First Day Of Pres-Elect Trump: Compiling List That Will Destroy Obama’s Legacy

As soon as Donald Trump officially takes the reins of power on the first day in office as President, he plans to begin dismantling the legacy of his predecessor, Barack Obama.

Plans are already being made for a series of executive orders which will seek to undo all of the progress made over the past eight years. As Stephen Moore, an official adviser to the Trump campaign and a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation told The New Yorker:

“We want to identify maybe 25 executive orders that Trump could sign literally the first day in office. That’s a problem I don’t think the left really understood about executive orders. If you govern by executive orders, then the next President can come in and overturn them.”

What might those Trump executive orders roll back? A few of the items on the wish list for conservatives include permanently delaying the Syrian refugee program, gutting new regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, no longer applying the Family Medical Leave Act to same-sex couples, and not increasing wages for government contractors who make less than $15 an hour.

Other executive orders Trump might be eager to put his signature on include relaxing background checks on gun purchases and ordering the Commerce Department to actively pursue trade cases against China and other trade partners the new President feels have taken advantage of the United States.

With Mike Pence and other right wingers now having Trump’s ear and eager to leave their own stamp on the country, we can also expect President Trump to pursue–with the help of a GOP-controlled Congress–making immigration more difficult, curtailing women’s rights, and repealing the Affordable Care Act.

The first 100 days of a Trump Administration will be busy, and it would appear the main goal is to return the country to the days before President Obama took office in 2008. By the time 2020 arrives, some who voted for Trump may be longing for more of Obama and less of the man they sent to Washington to serve as an agent of change.

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