Seven things Trump promises to do as president

"I will rule by a simple motto: promises made, promises kept." We will fulfill our promises," Trump said in his victory speech

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Trump, Photo: Reuters
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Donald Trump is ready to return to the White House and promises to take action on many issues, including immigration, the economy and the war in Ukraine.

Trump's policy agenda is likely to have a lot of support in Congress, as his Republican Party has regained control of the Senate.

"I will rule by a simple motto: promises made, promises kept." We will fulfill our promises," Trump said in his victory speech.

But on some issues he provided few details on how he plans to achieve his goals.

When asked by the American news channel Fox News in 2023 whether he would abuse his power or target political opponents, he replied that he would not, "except on the first day."

“No, no, no, except for the first day. We close the border, and drill, drill, drill. After that, I am not a dictator".

1) Deportation of migrants without identity documents

During the campaign, Trump promised to carry out the largest mass deportations of undocumented migrants in the history of the United States (US).

He also said he would finish building a wall on the border with Mexico that began during his first term as president.

During the administration of President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the number of crossings at the US southern border reached record levels late last year and then declined this year.

Experts told the BBC that deportations on the scale Trump has promised would face huge legal and logistical problems and could slow economic growth.

2) Measures regarding the economy, taxes and customs

Exit polls have shown that the economy is a key issue for voters.

Tramp is promised that he would "end inflation," which reached record levels during President Biden's tenure, but has begun to decline.

But the president's powers to directly influence prices are limited.

He also promised a major tax cut, which began with a major tax reform in 2017 during his first term.

He proposed exempting tips from income tax, eliminating the tax on social security benefits and reducing corporate taxes.

His proposal is that there should be new customs duties of at least 10 percent on most goods from abroad in order to reduce the trade deficit.

He also said that customs duties on imports from China could be increased by an additional 60 percent.

Some economists warn that such moves could raise consumer prices.

3) Reducing regulations on climate change

During his first term, Trump repealed hundreds of environmental regulations and withdrew the US from the Paris climate accord, the first country to do so.

For this election, he again promised to loosen regulations, in ways that would help America's auto industry.

He is a constant critic of electric vehicles, vowing to repeal Biden's goals that encourage the transition to cleaner-powered cars.

He promised to increase fossil fuel production and to "drill, drill, drill" from day one, instead of producing from renewable energy sources such as wind power.

He wants to expand fossil fuel production in the US by drilling oil wells in areas such as the Arctic, claiming it will lower the cost of generating electricity, although analysts are skeptical.

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4) Ending the war in Ukraine

Trump criticized the Biden administration for the US spending tens of billions of dollars to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, promising to end the conflict "within 24 hours" with a deal.

He did not elaborate on what he believed both sides would have to give up in such a deal, and Democrats say the move would embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump wants the US out of conflicts in other parts of the world.

As for the war in Gaza, Trump presents himself as a staunch supporter of Israel, but has called on the US ally to end the military operation.

He also promised to end the violence in Lebanon linked to the war in Gaza, but gave no further details on how he intends to do so.

5) There is no ban on abortion

Contrary to the wishes of some of his supporters, Trump is during the presidential debate with Kamala Harris said he would not sign a bill banning abortion at the federal level.

He canceled the constitutional right to abortion at the national level in 2022 Supreme Court, which was dominated by conservative judges who remained in office after Trump's first term as president.

Abortion rights were a key issue in Kamala Harris' campaign, and several states approved measures to protect or expand abortion rights on Election Day.

Trump himself regularly says that states should decide their own abortion laws, but he has trouble taking a consistent position on abortion.

6) Pardoning of some convicted for rioting on January 6, 2021.

Trump has said he will "free" some of those convicted of felonies over the January 6, 2021, riots in Washington.

Then they are his supporters stormed the Congress building in an attempt to thwart Biden's victory in the 2020 elections.

Several people died in the violence, and Trump was accused of inciting the riots.

He tried to downplay the riots and portray hundreds of his supporters who were convicted as political prisoners.

He continued to claim that many of them were "unjustly imprisoned", although he admitted that "a few of them probably lost control".

7) Dismissal of special prosecutor Jack Smith

Trump has promised that when he takes office "within two seconds" he will remove the experienced prosecutor who is leading two criminal investigations against him.

Special prosecutor Jack Smith filed a lawsuit against Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and of his alleged improper handling of confidential documents.

Trump denies any wrongdoing and managed to prevent trials in both cases before the presidential election.

He says Smith exposed him to a "political witch hunt."

Trump will return to the White House as the first president to be convicted of a crime, having been found guilty in New York of falsifying business documents.

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