Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities

[Zorro]

Source: Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders starting Day One of the new White House, in what amounts to a shock-and-awe campaign on border security, deportations and a rush of other policy priorities.

Trump told Republican senators about the onslaught ahead during a private meeting on Capitol Hill. Many of the actions are expected to launch on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, when he takes office. Trump top adviser Stephen Miller outlined for the GOP senators the border security and immigration enforcement measures that are likely to launch soonest. Axios first reported on Trump and his team’s presentation.

“There will be a substantial number,” said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.

Allies of the president-elect have been preparing a stack of executive orders that Trump could sign quickly on a wide range of topics – from the U.S.-Mexico border clampdown to energy development to federal Schedule F workforce rules, school gender policies and vaccine mandates, among other day-one promises made during his campaign.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-day-one-border-executive-actions-30f78c3c983ae74555f281446fe22710

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Prepare to experience The Shock Doctrine. The political version of the Gish Gallop -- quickly overwhelm the system to make it difficult for critics to respond.

[Lovie777]

1. We are fucked................

[Magoo48]

3. Or, we will get a clear picture of what we are up against so we can coordinate our resistance.

[speak easy]

6. 'Or we will get a clear picture' Yes!

The NAZIs, Putin, Orban (Hungary), Law and Justice (Poland) did it step by step, piece by piece, normalizing one outrage before moving on to the next.

Trump's Big Bang might prove to be counterproductive, but it does follow the 'flood the zone with shit' strategy.

[FakeNoose]

32. No ... the ACLU and other good-guy activists are going fight everything Chump tries to do

We need to support ACLU with any dollars we can spare. Also Democracy Docket (Marc Elias' group.)

[Mike 03]

2. Bookmarked

Dear fellow DUers, we have nine days to prepare for this. Be creative, make a list, take deep breaths, limit your intake of news, be selective, make good choices.

[sop]

4. The Trump Restoration is rightwing accelerationism.

Accelerationism is a form of revolutionary and reactionary right-wing ideology calling for the drastic intensification of capitalist growth, technological change, infrastructure sabotage and the destabilization of existing social systems.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Some seem to think that exec orders are the way to go, but they only, IMHO, apply to federal rules.

[Martin Eden]

7. Much of what TFG says and does is performative

But executive orders can have some impact, though legislation is the bigger stick.

[Alice B.]

14. I feel like we (or at least I do) need a review of how they work, and any weaknesses...

... what are their realities. I'm trying to remember from the first time around.

[LeftInTX]

28. He's gonna undo Biden's most recent EOs. That's what he did to Obama in 2017

Biden has had a flurry of them.

Obama penned quite a few in his last few weeks, but it seems Biden has penned more. Biden has also signed more significant ones.

[Red Mountain]

8. Unfunded mandates

that will just turn Congress into a legislative traffic jam.

Chaos will limit his own ability to make changes he (and his supporters) desire.

[pfitz59]

9. He can make a big noise

But without the funds nothing will happen.

[PortTack]

24. Make a big noise followed by a BIG stink!

[Turbineguy]

10. One day of prezidenten'

and 4 years of golf.

[forgotmylogin]

31. He is excited about getting people to watch him sign his name 100 times. n/t

[erodriguez]

11. Muslim ban incoming

Better tell friend and families from Muslim countries that are planning to visit, to leave before Jan 20.

[yorkster]

12. So that odious phrase shock and awe lives on,

only this time the incoming is self-inflicted.
And I am still stunned by how it happened.

Dreading what lies ahead, especially for the most vulnerable.

[sprinkleeninow]

35. I take that phrase and apply a different

connotation. Which is: a Divine Intervention, an undeniable Providential Response, a jaw-dropping Awesome Resolution.

*I* wish ill on noone.

However, "Vengeance is Mine thus sayeth the Lord. I will repay."

[yorkster]

36. That phrase just always conjures up the worst

of American triumphalism for me. I think of the first night of the Baghdad bombing and what ensued after that..

[Dave Id]

13. Well...

the country is getting what the majority of voters and those who didn't 'bother' vote voted for. We had a decent, well quaffed women to chose from, but this turned out to be the will of the people. Thanks for playing.

[mn9driver]

15. If Trump says it, then it is probably bullshit

I wouldn’t put this in quite the same category as the “beautiful” health care plan that he was always two weeks from presenting, but it’s close.

We will see.

[DENVERPOPS]

26. His "beautiful" health care plan

is totally comprised of ENDING OBAMACARE, with no substitution........

