From the get-go, President Joe Biden planned several executive actions on his first day as U.S. president. Many of the decisions have undone Trump’s policies/legacy. For example, Biden reversed Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Also, Biden has stated that he will “sign an executive order reversing Trump’s immigration policies.” President Biden is requiring masks to be worn on all federal property, but it is not a national mask mandate. He launched a 100 days mask challenge in an effort to encourage Americans to wear their masks. Also, Biden signed to re-enter the Paris climate accords, which will take place in a several weeks, along with reversing many of Trump's other environmental policies.
President Joe Biden also supported DACA through an executive order. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is essentially a program that “protects from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children,” with the order calling on Congress to provide legislation making a permanent status and path to citizenship available for those immigrants. Biden also ended the “Muslim ban,” as well as stop the construction Donald Trump’s border wall.
Biden will also be ending the 1776 commission, and one of his orders ensures that Americans from every background have the same access to federal government resources. In addition to this, one of Biden’s executive orders reinforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which will require that discrimination from the federal government based on sexual orientation or gender identity does not occur.
Much controversy has been around the belief that Joe Biden’s presidency will be like Barack Obama’s third term. Many people believe that Joe Biden has and will be embracing many of the same policies that Obama did, and while this may be so, Biden has stated that it will not be a third Obama term, and that “the challenges facing fim were unique and sought to shake the shadow of the man who he served as vice president.” He also stated that “we face a totally different world than we faced in the Obama-Biden administration,”
So what do you think? Do you agree with Biden’s decisions while he has been in office thus far? Do you think his term will be similar to that of a third Obama term, or totally different?
I believe that this administration will be similar to Obama's, but not like his third term. This is because Biden is facing new issues at hand, like the corona virus. I believe that it will be more so compared to Trump, since he is changing most of what the former president left behind. Even though so far Biden has made many executive orders, it will be interesting to see what he does that doesn't necessarily relate back to Trump's administration. It seems that we will just have to wait and see to know for sure.
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