What Trump has said he would do on Day 1 back in the White House

In nan 2 years since Donald Trump launched his 3rd bid for nan White House, nan erstwhile president has laid retired galore of nan things he would do connected his first time if he is backmost successful office.

His pledges person included issues involving his ongoing national cases, arsenic good arsenic nan separator and immigration.

Here's a look astatine what Trump has said he would do connected Day 1 if he wins a 2nd term.

Former President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump dances onstage aft his reside during a run rally successful Allentown, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29, 2024.

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Be a dictator for nan day

Trump raised caller alarms past twelvemonth erstwhile he referred to himself arsenic a "dictator" but only connected "Day 1" during a municipality hallway successful Iowa.

When asked by Fox News big Sean Hannity if he was promising that he "would ne'er maltreatment powerfulness arsenic retribution against anybody," Trump responded, "Except for Day 1."

When asked what he meant by that, Trump said, "I want to adjacent nan separator and I want to drill, drill, drill."

"We're closing nan separator and we're drilling, drilling, drilling," Trump said. "After that, I'm not a dictator."

Fire nan typical counsel who indicted him

If he returns to nan White House, Trump has vowed to occurrence Jack Smith, nan typical counsel who has brought 2 national cases against him, "within 2 seconds."

"We sewage immunity astatine nan Supreme Court. It's truthful easy. I would occurrence him wrong 2 seconds. He'll beryllium 1 of nan first things addressed," Trump said connected a telephone into nan "Hugh Hewitt Show" connected Oct. 24.

Trump has besides said he would punish nan prosecutors and judges overseeing his multiple criminal cases, arsenic he's focused his 3rd statesmanlike run connected retribution.

Vice President Kamala Harris has honed successful connected this during her run for president, saying astatine a rally this week that if elected, "Trump connected Day 1 would locomotion into that agency pinch an enemies list. When I americium elected, I will locomotion successful pinch a to-do list, connected behalf of you."

Free immoderate convicted Jan. 6 rioters

Trump has said one of his first acts if elected to a 2nd word would beryllium to "free" immoderate group convicted for their roles successful nan Jan. 6 onslaught connected nan U.S. Capitol, whom he continues to declare are "wrongfully imprisoned."

"I americium inclined to pardon galore of them. I can't opportunity for each azygous one, because a mates of them, astir apt they sewage retired of control," he said connected his societal media level successful March erstwhile announcing nan promise.

Trump has many times downplayed nan unit that ensued that day, referring to nan defendants arsenic "J6 hostages," calling for their release.

As of early October, much than 1,530 individuals person been charged criminally successful national tribunal successful relationship pinch Jan. 6, pinch much than half pleading guilty, according to nan Department of Justice. There were "approximately 1,000" assaults connected constabulary officers during nan Jan. 6 riot, according to nan DOJ.

End 'Green New Deal atrocities'

Trump said successful a run video past twelvemonth he would extremity nan "Green New Deal atrocities connected Day 1" if reelected.

The Green New Deal -- a nationalist argumentation inaugural to reside ambiance alteration sounded by Democrats Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey -- was ne'er signed into law, though Trump has utilized nan word to mostly mention to nan Biden administration's ambiance and power policies, for illustration nan landmark Inflation Reduction Act.

"To further conclusion inflation, my scheme will terminate nan Green New Deal, which I telephone nan Green New Scam. Greatest scam successful history, probably," Trump said during remarks astatine nan Economic Club of New York successful September. "[We will] rescind each unspent costs nether nan misnamed Inflation Reduction Act."

During a New Jersey rally successful May, Trump promised to halt offshore upwind power projects "on Day 1" if elected.

"I'm going to constitute it retired successful an executive order. It's going to extremity connected Day 1," Trump said, claiming that upwind turbines "kill" whales, which was later denied by nan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

He has besides revived his "drill, baby, drill" motto during this campaign.

Trump has said his information down withdrawing from ambiance initiatives and pushing for continued reliance connected lipid and state is driven by economical needs.

While taking steps toward a clean-energy early during President Joe Biden's tenure, nan U.S. has continued to nutrient and export nan astir crude lipid retired of immoderate country, astatine immoderate time, according to nan U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Campaign signs of Republican statesmanlike nominee and erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump are seen extracurricular a pop-up store, successful Traverse City, Michigan, Oct. 25, 2024.

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Mass deportations

With migration a apical rumor for voters, Trump has said he's wished to information up and deport millions of migrants surviving successful nan U.S. without ineligible permission. He reiterated a run committedness to enact wide deportations connected "Day 1" during his rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City past weekend.

"On Day 1, I will motorboat nan largest deportation programme successful American history to get nan criminals out," he said. "I will rescue each metropolis and municipality that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals successful jail, past footwear them nan hellhole retired of our state arsenic accelerated arsenic possible."

To do so, nan erstwhile president said he would usage section rule enforcement and nan National Guard to find migrants surviving crossed nan U.S.

Trump has railed against nan Biden administration's migration policies, successful portion claiming they person made America little safe, though statistics show that U.S.-born citizens are much than doubly arsenic apt to beryllium arrested for convulsive crimes than undocumented immigrants.

An estimated 11 cardinal group are surviving successful this state without ineligible migration status.

If feasible, nan costs to deport moreover 1 cardinal undocumented immigrants a twelvemonth would costs complete $88 billion, for a full of $967.9 cardinal complete much than 10 years, according to a caller report from nan American Immigration Council.

Green cards for assemblage graduates

Trump deviated from his accustomed anti-immigrant rhetoric erstwhile he advocated for "automatically" giving noncitizens successful nan U.S. greenish cards erstwhile they postgraduate from assemblage -- not conscionable group who spell done nan vetting process -- during an section of nan "All In" podcast released successful June.

"[What] I want to do, and what I will do, is you postgraduate from a college, I deliberation you should get, automatically arsenic portion of your diploma, a greenish paper to beryllium capable to enactment successful this country. That includes inferior colleges, too," Trump said successful nan episode, which was taped connected Wednesday.

"Anybody graduates from a college, you spell successful location for 2 years aliases 4 years, if you graduate, aliases you get a doctorate grade from a college, you should beryllium capable to enactment successful this country," he continued.

Asked connected nan podcast if he would grow H-1B activity visas for tech workers aft fixing nan border, Trump said "yes."

"Somebody graduates astatine nan apical of nan class, they can't moreover make a woody pinch nan institution because they don't deliberation they're going to beryllium capable to enactment successful nan country. That is going to extremity connected Day 1," Trump said.

"It's truthful sad erstwhile we suffer group from Harvard, MIT, from nan top schools," he added.