Donald Trump will flex one of the most intense and sweeping demonstrations of presidential power on the first day of any administration, seeking to fundamentally change Americaβs course by sundown on Monday.
On a frigid day that forced inside his swearing-in as the 47th president, Trump plans a blizzard of hardline executive actions on immigration, energy production, transgender athletes and the pardoning of January 6 rioters.
His inaugural show of force β βclose to 100 to be exact,β he said Sunday β will set the tone for a second term anchored on Trumpβs strongman persona and vision of an all-powerful presidency, aimed at unleashing intense disruption at home and abroad.
But before he took office, outgoing President Joe Biden made his own extraordinary use of executive power that reflected an uncertain national moment, granting preemptive pardons to public servants deemed potential targets of Trumpβs vows to seek retribution against his adversaries.
