Biden reverses key Trump policies after inauguration

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and issuing a plain-spoken appeal for unity to a fractured nation grappling with a deadly pandemic and a painful economic crisis.

Hours after his inauguration, Biden returned to the White House where he served for eight years as vice president and got to work reversing several of the policies of his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.

“There’s no time to start like today,” Biden said as he signed a slew of executive orders that ranged from instituting a mask mandate on federal property to rejoining the Paris climate agreement.

Biden, 78, became the oldest U.S. president ever inaugurated when he swore the oath of office administered by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts shortly before noon Wednesday.

Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Harris, 56, is the first woman, first Black woman and first South Asian woman to serve as vice president.

“The will of the people has been heard. And the will of the people has been heeded,” Biden said. “Democracy has prevailed.”

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12 Comments

  1. Silver fox
    January 21, 2021

    DNO there is a SUSPICIOUS on your website to avoid labour supporters answering stupid questions from LINTON, supporters what is going on?

    ADMIN: What do you mean?

  2. Channel 1
    January 21, 2021

    @Magway ca – Very good summary sir/madam. You are spot on with your information and for this I am led to respond & commend you.

    Your post is another searing beam of truth amidst the unadulterated nonsense out there.

    • Mostly reminders
      January 31, 2021

      But what else could you say when ‘u’ are the same person posting as chanel 1. You revealed that you’re not sure what u are, sir/madam, maybe trans, I don’t know.

      • Mostly reminders
        January 31, 2021

        Meant to say u and magway ca.

  3. Chakademus
    January 21, 2021

    Forget about personalities for a second. You may like Biden’s policies, or Trump’s for that matter, but the emerging practice of presidents instituting or reversing policies with executive orders is bad governance. If every 4 or 8 years treaties are abandoned then rejoined, major policies are versed and reversed, then the US will become an unstable and un-dependable partner. Nations of the world will stop following America’s leadership if she keeps lurching from right to left. National policies should be determined by congress, not by the president, whether you like him or not.

    Congress should pass a law to clamp down on those executive orders. The president is not a king!

  4. Ibo France
    January 21, 2021

    @Channel 1

    Stop your delusional rant as you seem to have lost touch with reality.

    The majority of Trump’s supporters are from rural America. They are easily misled as too many of them are poorly educated. These are people who would ask where to put the stamp on an e-mail.

    You’ve declared that Trump is hated by the media et al. Who hates black people or better stilt, none white people more then this man? Check Trump’s father history and you will quickly learn where his animus for black people came from.

  5. Ibo France
    January 21, 2021

    @Magway ca

    Trump’s presidency:
    *over 400 000 deaths from covid (avoidable)
    *steep rise in racism (right wing extremists had free reign)
    *topical animus became palpable
    *he created a post factual world
    *police shootings of black people quadrupled
    *incited rioters to attack the Capitol building
    *greatly diminished America’s standing around the world
    * left government with a job deficit (there were more jobs when he assumed power than when he left)
    *pardoned about one hundred fifty (150) criminals just before he was forced to exist office

    Very respected political analysts , with no axe to grind, have labeled him as the WORST American president ever. Ponder on that Magway ca.

    • magway ca
      January 22, 2021

      the cdc has said that only 5% of the 400000 are actual covid deaths the rest are people who tested positive but died of some other cause
      what you call racism is not racism just because CNN says something dosent make it true and the vast majority of racism actually came from black people
      the post factual world was created by the news media that you hold so dearly you need to look at NEWSMAX more often for the truth not a twisted narrative
      police shootings of black people actually went DOWN under trump its the media coverage of it that was increased
      there was no incitement of any rioting done at the white house stop having your mind twisted by the media BLM and the democrats incited riots
      left government in the strongest position that the USA has been in years and there are actually more jobs now. only democrat run states and cities are failing cause they shut small businesses
      OBAMA pardoned 2300 criminals when he was in office including a terrorist who set a bomb of in…

  6. Mellow
    January 21, 2021

    I hope one day Dominican will wake up and do what Americans did. Vote out the double doctor that has Dominica in a mess. No transparency and accountability. I thank God every day that I left Dominica there’s no growth for young people like me. He needs to go hangout with Trump. They’re the same.

  7. Channel 1
    January 21, 2021

    When the political elite, the media elite, the tech elite, the banking elite, the celebrity elite, the globalists, the Deep State (entrenched career government technocrats & advisers) & China absolutely hates you but the ordinary hard working man & woman of rural America likes you, then you know you did a great job.

    Well done Donald Trump!!!!!! You are a True President for the People not the Elite.

    Your presidency also provided an opportunity for the study of the techniques & tools utilized by the elite to manipulate the gullible & unsuspecting against those they dislike.

    Edward L. Bernays in his book Propaganda did say the following:

    “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”

  8. Magway ca
    January 21, 2021

    Sorry Americans You all may have a president backed by big tech and the media. But the America first policy that built a strong American economy under trump will be replaced by an America last policy as was seen under Obama. Trump was hated but he was a businessman not a politician so he ran the country like a business and America profited under it . Biden is a politician and all is gonna happen is things done so people will like him and vote him in for a second term. The media and big tech will sing his praises because he lets them silence the people’s freedom of speech and expression if they don’t like what your saying . Trump crippled China. Watch Biden crawl on his knees and pander to the communist state. Thousands of jobs in both Canada and the us will be gone. He owes favours to blm, the media, big tech and even the kkk ( yes kkk is a democrat organisation ) 15 dollars minimum wage sounds good until you loose your job cause ur boss can’t pay u and the business closes

  9. TeteMorne I From
    January 21, 2021

    It is NOT over! God’s events are on man’s calendar. Nuff said..

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