Biden will sign 17 decrees abolishing Trump's climate, immigration and coronavirus pandemic policies
Aides to US President-elect Joe Biden said Wednesday that he will begin his term of office by signing 17 executive measures (decrees) this afternoon from the Oval Office that cancels policies developed by his predecessor, President Donald Trump, relating to climate change, immigration and dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. Biden is expected to end the travel ban from some Muslim countries, which Trump approved at the start of his presidential term in 2017, he will also stop financing the construction of a wall on the Mexican border and return to the Paris climate agreement.
On Wednesday, advisors to US President-elect Joe Biden said that upon entering the White House, he will issue 17 presidential orders referring to the measures taken by the Donald Trump administration, including a pledge to return the United States to the Paris Agreement on Climate and the World Health Organization and other orders related to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. .
Biden will sign executive orders and memoranda in the Oval Office at noon in order to deal with the "crises" of the pandemic, the economy, climate change and apartheid, and will ask relevant agencies to take steps in two additional cases, said Jane Sackey, who will become the White House spokesperson.
The measures will include the imposition of the muzzle in federal facilities and federal employees and an order to establish a new office in the White House to coordinate efforts to address the Corona virus.
Biden will also begin the process of returning to the Paris climate agreement and will issue a comprehensive order to tackle climate change, including canceling a presidential permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
As part of a raft of immigration orders, Biden will rescind Trump's declaration of a state of emergency that helped fund construction of a wall on the border with Mexico and end travel bans from some Muslim-majority countries.
Saki said the plans for the first day of Biden's presidency are just the beginning of a wave of implementation measures he will soon take.
