President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised a number of executive orders upon taking over as president, suggesting at a Sunday rally in Washington DC that among them would be a crackdown on the January 6 rioters.
“Everyone in this very large area will be very pleased with my decision on the J6 hostages,” he said of the defendants and those convicted of crimes related to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump has long expressed sympathy for his supporters accused or convicted of participating in the riots. He recently claimed that no guns were used that day, although several defendants were. allegations were made Convicted of further offenses related to carrying a firearm.
“I think you'll be very, very happy, I would say 99.9%, about this beautiful area,” Trump said Sunday night at Capital One Arena.
CBS News has learned that Trump is expected to sign nearly 200 executive actions on Monday — including executive orders, presidential memoranda, proclamations and other presidential directives. Some of them are expected to be signed at Capital One Arena while the rest will be signed at the White House.
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The president-elect predicted, “You'll have a lot of fun watching television tomorrow,” and he fumed at an unnamed aide, whom he claimed urged him not to sign too many executive orders on the Monday after he was sworn in. Had done.
“Somebody said yesterday, 'Sir, don't do so many signatures in one day. Let's do it over a few weeks.' I said, 'Sure, we're going to do it in a few weeks. We're going to sign them.' 'Let's do it later.' And it's never complete.”
“No, we're working tomorrow,” he said. “I'll have a lot more to sign in the future – don't worry about it. It's not going to stop.”
Other executive actions mentioned by Trump during the rally included removing “decommissioning” from the military; Directing the Army to construct an entirely American-made “Iron Dome” missile defense shield; and declassifying the remaining records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
He also vowed to take action on the southern border, education and diversity, equity and inclusion measures.
The newly elected President also discussed the plans tiktokSaying that they had no choice but to save the popular social media app because it creates jobs. After the Supreme Court ruled Friday that the law banning the app is constitutional, Trump said he would extend implementation of the law by 90 days, longer than would be allowed under the law. Trump first time Tried unsuccessfully to ban app with an executive order, but he has since changed his tune on the issue.
He talked about a proposal on Sunday under which the US would own 50% of TikTok and have a partner who he claims would take on all the risk.
“So they'll have one partner, the United States, and they'll have a lot of bidders, and the United States will do what we call a joint venture, and there's no risk. We're not putting up any money, Trump said he spoke to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Sunday and told the crowd that Cook would be investing in the U.S. It was unclear whether this was related to TikTok.
The president-elect also briefly reflected on the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, last summer, when a gunman cut off his ear before law enforcement could kill the shooter. Trump said that he is still having pain in his ear, from where the bullet had grazed him.
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