Sandeep Kumar : President Donald Trump, in his first minutes in office, said he is declaring a “national energy emergency” to help to bring down prices, one of his key campaign promises.
“We will drill, baby, drill,” he said during his inaugural address on Monday.
Trump claimed in the speech that “the inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices.”
The new president also said he is going to direct his Cabinet to use “the vast powers at their disposal” to bring down the cost of goods.
Trump says his “life was saved” by God to make America great again
In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump said his “life was saved” by the grace of God to make America great again, in reference to the assassination attempt made on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania while he was on the campaign trail.
Trump has relayed religious imagery following the assassination attempt, with some of his supporters at the Republican National Convention viewing his survival as divine intervention.
Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump in his inaugural address highlighted several executive actions he said will take, including rolling back clean energy initiatives.
Trump says he will “revoke the electric vehicle mandate”
“With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to my great American auto workers,” Trump said to applause. “In other words, you’ll be able to buy the car of your choice. We will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago.”
He went on to thank auto workers for their “inspiring vote of confidence.”
“We did tremendously with their vote,” he added.
Trump highlighted a series of actions he said he would take on his first day in office.
“Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders,” Trump said. “With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. It’s all about common sense.”
“I will declare a national emergency at our southern border,” he said. “All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
“We will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” Trump said.
The president also said he would declare a national energy emergency.
An, Trump said, he would “immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.”
