Joe Biden plans executive action that would overturn Trump’s policies

Now that Biden has defeated Trump, his transition team is starting to turn his election campaign promises into plans he can implement early in his presidency.

Biden’s first goal will likely be the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to appoint a 12-person coronavirus task force on Monday, two sources familiar with his plans said. Biden also said during the campaign that he would speak with Dr Anthony Fauci, the government’s senior infectious disease specialist, before taking office.

Asked what actions Biden will take on his first day in office, Biden’s campaign adviser Symone Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that the president-elect “will keep his promises.” made during the election campaign.

Biden repeatedly vowed on his first day in office to join the Paris Climate Accord, a landmark international agreement to tackle climate change that Trump abandoned in 2017. He also said he would join the World Health Organization, which Trump has decided to withdraw from this year. .

Both actions underscore a major difference between Biden and Trump: Biden has long believed in multilateral organizations and pacts that Trump is wary of.

Biden also said he would repeal Trump’s ban on travel from certain Muslim-majority countries and reinstate the Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals, which allows “dreamers” – undocumented immigrants who have been brought to the United States as a child – to stay in the country.

The outcome of the election – with Republicans still holding a slim Senate majority, though Democrats take control of the chamber if they win what could be two rounds in the Senate in Georgia in early January – underscores the difficulty that Biden will have to win legislative victories, emphasizing the importance of the executive actions of his administration.

The transition team Biden has assembled has been quietly preparing since Labor Day and has stepped up activities in recent weeks – including launching a website and social media accounts on Sunday.

Biden listed a number of other priorities on the electoral track and in the policies released by his campaign throughout the primary and general elections, including tackling systemic racism, climate change and expanding protections. for unionized employees.

Biden pledged to take steps to reform the government, including expanding and codifying into law an ethical commitment instituted by the Obama administration that addresses lobbying issues and also “any inappropriate or inappropriate influence of ‘personal, financial and other interests’.

He also pledged to restore guidelines instituted under the Obama administration that would restore transgender students’ access to sports, bathrooms and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity.