Trump rally live: President-elect lays out flurry of first-day executive actions

Yes, America, this is happening…

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 23:22

During his remarks at his victory rally, Donald Trump confirms he will visit the site of the Los Angeles wildfires that devastated the suburbs of the city and left at least 25 dead.

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 23:10

“Tomorrow everyone in this arena will be very happy with my decision on the J6 hostages. I think you’ll be very, very happy. I would say about 99.9% in this beautiful arena,” says Trump at his victory rally.

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 23:03

President-elect Donald Trump boasted about his efforts to “save” TikTok during his pre-inauguration rally.

“As of today, TikTok is back,” Trump said. “So, you know, I did a little TikTok thing. We have a guy…he’s a young kid, like 21 years old, and we hired this guy, and I went on Tiktok. Can you believe what I’ll do to win an election?”

“So whether you like Tiktok or not, we’re going to make a lot of money,” he added.

Katie Hawkinson reports from Washington, D.C.

Trump’s victory rally marks his first major speech in Washington, D.C. since January 6, 2021

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 23:00

Donald Trump says he’s going to declassify records on the assassinations of John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, in addition to other classified documents of national interest.

“We are going to make public remaining records relating to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other topics of great public interest. It’s all going to be released, Uncle Sam.”

As Allan Smith of NBC News recalls, Trump tried this in his first term:

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 22:58

Elon Musk, whom Donald Trump has appointed to head up the Department of Government Efficiency, made brief remarks on stage at the victory rally.

“We’re looking forward to making a lot of changes.. What matters going forward is to actually make significant changes.. and set the foundation for America to be strong forever.”

The president-elect then offly said: “He knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide.”

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 22:55

Donald Trump says his staff tried to talk him out of signing so many executive orders on his first day in office and instead suggested spreading them out.

“Like hell we are,” Trump says he responded.

Oliver O’Connell19 January 2025 22:51

This record-setting first wave of policy priorities will focus on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for American families, ending DEI programs across the federal government, and more, the network reports.

According to a senior administration official, Trump is set to sign multiple “omnibus” executive orders, each containing dozens of major executive actions.

“The president is issuing a historic series of executive orders and actions that will fundamentally reform the American government, including the complete and total restoration of American sovereignty,” the official told Fox News Digital.

Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich tweeted out the following list of what the orders will do:

  • close the border to all illegal aliens via proclamation and declare a national emergency at the border
  • direct designations of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
  • re-institute “Remain in Mexico,” “Catch and Release,” and direct the military to construct a new phase of the border wall
  • “fully unleash” Alaskan energy, terminate Biden policies that have “constrained US supply”
  • return federal workers to in-person work
  • strengthen control over senior government officials and implement a new merit-based hiring review
  • suspend security clearances for the 51 national security officials who “lied” about Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 presidential election
  • end all DEI programs across the federal government
  • establish a new Department of Government Efficiency hiring freeze
  • declare a national energy emergency and pause all offshore wind leases
  • withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord
  • direct all agencies and departments to remove all federal actions that increase costs for families and consumers

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