Trump has made many pledges about Day One of his presidency. But can he carry them out? - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Putin very well," Trump added.
60% : Trump has promised to roll back a number of vehicle emissions standards under the Environmental Protection Agency, along with incentives designed to promote the production and adoption of these vehicles, including those from the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
58% : In many of his campaign speeches, Trump has pledged to "keep men out of women's sports," through executive action, making it a central focus of his campaign.
56% : At a rally in Wisconsin in June, Trump announced that on his first day in office, he would sign an executive order to withhold federal funding from any school promoting "critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto the lives of our children.
52% : I will get it settled before I even become president," Trump said during the debate.
51% : As president, Trump has the authority to grant pardons to individuals convicted in federal courts, District of Columbia Superior Court, or through military court-martials.
51% : During the call, sources told Axios, Trump handed the phone to billionaire Elon Musk, whose Starlink satellite internet system has been a lifeline for Ukrainian forces.
49% : Trump rallied his campaign with chants of "drill, baby, drill" and pledged to increase the production of fossil fuels, including oil, natural gas, and coal.
48% : In May 2023, Trump said on Day One of a second term he would sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship, which says any child born on US soil is a citizen regardless of their parents' immigration status.
48% : Throughout his campaign, Trump pledged to pardon some of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol on his first day of office.
47% : He also said he wants to "close the border, and I want to drill, drill, drill."So can Trump carry out his promises on Day One?
47% : It's so easy," Trump said of Smith during an interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt.
47% : And I will sign their pardons on Day 1," Trump said at a Wisconsin rally in September.
46% : Trump has not only continued in spreading false claims about the events of Jan. 6 but has also praised the rioters, referring to them as "great patriots," "hostages," and "warriors.
41% : In October, Trump said that he would "fire" special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing Trump's federal cases, on his first day back in the White House.
41% : During a September presidential debate with Harris and on other occasions, Trump said that if reelected, he would "settle" the war in Ukraine before his inauguration.
41% : Trump has pledged to implement policies on Day One that would impact the lives of transgender Americans, including an effort to keep transgender women from competing in women's sports.
39% : "Trump said he would ask Congress to pass a bill stating there are "only two genders."
36% : Trump cannot pardon himself for his state conviction in New York related to the hush-money case involving payments to an adult film star.
36% : It's unclear whether Trump would pursue such pardons.
32% : Throughout his 2024 campaign, Trump consistently said: "On Day One, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history."He also said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used 1798 law that allows the president to deport any noncitizen from a country with which the US is at war.
30% : "Trump has not specified his plan to reduce federal funding for schools, and any significant funding cuts would need approval from Congress.
26% : "(In July, in response to Trump's claim, Russia's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said, "The Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day.")Axios reported that the day after the election Trump spoke with Zelensky, who had called to congratulate the president-elect.
25% : Smith's two cases against Trump involve his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his handling of classified documents.
25% : During a Fox News town hall in October with female voters in Georgia, Trump was asked how he would stop trans athletes from competing.
23% : Trump said that on Day One, he will reverse the transgender student protections put in place earlier this year by the Biden administration.
11% : "As president, Trump could urge the Justice Department to remove Smith, though Trump likely couldn't do it directly since Smith is not a presidential appointee.

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