January 21, 2025 • 5 mins
Donald Trump's swift actions from the day he's taken office could indicate he's learned since his first term.
The 47th President has already signed a significant number of executive orders, relating to border security, inflation, and even gender issues.
In just two orders, he revoked nearly 80 of Joe Biden's presidential actions, and he's pardoned more than a thousand convicts from the January 6 Capitol riot.
Republican strategist Amy Tarkanian says Trump's showing he's prepared and eager for change.
"Now that he also has a Republican Senate and a Republican House, the wind is at his back with making sure that everything continues to go as smoothly as possible."
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And we have a president of the United States of America.
Donald Trump is officially president again. And he has not
wasted any time getting to work. He's laid out dozens
of executive orders that he'll sign in the coming days,
and he's already instituted many of them already, like pulling
out of the Paris Climate Agreement, pulling out of the
World Health Organization, pardoning twenty twenty one capital attack writers
(00:22):
fifteen hundred of them, and a border crackdown. And I
will send troops to the southern border to repel the
disastrous invasion of our country. So Republican strategist Amy Tarkanian
is joining me now.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Hello, Amy, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You're a Republican, you're a strategist. What have you made
of what Donald Trump, the President has said today.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, I'm not surprised by any of the actions that
were taken so far today than any of the words
that were shared as well. And here's inaugural speech. He
came out swinging in Trump fashion, and with the former
administration sitting literally within you know, a few feet in
front of him, he lambasted and pointed out the areas
(01:08):
that he felt where they did wrong. And then he
pivoted into his lengthy to do list, if you will,
of ways to make improvements, ways to fix the country
as he views them. And then he ended off on
(01:29):
a high note, and I thought that was a good tone,
a good tenor. He mentioned how Americans were courageous, were
full of vigor, we're proud, we're compassionate, and we are
a prosperous nation. And he basically stated that January twentieth,
twentieth is Liberation Day and that we are now entering
(01:52):
a golden age. So it was it was very hopeful,
and and I'm hoping that from his first term that
he unfortunately had to learn a number of things the
very hard way when he campaigned on draining the swamp
and he found out that that was virtually impossible to do.
(02:15):
So he had continued to surround himself with people who
were not good for him. He was not listening like
he probably should have, and it caused great heartache. And
so you know, in the beginning, I think we were
all very excited, and then towards the end of that
term it became extremely chaotic and it was disappointing. So
(02:39):
I think this go around, we have already seen. He's
already lined up his cabinet nominees before today even took place.
And he also had his policy advisors put together this
lengthy list of two hundred plus executive orders that he's
going to be signing in the next twenty four to
(02:59):
forty eight eight hours. And he's doing some of them
as we speak, and he's not wasting any time. No,
he's going to be extremely aggressive, and it is you know,
do I agree with everything? No, but that's fine. But
he's definitely I think he's learned his lesson and he's
moving forward quite quite quickly.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
All of this stuff and everything he said he said
in the election campaign, and he was given a mandate
to say this stuff. So the question would then be
how much of this stuff might not happen because of
legal challenges, which is what happened to those original one
hundred executive orders he did in twenty sixteen.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Sure, well, as soon as President Biden came in, he actually,
you know, he resented a lot and I number said it.
He got rid of a lot of them. And so
now you've got a little bit of a ping pong effect.
So now that President Trump is right back where we
began before Biden did that. He's now bringing everything back,
(03:57):
but he's going to make sure that everything is well oiled.
It's going to make there's going to be improvements made
upon these executive orders. And then now that he also
has a Republican Senate in a Republican House, the wind
is at his back with making sure that everything continues
(04:19):
to go as smoothly as possible.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
He has a mandate to make America great and absolutely,
but the rest of us and the rest of the
world worried that he may not contribute to the international
community as much as perhaps he might have done. Is
that something that you think he should be more worried
about or not.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
No, I think it's quite the opposite. I think he's
made it crystal clear that he doesn't want America to
be taken for granted. He doesn't want us to be
taken advantage of anymore. He did stay here. In the
last five minutes or so, as I'm watching him sign
these executive orders, a member of the press asked about
tariffs and when would he start implementing them, and he
(05:03):
said he was going to implement a twenty five percent
tariff February first, to Mexico and Canada. So that's going
to be quite an eye opener. And I don't know
if he necessarily means that or if those are just
words that he's putting out as a I guess, a warning.
