Trump prepared for aggressive push of day one executive actions

A new era under Donald Trump begins at noon on Monday.

As soon as the new president is sworn in, a slew of moves aimed at reshaping government policy will await his signature — a spectacular show of power intended to set the tone for the next four years.

Trump, who is due to take the oath of office inside the Capitol at noon, plans to sign many of the orders in front of a throng at Capital One Arena in Washington later that afternoon. Due to severe weather in the nation's capital, inauguration-related festivities were shifted indoors.

The most anticipated measure for many in Trump's MAGA political base is an order declaring a national emergency on the US-Mexico border as part of a larger campaign to combat illegal immigration and other cross-border crimes.

"You’re going to see executive orders that are going to make [you] extremely happy, lots of them. ... We have to set our country on the proper course," Trump said Sunday at a rally at Capital One Arena. "By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have come to a halt, and all the illegal border trespassers will in some form or another, be on their way back home."

Inside jail cells on January 6, 2021, detainees will await news on pardons, which Trump has vowed to sign as soon as he returns to office.

And leaders throughout the world will be watching with bated breath to see how the new American president will carry out his promises for tariffs, land grabs, and the end of endless wars.

“Your head will spin when you see what’s going to happen,” Trump once promised of his Day 1 plans.

Trump, who laid out the broad strokes of his plans at a breakfast with several Republican senators on Sunday, is also expected to cut funding for climate-related provisions of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, a move that could put a president's authority to unilaterally withhold congressionally approved funding to the test.

Trump has long pledged to resume the "Schedule F" policy, which he announced toward the conclusion of his first term in 2020. He would reclassify hundreds of federal civil service positions to make it easier to fill them with appointees dedicated to advancing his agenda.

Preparations for Trump's first day in office began far before he won the election last year. Conservative groups have spent the previous four years debating the limits of executive power and looking for ways Trump may implement a wide range of objectives if he returns to the White House.