7. A government order restoring freedom of speech and preventing censorship of free speech
8. Ending the “weaponisation of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration”