President Donald Trump signed his first bill into law Friday, moments after being sworn in, clearing the way for his defense secretary to be confirmed.
The 45th President signed a bill passed by Congress earlier this month that would allow retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as defense secretary by waiving the legal requirement that he be out of the
Mattis will still need to be confirmed by the Senate, which is expected Friday afternoon.
According to Spicer, the other papers Trump was signing included formal nominations for his Cabinet and a proclamation for a national day of patriotism.
14 things he promised on his first day in office
The ceremony took place moments after Trump left the podium outside the Capitol building where he was sworn in and delivered his inaugural address.
The ceremony took place moments after Trump left the podium outside the Capitol building where he was sworn in and delivered his inaugural address.
The first day in office is a hectic one for new presidents. It doesn't start until the late morning, and they spend hours at a formal ceremony, with hours of obligations to follow on the party circuit that night. None of their appointees have been confirmed; few of them have even been nominated. They'll probably get lost once or twice. It's a lot like any first day at a new job, in other words.
But that doesn't stop presidential candidates from making bold promises about how much they'll accomplish that day. Here's everything Donald Trump has promised to do on his first day in office (or, in a few cases, things his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, has promised Trump will do):
1. "Repeal every single Obama executive order." (He has also pledged more specifically to "eliminate every unconstitutional executive order.")
2. "Repeal Obamacare." (On Trump's campaign website, he's less bullish, promising only to "ask Congress" on day one to repeal Obamacare immediately.)
3. "End the war on coal."
4. "Begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country." (More specifically, Trump has promised to do this in his "first hour" in office, "day one, before the wall, before anything."
5. Meet with Homeland Security officials and generals to begin securing the southern border.
6. "Notify all countries that refuse to take back dangerous illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in this country that they will lose access to our visa programs if they continue to do so."
7. Convene his top generals and inform them they have 30 days to come up with a plan to stop ISIS.
8. Fix the Department of Veterans Affairs.
9. Call the heads of major companies who are moving operations oversea to inform them that they'll face 35 percent tariffs.
10. "Contact countries and say…'Folks, we love protecting you, we want to continue to protect you but you're not living up to the bargain'…They're not paying what they're supposed to be paying—which is very little, by the way."
11. "Defend the unborn."
12. "Withdraw from TPP."
13. "Start taking care of our…military."
14. Suspend Syrian refugee resettlement.
- CNN
But that doesn't stop presidential candidates from making bold promises about how much they'll accomplish that day. Here's everything Donald Trump has promised to do on his first day in office (or, in a few cases, things his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, has promised Trump will do):
1. "Repeal every single Obama executive order." (He has also pledged more specifically to "eliminate every unconstitutional executive order.")
2. "Repeal Obamacare." (On Trump's campaign website, he's less bullish, promising only to "ask Congress" on day one to repeal Obamacare immediately.)
3. "End the war on coal."
4. "Begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country." (More specifically, Trump has promised to do this in his "first hour" in office, "day one, before the wall, before anything."
5. Meet with Homeland Security officials and generals to begin securing the southern border.
6. "Notify all countries that refuse to take back dangerous illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in this country that they will lose access to our visa programs if they continue to do so."
7. Convene his top generals and inform them they have 30 days to come up with a plan to stop ISIS.
8. Fix the Department of Veterans Affairs.
9. Call the heads of major companies who are moving operations oversea to inform them that they'll face 35 percent tariffs.
10. "Contact countries and say…'Folks, we love protecting you, we want to continue to protect you but you're not living up to the bargain'…They're not paying what they're supposed to be paying—which is very little, by the way."
11. "Defend the unborn."
12. "Withdraw from TPP."
13. "Start taking care of our…military."
14. Suspend Syrian refugee resettlement.
- CNN
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