Quotes of the week
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From this day forward, it is going to be America first
Trump knows only too well his ticket to the White House was largely won on a boast of the changes he said he would begin to make in his “first hours in office” after telling the country he would put “America First”.
On Friday, shortly after being sworn in, he did make a start in the Oval Office – signing an executive order “minimising the economic burden” of the Affordable Care Act – or, to the rest of us, rolling back Obamacare.
The new President has argued it has created $1.8 trillion in spending that is unaffordable.
As for tomorrow, Trump has promised to begin “before anything” to start work on building a 40ft “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall” to stop the tide of illegal immigrants into the States.
As well as emptying the “In” tray, he’ll be filling the “Out” one with the deportation of foreign criminals after vowing to give the US back to its people.
He’ll be informing all countries of this and said on the campaign trail he is prepared to withdraw US visa rights if they “refuse to take back dangerous illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in this country”.
Trump has also vowed to meet Homeland Security officials and generals tomorrow to begin “securing the southern border” with immediate affect. Then he’ll be ordering military chiefs to start his immediate fight against Islamic terrorism. Boy, are they gonna be busy. While campaigning, he vowed to give them 30 days to come up with a plan to stop ISIS – which he said at his inauguration would be wiped “from the face of the Earth”.
He is also to suspend the US role in Syrian refugee resettlement. That takes care of foes, as for “friends”? Trump has said he may not guarantee protection to fellow Nato countries which come under attack unless they fulfilled “obligations” within the alliance.
While on the trail he said that on his first day he would “contact allies and say… ‘Folks, we love protecting you. We
Then he will call the CEOs of the USA’s biggest firms moving operations overseas to tell them they’ll face 35 per cent tariffs. Talking of trade, Theresa May is eager to be the first leader to meet him. She will fly out on Thursday.
Yesterday morning – before what was expected to be a tense meeting with another bugbear – the CIA – the President prepared for his first day in charge by attending a national prayer service at Washington National Cathedral.
Before heading to the church service, he tweeted: “The work begins.”