Immigration
1. Mass Deportations
✅: The president can direct immigration enforcement agencies to increase deportation efforts, though logistical and legal challenges may arise.
2. End Birthright Citizenship
❌: This would require a constitutional amendment or a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment, which cannot be achieved by executive order.
3. Reinstate Travel Bans
✅: The president has authority to restrict entry from certain countries for national security reasons, as seen with the 2017 travel ban.
Trade
4. Impose Tariffs
✅: The president can impose tariffs under certain trade laws, especially citing national security or trade imbalances.
5. Establish External Revenue Service
❌: Creating a new federal agency requires Congressional approval, not something a president can do unilaterally.
Energy and Environment
6. Increase Fossil Fuel Production
✅: The president can lift federal restrictions on offshore drilling and natural gas exports via executive action.
7. Withdraw from Paris Agreement
✅: The president can withdraw the U.S. from international agreements without Congressional approval, as Trump did during his first term.
Social Policies
8. Ban Transgender Participation in Sports
❌: This would likely face significant legal challenges and require changes at the state or organizational level, not a simple executive order.
9. Restrict Gender-Affirming Treatments
❌: Regulating medical procedures is typically under state jurisdiction, so federal action would face constitutional challenges.
Foreign Policy
10. Address Ukraine Conflict
❌: Negotiating peace is complex and involves multiple nations; the president cannot guarantee an end to the conflict in one day.
11. Confront China Economically
✅: The president can take economic actions like tariffs and sanctions against China, though long-term effects would take time.
Government and Legal Actions
12. Pardon January 6 Participants
✅: The president has the power to issue pardons for federal offenses, so this is fully within his authority.
13. Combat ‘Deep State’
❌: While the president can reassign or fire certain federal employees, dismantling entrenched systems or firing civil servants broadly is unrealistic.
14. Reduce Federal Spending
❌: Federal budgets are controlled by Congress, so reducing spending requires negotiation and approval from legislators.
Summary:
• ✅: 8 actions seem possible with executive authority or legal precedent.
• ❌: 6 actions are unrealistic, would require Congressional approval, or face significant legal barriers.
