Changes with “good morning”. A few hours after taking power in , he signed an executive order by which his country withdraws from the .
The Republican President accused the WHO of “deceiving us”, pointing out that the US contribution to the international organization was far greater than that of China and accusing it of mismanaging the novel coronavirus pandemic and other international public health crises.
🚨BREAKING: President Trump just withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson)
Reversed Biden’s decision on Cuba
It also overturned the decision by the previous administration of Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the blacklist of states that Washington says support “terrorism”, which was announced a few days earlier, as part of a Washington-Havana agreement that provided for the release of political prisoners.
According to the White House, the Republican signed an executive order to that effect immediately after his inauguration.
Cuba’s reaction
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reacted angrily to the announcement, calling it an act of “arrogance that defies the truth” via X.
Mr. Dias-Canel reminded that during his first term (2017-2021) Mr. Trump has imposed an even tighter embargo on the Caribbean island, which has caused shortages of goods in Cuba and increased the number of Cubans immigrating to the US.
He added that the Republican’s decision does not surprise him, judging that he means to continue the “inhuman economic war” against his country.
President Trump, in an act of arrogance and disregard for the truth, has just reinstated the fraudulent designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Not surprising. Its objective is to continue strengthening the cruel economic war against Cuba for the purposes of domination.
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB)
Customs duties in Mexico and Canada
Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to impose additional 25% tariffs on products imported into the country from its two neighbors, Canada and Mexico, on February 1.
“We’re looking at 25% in Mexico and Canada because they’re letting a lot of people (…) into (the U.S.) and a lot of fentanyl as well,” the 47th US president said at the White House. , adding that he wants the additional tariffs to take effect on February 1.
Bring the sanctions on the Israelis
Trump also on Monday rescinded an executive order by his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, which imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers accused of violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to a White House announcement.
The Republican reversed the measures, which had been imposed in February 2024 and targeted settlers and organizations accused of a series of such violent actions, just hours after taking office, according to the US presidency.
Thanks to the capitol invaders
Republican Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night at the White House granting presidential pardons to hundreds of people convicted of their involvement in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, once again calling them “hostages” (photo, up, from X).
The presidential pardon of more than 1,500 convicted for their cooperation in the attack was met with outrage by the Democratic former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, who called the decision via X an “insult to the justice system” of the USA.
“This is for January 6, for the hostages, about 1,500 people will receive a full pardon”
BREAKING: President Donald Trump has pardoned about 1,500 defendants charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol.
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud)
That day, hundreds of his supporters, enraged by his baseless allegations of voter fraud, stormed the Capitol, a shrine to American democracy, in a futile attempt to block the formal ratification of his opponent Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Since then some 1,600 people have been arrested and prosecuted, with over 1,270 convicted.
Source: RES
