Transition to Trump 2.0: Donald Trump’s ‘Day One’ promises will take months to implement

What to expect when you’re expecting Donald J. Trump to honor his “Day One” promises immediately

If you’re like me, you have probably dreaded starting a job at some point in time. Of course, most people are grateful for having a new situation and looking forward to putting excess financial resources away for the future, yet there’s something about beginning anew somewhere that produces apprehension.

Not true of president-elect Donald J. Trump, however. The former president-turned new (almost) president has spent the better part of two years traveling the country, speaking to the media and outlining his plans and ideas for what he’d like to accomplish if he were to return to the Oval Office after the 2024 election. Well, Trump won the election and the time is rapidly approaching to put actions behind some of his headlining guarantees.

All politicians make campaign promises. Some, mostly Democrats, do so half-heartedly, scheming to say anything to anyone to just get elected. Remember how then candidate Barack Obama was approached by common everyman “Joe the Plumber” in 2008 and proceeded to tell the citizen that he intended to “spread the wealth around” so everyone could benefit?

Who knows whether Obama meant to fulfill the implementation of his “tax reform” plan – or anything else he promised people back then. The nation’s first black president was notorious for telling different audiences whatever he thought they’d wanted to hear, and his eight disastrous years in the White House left a near-irreparable mess for his successor, Trump, to repair.

Senile Joe Biden and cackling Kamala Harris dug the hole much deeper in their four years, so much so that Americans hankered to return Trump to office to “Fix” the country. To that end, Trump sold his MAGA agenda to the voters. Mercifully, it’s almost time for him to make good on those vows.

Where to start? In a detailed report titled, “What to Expect From Trump’s First Day in Office”, Janice Hisle reported at The Epoch Times. (The article outlines the areas Trump intends to touch from the get-go.)

At least initially, Trump plans to sign a plethora of executive orders:

Hisle wrote, “These orders, which have been used by almost every U.S. president, carry about the same weight as federal law. And they remain in effect unless Congress overrules them, a court overturns them, or a future president revokes them. These orders also signal what the new president’s priorities will be.”

In no particular order:

*         Top Priority: Border Security and Immigration -- An order closing the border would be “done in the first hour of the first day” under his new administration, Trump said during an October campaign stop. “On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program ... in the history of our country.”

*         Economy and Energy -- He has pledged to implement policies that encourage the production of fossil fuels, and, Trump did say he would sign an executive order “directing every federal agency to immediately remove every single burdensome regulation driving up the cost of goods.”

*         Taxes, Credit Card Rates -- “We will have no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security. ... And while working Americans catch up, we are going to put a temporary cap on credit card interest rates at 10 percent.”

*         Funds Halted for ‘Inappropriate’ Curricula -- cut federal funding for any school pushing Critical Race Theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children.”

*         Order to End ‘Mutilation’ of Youths -- “I will support the creation of a private right of action for victims to sue doctors who have unforgivably performed these procedures on minor children.”

*         Reversing the Electric Vehicle Mandate -- Trump has repeatedly pledged to immediately terminate Biden’s mandate on electric vehicles.

*         Protection of Free Speech -- "I will sign an executive order banning any federal department or agency from colluding with any organization, business, or person, to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens."

*         Dismantling Bureaucracy -- Trump vowed to revive [his] 2020 order and “clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.”

And,

*         Establish “a Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” which would declassify and publish documents about “spying, censorship, and corruption.”

*         Trump also said he would form a Department of Government Efficiency

These may be authentic “Day One” wishes, and it’s possible to perhaps get the ball rolling on some of them within the opening hours of Trump’s second term, but no one reasonably expects he’ll be able to plow through all of this just moments after repositioning himself behind the Resolute Desk.

But Trump understands the opening hours of his new presidency will be crucial towards setting the tone for initial success. During the campaign, Trump was asked time and again by establishment media interviewers whether he intended to exact revenge for the way he was treated during his first presidency, the aftermath of the 2020 election, the January 6 commission, two impeachments, the people doubting his veracity and sincerity, etc.

And of course, the lawfare campaign waged against him by the Biden Justice Department and local prosecutors such as New York City’s Alvin Bragg and Fulton County’s Fani Willis. Not to mention the ridiculous Stormy Daniels trumped up charges, the constant smearing of his family name and businesses, his character and weak-minded scum dragging his family through the mud, too.

“Success is going to be my revenge”, Trump would simply reply, a concept that didn’t require a great deal of elaboration.

Trump’s “Day One” list is impressive in both its length and scope. There’s a lot to do, and, as the old saying goes, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Nor will America be great again with a few waves of Trump’s executive pen.

Trump voters must realize he’s in it for the long haul; and so are we

It’s tempting to raise expectations high after all that led up to the 2024 election. Senile Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and their hundreds of spokespeople made it nasty and personal. Cackling Kamala herself abandoned her original campaign focus on “Joy” and “Vibe” and soon returned to the nonsense about Trump being a “fascist”, a “dictator” on Day One, his “danger” to democracy and the like.

Add the fact that Democrats made governing nearly impossible for Trump in his first term by pursuing the ridiculous “Russia! Russia! Russia!” farce and then by impeaching him, it’s understandable to be overly enthusiastic in pursuit of Trump’s “Day One” agenda. A lot of people apparently believe Trump can and will achieve everything he promised simply by willing it.

But to correct the mistakes of recent years will take time and all the persuasion Trump and his team can muster. Starting with working with Congress, he’ll encounter more than the usual amount of resistance from Democrats and the establishment of his own party. Democrats will stonewall everything he proposes, because that’s just what they do.

And it’ll be rough sledding for Trump to implement his foreign policy agenda. There’s still a powerful neoconservative contingent of senators who agree with Mitch McConnell that the war in Ukraine is the “most important issue” facing the United States today.

 As has been shown in the past, establishment Republican senators don’t care what the voters indicated they wanted. The haughty know-it-all, ruling class attitude among Republicans must be defeated along with other barriers facing the new president. It will take time and patience.

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