China News Service, January 26. Since his official inauguration on the 20th, US President Trump has quickly launched a series of new policies and changed many policies during the Obama administration.
The first executive order Trump signed after taking office on the 20th was to freeze outgoing President Obama’s health care reform plan. He asked federal agencies not to issue new regulations to expand the coverage of this law, and asked the Department of Health and Human Services to postpone the implementation of any changes in the health care reform law that may impose a "financial burden" on state governments, health insurance providers, families and individuals. terms, etc.
Previously, the House of Representatives and the Senate controlled by the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party have successively voted to pass the budget adjustment process, taking the first step to repeal Obamacare.
Trump promised to replace health care reform with a "better" plan. He said that after the nomination of Health Minister Price is approved, he will prepare to propose a detailed replacement plan. But as of now, the shape of this plan is unknown. The CNN website stated that Trump will also face major political and policy obstacles in order to implement alternatives.
On the 24th, Trump signed an executive order at the White House and decided to restart the U.S.-Canada "Keystone" XL oil pipeline project, directly overturning Obama's decision to veto the project and fulfilling another of his promises during the campaign. A promise.
The "Keystone" is a 1,179-mile (approximately 1,900 kilometers) oil pipeline planned to be built by the Canadian Pipeline Company. It has been full of controversy since its birth. The project is good for jobs and energy supplies, but has been fiercely opposed by environmentalists because of its high environmental costs. After seven years of stagnation, the Obama administration vetoed the project in November 2015.
Trump said that the project can create 28,000 jobs in the United States. However, some terms in the project are controversial and need to be renegotiated. In addition, Trump also approved the North Dakota oil pipeline construction project and required the use of American-made materials in the construction of the oil pipeline.
What was quickly fulfilled after Trump took office was the promise to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). On the 23rd local time in the United States, Trump signed this executive order after officially starting his first week of work.
Trump said this is a good thing for American workers. Trump said: "What we want is fair trade. Fair trade! We will treat other countries fairly, and they will treat us fairly."
The report said that with the withdrawal from the TPP as a symbol, U.S. trade policy may undergo major changes. Washington said it would take a tough stance to fight for a fair trade agreement and take the first step to protect American jobs by withdrawing from TPP negotiations. In addition to withdrawing from the TPP, Trump is also considering renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at the appropriate time.
During the campaign, Trump called climate change a hoax and threatened to withdraw from the United Nations’ Paris Agreement on climate change. Although he said after being elected that he was "open" to whether to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, he also insisted that there was only "some correlation" between human activities and climate change.
Trump’s attitude towards climate issues can also be seen from his nomination of Ohio Attorney General Scott Pratt as director of the Environmental Protection Agency. This person has close ties to the fossil fuel industry and is a staunch critic of Obama's climate change policies, so this nomination is considered to be "putting arsonists in charge of putting out fires."
Currently, the U.S. government has not yet taken specific actions on whether to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but the White House official website has deleted the "Climate Change" page from the Obama administration and replaced it with the Trump administration's "America First Energy Plan." "Replace it.
On the afternoon of the 25th local time, Trump signed two executive orders at the Department of Homeland Security on strengthening border security, including building a wall on the US-Mexico border and stopping funding to cities where refugees are concentrated. Support and increase the enforcement efforts of border law enforcement agencies, etc. This was also a key promise during his campaign.
Trump said that the United States will immediately start formulating a wall-building plan, and the wall-building operation will begin in the next few months. However, foreign media believe that Trump still faces many difficulties if he wants to build this wall, the first of which is funding.
According to the "Washington Post" estimate, the cost of building the wall may be as high as $25 billion.
Trump said during the campaign that the cost of the wall would be paid for by Mexico, but he recently changed his tune and said the cost would be paid first by the United States but ultimately by Mexico. However, Mexican President Nieto has made it clear that he will never "pay" for the US wall-building operation.
U.S.-Russian relations "hit rock bottom" in 2016. Russia said that dialogue with the United States was almost "frozen," while the United States sanctioned Russia and expelled Russian diplomats. Trump repeatedly said during the campaign that if elected, he would be able to build a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After Trump’s victory, some media reported that the leaders of the two countries were planning to meet for the first time, which both the United States and Russia denied. However, the Kremlin said the two sides were negotiating to hold telephone talks and expected to agree on a date in the near future.
In addition, Trump also signaled possible cooperation with Russia. White House Press Secretary Spicer said that Trump is open to cooperating with Russia to fight the "Islamic State" (IS) extremist organization, provided that Russia has the same willingness to do so. But he did not propose relevant plans, nor did he establish procedures for forming joint military operations or conducting offensive operations.
Trump has said that after taking office, he will require US military generals to submit a complete action plan against the "Islamic State" extremist organization within 30 days. At the inauguration ceremony, he also said: "We will unite the civilized world to oppose extremist terrorism, and we will completely eradicate it from the face of the earth."
Currently, Trump has not yet proposed how to combat extremism. The specific policies of the “Islamic State”. However, Secretary of Defense Mattis and Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly, who were the first members of the Trump administration to be confirmed by the Senate, are both retired U.S. military generals with tough styles.
Israel's "Haaretz" commented on this, "In terms of national security and foreign affairs, Trump's team is at least hawkish, if not belligerent."