Donald Trump is now far away from Washington in Mar-a-Lago playing golf and plotting the next move of his wild and storied life.
He came to Washington and achieved when he was determined to do: Destroy the status quo. Trump drained some big areas of the swamp, kicked norms in the butt, and showed the nation what a results-at-all-costs sort of President was capable of.
And it didn’t just happen overnight, that’s for sure. It was not an easy road for Trump to accomplish what he did, with all the hoops he had to jump through.
But it only took President Joe Biden one day to destroy it all with the stroke of a pen.
President Joe Biden plans to begin immediately unwinding his predecessor’s policies on immigration, climate and other issues on Wednesday with at least 15 executive actions, including moves to reverse U.S. withdrawals from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization, and stop construction of a border wall.
Biden began signing the actions in front of reporters at the White House Wednesday evening, starting with an order requiring face masks on federal property. He said that some of his directives would “help change the course of the Covid crisis” and that his actions on racial equity “are all starting points.”
Reporters were escorted out of the Oval Office after Biden signed three of the documents. Text of the orders and other actions was not immediately released.
Biden is also expected to sign orders revoking a permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline and ending former President Donald Trump’s travel ban against some predominantly Muslim and African countries.
No one knows for sure what’s next for Donald Trump, or where it’ll take his massive throng of supporters. All we know is that it’s only a matter of time before he gets tired of sitting still down in the Sunshine State.