I don't want to use the word threat, but you know,
(05:26):
he is a businessman, so he's going to start high
and then he negotiates uses and the right. So we'll
see what happens.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
There as we will. I mean, attack Anyan is a
stategis for the Republican.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
For more from hither, Duke Lassy Allen Drive listen live
to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
And we have a president of the United States of America.
Donald Trump is officially president again. And he has not
wasted any time getting to work. He's laid out dozens
of executive orders that he'll sign in the coming days,
and he's already instituted many of them already, like pulling
out of the Paris Climate Agreement, pulling out of the
World Health Organization, pardoning twenty twenty one capital attack writers
(00:22):
fifteen hundred of them, and a border crackdown. And I
will send troops to the southern border to repel the
disastrous invasion of our country. So Republican strategist Amy Tarkanian
is joining me now.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Hello, Amy, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You're a Republican, you're a strategist. What have you made
of what Donald Trump, the President has said today.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, I'm not surprised by any of the actions that
were taken so far today than any of the words
that were shared as well. And here's inaugural speech. He
came out swinging in Trump fashion, and with the former
administration sitting literally within you know, a few feet in
front of him, he lambasted and pointed out the areas
(01:08):
that he felt where they did wrong. And then he
pivoted into his lengthy to do list, if you will,
of ways to make improvements, ways to fix the country
as he views them. And then he ended off on
(01:29):
a high note, and I thought that was a good tone,
a good tenor. He mentioned how Americans were courageous, were
full of vigor, we're proud, we're compassionate, and we are
a prosperous nation. And he basically stated that January twentieth,
twentieth is Liberation Day and that we are now entering
(01:52):
a golden age. So it was it was very hopeful,
and and I'm hoping that from his first term that
he unfortunately had to learn a number of things the
very hard way when he campaigned on draining the swamp
and he found out that that was virtually impossible to do.
(02:15):
So he had continued to surround himself with people who
were not good for him. He was not listening like
he probably should have, and it caused great heartache. And
so you know, in the beginning, I think we were
all very excited, and then towards the end of that
term it became extremely chaotic and it was disappointing. So
(02:39):
I think this go around, we have already seen. He's
already lined up his cabinet nominees before today even took place.
And he also had his policy advisors put together this
lengthy list of two hundred plus executive orders that he's
going to be signing in the next twenty four to
(02:59):
forty eight eight hours. And he's doing some of them
as we speak, and he's not wasting any time. No,
he's going to be extremely aggressive, and it is you know,
do I agree with everything? No, but that's fine. But
he's definitely I think he's learned his lesson and he's
moving forward quite quite quickly.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
All of this stuff and everything he said he said
in the election campaign, and he was given a mandate
to say this stuff. So the question would then be
how much of this stuff might not happen because of
legal challenges, which is what happened to those original one
hundred executive orders he did in twenty sixteen.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Sure, well, as soon as President Biden came in, he actually,
you know, he resented a lot and I number said it.
He got rid of a lot of them. And so
now you've got a little bit of a ping pong effect.
So now that President Trump is right back where we
began before Biden did that. He's now bringing everything back,
(03:57):
but he's going to make sure that everything is well oiled.
It's going to make there's going to be improvements made
upon these executive orders. And then now that he also
has a Republican Senate in a Republican House, the wind
is at his back with making sure that everything continues
(04:19):
to go as smoothly as possible.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
He has a mandate to make America great and absolutely,
but the rest of us and the rest of the
world worried that he may not contribute to the international
community as much as perhaps he might have done. Is
that something that you think he should be more worried
about or not.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
No, I think it's quite the opposite. I think he's
made it crystal clear that he doesn't want America to
be taken for granted. He doesn't want us to be
taken advantage of anymore. He did stay here. In the
last five minutes or so, as I'm watching him sign
these executive orders, a member of the press asked about
tariffs and when would he start implementing them, and he
(05:03):
said he was going to implement a twenty five percent
tariff February first, to Mexico and Canada. So that's going
to be quite an eye opener. And I don't know
if he necessarily means that or if those are just
words that he's putting out as a I guess, a warning.
I don't want to use the word threat, but you know,
(05:26):
he is a businessman, so he's going to start high
and then he negotiates uses and the right. So we'll
see what happens.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
There as we will. I mean, attack Anyan is a
stategis for the Republican.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
For more from hither, Duke Lassy Allen Drive listen live
to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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