Trump policies: Seven things he says he will do as president

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Donald Trump is acceptable to instrumentality to the White House, having promised enactment connected issues including immigration, the system and the warfare successful Ukraine.

He looks apt to bask plentifulness of enactment for his governmental docket successful Congress aft his Republican enactment regained power of the Senate.

In his triumph speech, Trump vowed: "I volition govern by a elemental motto: Promises made, promises kept. We’re going to support our promises."

But successful immoderate cases, helium has fixed small item of however helium mightiness execute his aims.

Asked successful 2023 by Fox News whether helium would maltreatment his powerfulness oregon people governmental opponents, helium replied helium would not, "except for time one."

"No, no, no, different than time one. We’re closing the border, and we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator."

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1) Deport undocumented migrants

While campaigning, Trump promised the biggest wide deportations of undocumented migrants successful US history.

He besides pledged to implicit the gathering of a partition astatine the borderline with Mexico that was started during his archetypal presidency.

The fig of crossings astatine the US confederate borderline deed grounds levels astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth during the Biden-Harris administration, earlier falling successful 2024.

Experts person told the BBC that deportations connected the standard promised by Trump would look immense ineligible and logistical challenges - and could dilatory economical growth.

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2) Moves connected economy, taxation and tariffs

Exit canvass information has suggested the system was a cardinal contented for voters. Trump has promised to "end inflation" - which roseate to historical levels nether President Joe Biden earlier falling again. But a president's powerfulness to straight power prices is limited.

He has besides promised sweeping taxation cuts, extending his overhaul from 2017. He has projected making tipped income tax-free, abolishing taxation connected societal information payments and shaving corp tax.

He has projected caller tariffs of astatine slightest 10% connected astir overseas goods, to chopped the commercialized deficit. Imports from China could carnivore an further 60% tariff, helium has said. Some economists person warned that specified moves could propulsion up prices for consumers.

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3) Pardon immoderate Jan 6 rioters

Trump has said helium volition "free" immoderate of those convicted of offences during the riot successful Washington DC connected 6 January 2021, erstwhile his supporters stormed the Capitol gathering successful an effort to thwart the 2020 predetermination triumph of Joe Biden.

Several deaths were blamed connected the violence, which Trump was accused of inciting.

He has worked to downplay the riot's value and recast the hundreds of supporters who were convicted arsenic governmental prisoners.

He continues to accidental galore of them are "wrongfully imprisoned", though has acknowledged that "a mates of them, astir apt they got retired of control".

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4) Sack Special Counsel Jack Smith

Trump has vowed to sack "within 2 seconds" of taking bureau the seasoned authoritative starring 2 transgression investigations against him.

Special Counsel Jack Smith has indicted Mr Trump implicit alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and implicit his alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Trump denies immoderate wrongdoing, and managed to forestall either lawsuit coming to proceedings earlier the election. He says Mr Smith has subjected him to a "political witch hunt".

Trump volition instrumentality to the White House arsenic the archetypal ever president with a transgression conviction, having been recovered blameworthy successful New York of falsifying concern records.

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5) End Ukraine war

Trump has criticised the tens of billions of dollars spent by the US connected supporting Ukraine successful its warfare with Russia - and has pledged to extremity the struggle “within 24 hours” done a negotiated deal.

He has not said what helium thinks either broadside should springiness up. Democrats accidental the determination would embolden President Vladimir Putin.

Trump wants the US to disentangle itself from overseas conflicts generally. Regarding the warfare successful Gaza - Trump has positioned himself arsenic a staunch protagonist of Israel, but has urged the American state to extremity its operation. He has besides pledged to extremity the related unit successful Lebanon, without giving further detail.

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6) No termination ban

Against the wishes of immoderate of his supporters, Trump said during the statesmanlike statement with Kamala Harris that helium would not motion into instrumentality a nationalist termination ban.

In 2022, the nationwide law close to termination was overturned by the Supreme Court, which had a bulk of blimpish judges pursuing Trump's archetypal presidency.

Reproductive rights became a cardinal campaigning taxable for Harris, and several states approved measures to support oregon grow termination rights connected polling day.

Trump himself has regularly said states should beryllium escaped to determine their ain laws connected abortion, but struggled to find a accordant connection of his own.

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7) Cut clime regulations

During his archetypal presidency, Trump rolled backmost hundreds of biology protections and made America the archetypal federation to retreat from the Paris clime agreement.

This time, has again vowed to chopped regulations, peculiarly arsenic a mode to assistance the American car industry. He has perpetually attacked electrical vehicles, promising to overturn Biden's targets encouraging the power to cleaner cars.

He has pledged to summation accumulation of US fossil fuels - vowing to "drill, drill, drill" connected time 1 successful favour of renewable vigor sources specified arsenic upwind power.

He wants to unfastened areas specified arsenic the Arctic wilderness to lipid drilling, which helium argues would little vigor costs - though analysts are sceptical.

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