[jvill]

16. Y'all are so naive. This shock doctrine is exactly the same way he communicates. Tons and tons of BS...

But the real stuff he cares about, gets done. I think their approach is going to work. And while we’re all reacting to the 100 orders of crap, they’ll be on to other things. Whatever gets litigated witll do so, but tons of stuff will get thru.

THIS IS TRUMP’S ENTIRE INTERACTION MODEL: overwhelm and never admit error.

Until we find ways to break the OODA Loop, it’s going to continue because it works.

[travelingthrulife]

19. I'm so naive I don't know what OODA loop is!

That was pretty rude.

[EX500rider]

21. A mostly military term:

How does the OODA loop work?

1.Observe: Gather information about the situation using all five senses. This includes the wider context, any outside information, and feedback from previous loops.
2.Orient: Analyze the information you've collected to determine response options.
3.Decide: Choose the best possible response based on what you know.
4.Act: Carry out your action plan and evaluate your approach.

Who created the OODA loop?
Colonel John Boyd, a United States Air Force strategist, developed the OODA loop.
When is the OODA loop used?
The OODA loop can be used in military campaigns, commercial operations, and learning processes. It can also help people respond to crises.

[PortTack]

23. Disagree...he got very little done the last time. It won't be any different this time

No wall
No mass deportations
No buying of sovereign countries
I could go on, but you get the drift
Nothing but a tax break for the rich

[in2herbs]

17. And then he will fly away to a non-extraditable country and Vance will issue him a pardon. nt

He's never wanted to be president. He only sought the position to achieve his personal goals.

The reaction by MAGAs will be a thing to watch.

[RainCaster]

18. Let's slip in a few...

Those conservative clowns are so busy creating his Day One Agenda that they wouldn't notice if a few additional executive orders were added to the pile.

1. Declaration that the RNC is a terrorist organization.
2. Statement that TSF is incompetent, illiterate and unable to perform the duties of his office.

[Abstractartist]

20. Focus

Just focus on your lives and if you can, help others that may need it.

It sounds simple, but we will get through it, because these bs President executive orders are totally reversible. Happens every new administration. The 100 or so is totally trump bullshit, trying to show who has the bigger dick in the room. All it’s showing me is who IS the bigger dick in the room.

[PortTack]

22. And the ACLU, democracy docket, SPLC has literally hundreds of laws suitss ready to be filed against any

Unlawful actions…

Suck it donny

[FakeNoose]

33. Bingo! The Good Guys are on it

[the_liberal_grandpa]

25. Turning Off the Noise: A Media Blackout Starting January 20

Per the substack article by Malcom Nance dated December 18, 2024 titled "Forming The New American Resistance" I will be avoiding all corporate media for 72 hours beginning the morning of January 20, 2025.

This will also have to include sites I like and trust like DU because It's going to be a total "shock-and-awe" shit show and the media is going to make things feel soooo much worse.

I don't want to give the corporate media any eyes or clicks during this period and I think it will be better for my mental health to avoid all the gloating and panic that will be flying everywhere during this period.

Consider doing the same to let corporate media know that we are not going to support them as they try to whip everyone into a frenzy and to give yourself a few days of peace and quiet.

There will be 4 years of this so pace yourselves.

[DetlefK]

27. Look at him, pretending to actually work. Looking busy, busy, busy.

"How can you say that Trump is doing nothing??? He signed 100 documents on Day 1!"

[J_William_Ryan]

29. "And the ACLU, democracy docket, SPLC has literally hundreds of lawsuits..."

Correct.

And the EOs don’t necessarily need to be unlawful.

The glacial pace of the judicial process that benefited Trump as a private citizen will hobble him as ‘president.’

[Botany]

30. We have an economic emergency which only switching to crypto will correct

Gotta pay back the crypto boys who helped to rig the election.

[paleotn]

34. And all will end up in court.

[chowmama]

37. So is he allowed to sign them ahead of time, a few a day?

Does he have to sign them in front of witnesses? Can he use autosign? Forgeries by his staff?

All I'm saying is, no way does he sit his diaper down and write his name 100 times all at once. That's way too much like work and he's never done any of that in his life.

[OverBurn]

38. I'm over it. I'm just going to watch it burn.

[SayItLoud]

39. 14,000+++

Firefighters already in Ca. fighting the fires. The SlobFather will complain about it no doubt.

[aggiesal]

40. I personally hate Executive Orders. I don't care which party sits on the Oval Office ...

To me it has the feel of Authoritarianism.
It doesn't matter what Congress wants, just write an Executive Order.