Rachel Looker and Sumi Somaskanda
Reporting from Washington DC
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Watch: Trump promises ‘brand new day’ at pre-inauguration rally
Ahead of his return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, President-elect Donald Trump addressed a raucous crowd of thousands in a Washington DC arena for a “Victory Rally” in which he offered a preview of the next four years.
The Republican promised to act unilaterally on a wide array of issues, using his presidential powers to launch mass deportation operations, slash environmental regulations and end diversity programmes.
He is expected to sign more than 200 executive actions today. This would include executive orders, which are legally-binding, and other presidential directives like proclamations, which are usually not.
“Every radical and foolish executive order of the Biden administration will be repealed within hours of when I take the oath of office,” the incoming president said.
Trump promised executive orders that would ramp up artificial intelligence programmes, form the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), make records available related to the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963, direct the military to create an Iron Dome missile defence shield and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies from the military.
