In his initial 100 days, former President Donald Trump signed 130 executive orders, a figure that underscores a significant departure from established U.S. policy. The scope and impact of these orders have reshaped numerous aspects of American governance.

Reversing Course: Overturning Previous Administrations

Upon assuming office Jan.20, Mr.Trump promptly rescinded 67 executive orders enacted by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden. This set the stage for a series of policy reversals across various sectors.

Furthermore, Mr. Trump initiated an order aimed at dismantling federal programs. According to available statistics, nearly half of his executive orders were related to this objective.

The Cultural Battlefield: Polarization and Identity

Approximately one-quarter of Mr. Trump’s executive orders formalized his stance in ongoing cultural debates, deepening the existing polarization within the nation. These orders touched on issues of identity, language, and social values.

About one-fifth of the orders were perceived as retaliatory measures against political adversaries, reflecting a combative approach to governance.

Dismantling Legacies: Targeting Past Achievements

While former Republican President Ronald Reagan’s portrait may have hung in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump moved to dismantle institutions created during his tenure, including the United States Institute of Peace.

On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order to suspend funding to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency whose budget expanded under former President George W. Bush. Later, on March 14, he directed cuts to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and the Minority Business development Agency, the former established during the Reagan administration and the latter during former President Richard Nixon’s time.

Another order sought to close the Department of Education, transferring its functions to individual states.This directly contradicted former President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” policy, which expanded the federal role of the Department of Education in 2002.

An executive order issued April 8 directed the Justice Department not to enforce state government climate change laws related to energy, signaling a shift in environmental policy.

streamlining Government: The Musk Influence

Approximately six orders targeted the U.S. federal services, placing their operations under the supervision of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), reportedly led by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Cultural Wars: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mr. Trump expressed clear opposition to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) initiatives, signing at least 40 orders aimed at removing these concepts from American public life.

On Jan. 20, he abolished the “radical” DEI program and mandated that federal agencies use sex (physiological gender at birth) rather of gender (sex based on gender identity) in official documents, effectively erasing the concept of “gender identity” in official language.

Subsequent steps included preventing transgender individuals from joining the military, ending “promoting differential treatment,” and eliminating “anti-Christian bias” within the federal government. Mr. Trump also ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America.

Mr.Trump’s March 1 order designating English as the official U.S. language meant federal agencies no longer needed to provide services in other languages, such as Spanish.

Punishing Opponents: Retaliatory Measures

Mr. Trump also utilized executive orders to target political adversaries. He revoked security clearances from numerous former administration officials on Jan. 20, including John Bolton, a former national security adviser, accusing them of weaponizing intelligence during the 2020 presidential election to manipulate the political process.

He also targeted law firms representing opponents, revoking their federal contracts and access to sensitive information.

The Uncategorizable: Football, Straws, and Shower Heads

Some of Mr. trump’s orders defied easy categorization. Some established working groups, such as the task force to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, and another to prepare for the World cup football matches co-sponsored by the United States, Canada, and Mexico next year.

Mr. Trump also ordered the establishment of the “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve” and the “National energy Dominance Council.”

Other orders addressed reselling concert tickets, revoking the ban on plastic straws, and lifting U.S. shower water pressure restrictions.