On Day One, President Joe Biden targets Donald Trump s policies on climate, coronavirus pandemic
US President Joe Biden s 15 executive actions, and two directives, amount to an attempt to rewind the last four years of federal policies with striking speed. Associated Press January 21, 2021 / 08:03 AM IST
President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2021, in Washington DC. (Image: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Updated Jan 21, 2021, 11:26 am IST
US President Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump has left him a very generous letter in the Oval Office
Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump has left him a very generous letter in the Oval Office before departing the White House.
It is customary for outgoing presidents to write their successors a letter and leave it for them on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
Joe Biden
However, given that the former president broke several of the past traditions, including by opting to skip Biden s inauguration ceremony and never formally congratulated him on his election win, it was unclear until Wednesday whether Trump would maintain the tradition of outgoing presidents leaving notes for their successors.
Biden takes office a day after the United States marked 400,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic broke out last March while vaccination programs have lagged far behind the target of 20 million Americans inoculated by the end of 2020.
WASHINGTON - With a burst of executive orders, President Joe Biden served notice Thursday that America's war on COVID-19 is under new command, promising an