DAY 1 PROMISES

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Trump made this central promise in rally after rally and in other public comments.
55% : -- Time magazine, Dec. 12.TRANSGENDER RIGHTSThe promise:"On Day 1, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content onto the shoulders of our children.
54% : -- Pickens, South Carolina, rally, July 1, 2023.What it means if he keeps the promise: Trump is extremely unlikely to be able to achieve his promise by mere executive order, because birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution.
52% : Trump clearly supports raising tariffs to induce more domestic manufacturing.
48% : Miles Mikolas feels he 'owes' Cardinals fans a better '25 so they don't think 'good riddance' Post-Dispatch print facility ends 146-year run in St. LouisWhat he could do: Under this core promise, Trump would unilaterally declare a national emergency to set the stage for tracking down millions of people in the United States illegally and holding them in huge detention centers until they can be removed from the country.
46% : Trump has promised to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico.
45% : CALVIN WOODWARD | Associated PressTRUMP INAUGURATIONAfter Donald Trump becomes president again, he is on the hook for achieving a hefty chunk of his campaign promises even before the day is out.
44% : Since the election: Trump said in an interview with Time magazine that the federal prohibition on using military forces for most domestic security enforcement should not apply "if it's an invasion of our country, and I consider it an invasion of our country."Closing the U.S. borderWhat he said in the campaign:"And on Day 1, I will close the border, and I will stop the invasion of illegal criminals coming into our country."
44% : Trump also renegotiated parts of the free-trade agreement with Canada and Mexico on terms he considered more favorable to the U.S.JAN.
43% : It's also unclear whether Trump intends to revoke a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying a new EV.
39% : As other presidents have done -- and as Trump did aggressively and with decidedly mixed results in his first term -- he will quickly test the limits of his executive power.
35% : In the past: Trump rolled back a variety of Obama-era limits on auto pollution in his first term.
35% : In the past: Trump imposed higher tariffs on $360 billion in Chinese goods in his first term.
30% : Trump had also promised on Day 1 to roll back Biden administration Title IX protections barring discrimination against students based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
29% : Still, Trump may be able to use his threat as a cudgel in certain situations.

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