After Trump’s presidential victory, here’s what he said could happen next

Donald Trump has just won the presidency. Here is a brief overview of what is expected to be top of mind for Trump when he is inaugurated on January 20.

NBC News projects that Republicans will control the Senate, giving Trump a clear path in the upper chamber to enact policies and fill key positions in his administration. But the race for the House is still extremely close; Republicans are hoping for a trifecta to control Washington, but a Democratic victory could provide a check on Trump’s agenda.

Immigration

Trump has repeatedly said that on Day 1 he will “seal” the southern border, and launch what he calls “the largest deportation program in American history,” invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — last used during World War II — to help make it happen. Deporting the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States would cost the United States billions of dollars and require staffing increases of tens of thousands of people.

As NBC News has reported, his team is also considering withholding federal police grants from local law enforcement agencies that refuse to participate in the deportations.

On immigration, Trump said he will end “catch and release,” restore “Remain in Mexico” and bring back Title 42, a restriction from his first administration that turns away migrants who arrived illegally and does not allow them to seek asylum, in the name of public health.

Trump said he will also send Congress a bill to ban sanctuary cities. He also intends to ask Congress for funding to hire 10,000 new border agents and to approve a 10% raise for existing agents, as well as a $10,000 retention and signing bonus.

Trump said he also wants to ensure that federally funded benefits are used by American citizens — and no one else. He has also promised thatwithin 24 hours of entry, to shut down the Department of Homeland Security’s CBP One app, which provides prospective immigrants with appointment scheduling, remote interview access and the ability to complete required forms.Trump has announced his intent to seize assets from criminal gangs and drug cartels in the United States and use those assets to provide restitution to victims of violent crime. He also called for the death penalty for any migrant who enters the United States and kills American citizens or law enforcement officers.

Trump has also promised not only to bring back his controversial travel ban targeting certain Muslim-majority countries – struck down by the courts – but to extend the ban to refugees from the Gaza Strip and impose certain “ideological screenings” on all immigrants.

Abortion

On reproductive rights, a central issue in this election, Trump has said he would veto a federal abortion ban, but allow each state to restrict the procedure as it wishes. In his first term, Trump managed to get three of his conservative nominees confirmed to the Supreme Court; all three of them voted with the majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.

In comments widely criticized by Democrats, Trump said he would “protect” women, “whether the women like it or not.”

Economy

On the economy, Trump said he wants to “stop inflation” and plans to enact what he calls “historic” tax cuts for workers and small businesses. He said this will include no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security benefits and a tax credit for family caregivers who care for a parent or loved one.

Trump said he wants to work with tech mogul Elon Musk to eliminate “every single” federal regulation that he says raises prices and kills American jobs. And on regulations, Trump has promised to end 10 federal regulations for every new one created.

Trump said one thing he will keep in place: the Affordable Care Act, the incredibly popular health insurance marketplace.

He has said he will sign an executive order directing every cabinet secretary and agency head to target inflation as a key priority.

“We’re going to target everything from affordable cars to housing, to insurance costs, to supply chain issues,” Trump said at a convention in North Carolina in August. “I will instruct my cabinet that I expect results within the first 100 days or much sooner than that.”

Trump has also promised that under his administration there will be no tax on the first $10,000 in education costs for parents of homeschooled children.

Trump has promised American companies will get “the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burdens, and free access to the best and largest market on the planet.”

To that point he would like to reduce corporate tax to 15%from which it is now 21%, and he has said he will impose a 10-20% tariff on all imported goods, as well as a tariff of between 100% and 200% on all companies from countries that do not. wish to use US dollars as their reserve currency. This priority of “America First” is one that extends to every part of Trump’s platform.

In September, Trump called for reinstating the state and local tax credit, commonly known as SALT. In 2017, Trump signed legislation that limited the previously unlimited federal deduction to $10,000 per person. The policy hit people in blue states the hardest. Although Trump signed that measure, he has vowed to undo it.

Environment

For cars made in the United States, Trump said he will pay interest on car loans fully deductible. He said he will rescind an electric vehicle rule announced by President Joe Biden’s administration in March that makes electric cars more available and affordable over the next several years and makes it harder for gas-powered cars to keep up with increasingly stringent environmental protection agency. standard. Trump also wants to once again withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a major international climate agreement.

Without providing a plan for how he will make this happen, Trump has said he will cut consumer energy prices in half within 12 months of taking office.

“We were energy independent four years ago,” Trump often reminded his supporters at rallies, where he promoted the use of fracking and drilling for oil on Day 1. He also hopes to lower housing costs by building on “the outskirts of cities and suburbs,” where land is cheaper, canceling what he calls Biden’s “anti-suburban housing regulation.”

Foreign policy

On foreign policy, Trump said he will end Russia’s war in Ukraine within a day.

“First I have to meet with Putin, I have to meet with Zelenskyy. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths,” Trump said in a CNN town hall about the 2023 presidents of Russia and Ukraine. “And within 24 hours it will war be settled. It will be over. It will be completely over.”

Trump also plans to end the “chaos” in the Middle East and prevent “World War III.” It is unclear how he will go about achieving these things. Trump has also expressed interest in building a missile defense shield over the United States, similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.

Culture wars

Trump leaned heavily on anti-transgender rhetoric during his campaign and promised to enact restrictive policies during his administration.

“On Day 1, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding to any school that pushes critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto our children,” Trump has said. “And I won’t give a dime to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate.”

Trump said he wants to “get rid of” the Department of Education as it currently exists and let each state individually “handle education,” as he put it.

“We have one person plus a secretary and all the person has to do is, ‘Do you teach English? Do you teach arithmetic? What do you do? Reading, writing and arithmetic, and don’t you teach awake?’ Not teaching awake is a very big factor, but we will have a very small staff,” Trump said about his plans.

Trump also plans to, as he called it, “keep men out of women’s sports” and ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Retaliation

In May, Trump became the first former president in history to be convicted of a felony after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records. He remains in legal jeopardy in federal and state cases, though they are likely to be dismissed or delayed now that he has won the election.

Trump made his belief that he is the victim of political persecution a central element of his campaign, often promising “debt settlement” for his enemies.

Indeed, since entering the 2024 race, Trump has called for the prosecution of at least 16 rival politicians and 15 law enforcement, military and intelligence officials — according to an NBC News review of his public comments — as well as workers for two. federal public health agencies, two billionaires and the tech giant Google.

Trump said he believes the current and former members of Congress who were part of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — including Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R. – Wyo. – should be prosecuted for what he calls “their lies” and “treason.”

He also plans to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” Biden and his family. Special counsel Jack Smith, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, is also expected to be relieved of his investigative duties.

“I would fire him in two seconds,” Trump said of Smith during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

Trump increasingly whitewashed the January 6 riot, going from calling it a “horrific attack” immediately afterward to a “day of love” at the end of his campaign. He has said he wants to pardon many of the prisoners who were arrested, charged and found guilty of crimes related to their actions that day.

Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in imprisoning journalists if they do not reveal sources who leaked information to them. He also wants anyone who desecrates an American flag to face a year in prison.