Trump signs dozens of executive orders, fulfilling many but not all campaign promises

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President Trump, immediately upon taking office, flexed his presidential powers as he followed through on some of the major pledges he made on the campaign trail.

“Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of commonsense,” the nation’s 47th president vowed during his inauguration address Monday at the U.S. Capitol.

Hours later, Trump followed through, with an avalanche of executive order signings at Washington’s Capitol One Arena, in front of thousands of supporters – a first in the nation’s history – and later in the more traditional Oval Office setting at the White House.

“It’s just pure Trump. He’s the first president in a new connected world in which you have to govern from the outside in. You have to mount support and bring the people with you,” veteran Republican strategist Alex Castellanos told Fox News Digital.

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Donald Trump sworn in as 47th president of the United States

By Brooke Singman, Adam Shaw / Fox News

 

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, marking his return to the Oval Office with a pledge to restore America to a “golden age.”

Trump addressed the nation after taking the oath of office for the second time and is expected to use his inaugural address remarks to call for a “revolution of common sense.” 

“I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the country,” Trump will say. “My message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor, and the vitality of history’s greatest civilization.”

The president will deliver his remarks from the Capitol Rotunda Monday due to an arctic blast that hit the nation’s capital, with frigid temperatures forcing the inaugural ceremonies to be moved indoors for the first time in four decades. Read more here.

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