Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders hours after officially becoming the 47th president of the United States, CNN reported.
The signed actions include an immigration crackdown as well as the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organisation.
One of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions formally established the Department of Government Efficiency as an entity within the federal government after a recent change in thinking, according to two sources familiar with the DOGE plans.
Trump also signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to the BBC.
This marks the second time Trump has ordered the US pullout from the WHO. Carrying out this executive action on day one makes it more likely the US will formally leave the global agency.
“They wanted us back so badly so we’ll see what happens,” Trump said in the Oval Office, referring to the WHO, perhaps hinting the US might return eventually.
The new US leader also signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law requiring a sale of or ban on the platform.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the Republican president said: “I tell you what. Every rich person has called me about TikTok.”
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