Trump unleashes wave of executive orders in promised overhaul of U.S. policies
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the NewsHour. In less than 24 hours, President Donald Trump unleashed a wave of executive actions, some that will take effect immediately, some that will be challenged in court, and some whose potential impacts are more vague. |
| 0:14.4 | And the president promises more executive actions in the near future. That says his cabinet takes takes shape and as he moves to purge the federal |
| 0:22.5 | government of those he views as disloyal to him. |
| 0:30.4 | On the second day of President Donald Trump's second term, take away the arrogance and hatred |
| 0:36.1 | which infect our hearts. |
| 0:38.1 | He and his family attended the National Cathedral Prayer Service, a bit of tradition |
| 0:43.0 | for a president who so often defies them. |
| 0:46.5 | So this is a big one. |
| 0:48.7 | Within hours of taking the oath of office and historic blitz of executive actions signed |
| 0:53.6 | on his first day. |
| 0:55.0 | We're getting rid of all of the cancer. |
| 0:58.0 | I call it cancer, the cancer caused by the Biden administration. |
| 1:03.0 | Nearly 80 of them, immediate reversals of Biden-era policies, as well as withdrawals |
| 1:08.0 | from things like the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization. |
| 1:12.6 | Many more of them also controversial. |
| 1:14.6 | So this is January 6th. These are the hostages. |
| 1:19.6 | Approximately 1,500 for a pardon. |
| 1:22.6 | Yes. |
| 1:23.6 | Full pardon. |
| 1:24.6 | With the stroke of a pen undoing the largest criminal investigation and prosecution in U.S. |
| 1:30.1 | history, blanket pardons or commutations of sentences for those charged with crimes for the January 6th, |
| 1:36.8 | 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. |
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