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JOHN,

It has only been one week, and so many good things have happened since the 2025 inauguration. President Trump was sworn in last Monday and has already done so much to help our country get back on track.

Even in just one week it is easy to miss things. Below, I have compiled a list of 26 actions that have happened in this last week that I hope are useful to you.

My goal is to provide you with a quick list of "highlights" in order for us to understand the positive changes that are already being made. It is not a comprehensive list, so if you feel I have missed something important, please let me know. In a few days, I plan to email a more detailed analysis of a few of the items that I think you may benefit from.

Hope you are doing well,
Neil
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1. In his inauguration speech, Trump started by indicating that, “The golden age of America begins right now.”[1] (#_ftn1)
2. Today, Trump is meeting with Congressional Republicans to talk about priorities for this next year, including the need to keep and expand the Trump tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year if not action is taken.
3. Military members who were discharged for not getting the Covid vaccine can be reinstated with full rank, full back pay.[2] (#_ftn2)
4. He has declassified the records for the assassinations of President JFK, Senator RFK, and Martin Luther King, Jr.[3] (#_ftn3)
5. He indicated that the Panama Canal cannot remain in communist China’s control. Secretary Rubio will visit Panama this week.[4] (#_ftn4)
6. In his inauguration speech, Trump indicated that, “we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.” [5] (#_ftn5)
7. He gave an extension for TikTok to be able to operate while looking to comply with the law that they need to be American-owned.
8. Laken Riley Act has passed the House and the Senate with Trump to sign soon. The bill is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student who was killed in 2024 by an illegal immigrant. The bill requires the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes.
9. He issued pardons and commutations for 1,500 January 6 defendants, many of whom were unfairly targeted and prosecuted.
10. He has appointed his top cabinet picks with 4 already confirmed.
11. He signed an executive order to end Birthright Citizenship. 22 states have already sued to keep it, but this executive order started the conversation which will likely end up in the US Supreme Court. Just FYI, the 14th amendment did not provide birthright citizenship for 100 years after the amendment was passed.
12. Abortion Update:
1. Trump spoke remotely at the National March for Life Rally in DC on Friday. Vance spoke in person. Both indicated their support for the unborn.
2. He pardoned 23 peaceful, abortion-clinic protestors who had been unfairly charged.
1. Trump indicated that, “Twenty-three people were prosecuted who should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people. They should not have been prosecuted.....This is a great honor to sign this.”[6] (#_ftn6)
3. He signed an executive order to reinstate the Mexico City Policy that restricts foreign organizations receiving U.S. global health funding from providing and promoting abortion with other sources of financing.
4. He signed an executive order to enforce the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal funds for elective abortions domestically.
13. Trump signed executive orders to withdraw from:
1. The World Health Organization
2. The Paris Climate Accord
14. He declared a national energy emergency to expedite domestic production.
1. Signed an Executive Order directing all Federal agencies to suspend, revise, or rescind all Federal policies that restrict American energy production.
2. Reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska for energy development
3. Reversing burdensome regulations that impeded Alaska’s ability to develop its vast natural resources.
4. Vowed to reduce energy costs by 50% within a year to ease financial burdens on American families
5. Unleash American energy production in order to bring costs down for American families.
15. Terminated the Biden administration’s electric-vehicle-only mandate. This should also be good news for car buyers in Maryland as we hope that Wes Moore’s electric-only vehicle mandate is struck down.
16. Stopped all federal DEI programs.
1. In his inaugural speech, he indicated that, “I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. We will forge a society that is color blind and merit based.”
17. Paused all new and renewed federal leasing and permitting for both onshore and offshore wind projects.
18. Securing America's Borders
1. Declared a national emergency at the southern border to allow the government to gain operational control of the border, combat the cartels, and secure our nation.
1. Signed an executive order that designated cartels and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists.[7] (#_ftn7)
2. Signed an Executive Order requiring Homeland Security officials to deport aliens with orders of removal and prioritizing the prosecution of immigration criminal offenses.
3. Signed an Executive Order to enhance federal vetting and screening of aliens, requiring officials to identify which countries are not cooperating with United States officials in providing basic information on individuals seeking to enter the United States.
4. Signed an Executive Order pausing the operation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States when such entry is not in the national interest.
5. Shut down the CBP One App that encouraged illegal immigration.
6. Signed an Executive Order to end catch-and-release programs.
7. Signed an Executive Order to resume the successful Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, also known as “Remain in Mexico.” This program requires migrants seeking asylum to stay in Mexico until the US is able to hear their asylum case, rather than simply releasing them into the United States with a promise to come back for their hearing.
8. Signed an Executive Order directing the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to finish construction of a physical barrier along the southern border.
9. Signed an Executive Order designating international cartels and transnational gangs Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
10. Signed an Executive Order directing the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.
19. Draining The Swamp, Targeting Government Corruption
1. Signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering agencies to take all necessary steps to terminate remote work.
1. In part, it reads, "of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary."
2. Signed an Executive Order establishing and implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to oversee a substantial reduction in the size and scope of government. This past week, DOGE has already taken actions that will save taxpayer dollars and reduce waste.
3. Signed an Executive Order reforming the Federal hiring process to restore merit to government service and re-prioritize skills, experience, and patriotism, not commitment to radical ideologies.
4. Signed an Executive Order instilling accountability for failing career bureaucrats to better address misconduct or poor performance.
5. Signed an Executive Order to create a new category of federal hires for career employees in policy-influencing positions, making it easier to remove rogue bureaucrats without lengthy delays and red tape.
6. Signed an Executive Order to bring a swift end to the weaponization of the federal government.
7. Signed an Executive Order to restore freedom of speech and end government-sponsored censorship, rectifying years of government abuse.
1. The order states: "The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment essential to the success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference. Over the last 4 years, the previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve. Under the guise of combatting 'misinformation,' 'disinformation,' and 'malinformation,' the Federal Government infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens across the United States in a manner that advanced the Government’s preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate. Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society."
8. Issued a Presidential Memorandum to the heads of all executive departments and agencies ordering an immediate halt to the publication of regulations.
20. Restoring American Greatness
1. Signed a Policy Directive declaring that the United States' foreign policy must always put the interests of America and its citizens first.
2. Signed an Executive Order to realign U.S. foreign aid to match American values.
1. Secretary Marco Rubio issued a 90-day pause on all foreign aid, with exceptions for Israel and Egypt, according to a new State Department memo Friday.
3. Signed a Presidential Memorandum reviving his America First trade agenda.
4. Signed an Executive Order reinstating the name Mount McKinley and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
5. Signed a Presidential Memorandum to deliver emergency price relief for American families by ordering all Federal agencies to eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses, counterproductive requirements, and harmful climate policies that are driving up costs.
21. Bringing Back Common Sense
1. Signed an Executive Order restoring the death penalty.
2. Signed an Executive Order requiring the Federal government to recognize the biological reality of two sexes — male and female.
22. Rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions.
1. These included erasing Biden’s open border policies, radical DEI orders, and climate extremism that contributed to high inflation.
23. Regulatory freeze. No more regulations until Trump officials have control of the government. Also, instituted a hiring freeze of federal civilian employees.
1. The order does not apply to "military personnel of the armed forces or to positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety."
24. Visited North Carolina Hurricane victims.
25. Went to Los Angeles to look at the fire damage and see how to help.
26. Ordered a 180-day formal review of FEMA.[8] (#_ftn8)

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