Introduction
In his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly emphasized the continuity of the “America First” approach, prioritizing nationalism, deregulation, immigration crackdowns, and confrontations with various friendly and allied countries over opposing countries. After his inauguration in January 2025, in his first political speech, he remained committed to his previous position of making “America great again,” improving the American economy, deporting illegal immigrants, and imposing heavy tariffs on the borders with Mexico, Canada, the European Union, the BRICS countries, and China. The most important political statement he made in explaining his policies was his commitment to maintaining peace and harmony in the world and that this would be his legacy. Some of the issues he announced, such as naming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and seizing the Panama Canal, can be described as political speeches at best. The most prominent policy decisions announced by Trump are:
Immigration and Border Security:
– *Mass Deportation*: Trump pledged to launch the “largest domestic deportation operation in the history of the United States”, targeting undocumented immigrants. This will particularly affect immigrants from Latin America and India, who have the highest percentage of illegal immigrants in the United States. He even ordered a state of emergency on the US-Mexico border to stop the flow of illegal Mexican immigrants and drug trafficking. Mexico also announced the deployment of 35,000 soldiers on its border to implement Trump’s declared policy.
**Repeal of Birthright Citizenship. In a major step, Trump announced the abolition of the granting of citizenship to children born in the United States regardless of the nationality of the parents. This right will now only be available to children of American citizens. This constitutional provision from 1940 could have legal effects and will naturally require Capitol approval.
– *Revival of the Travel Ban*:
Re-impose or expand restrictions on the entry of people from Muslim-majority countries or regions that are considered “high risk”.
– *Completing the border wall*:
Resuming construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico, which was halted during President Biden’s term.
– *Global repercussions*:
As for Trump’s decisions and their repercussions on the global level, it can be said that they have produced tension in relations with Latin America, Canada and Europe, in addition to the exacerbation of humanitarian crises that will result from these decisions expected to be implemented.
*Reviving the American economy*.
The most important and popular announcement by Trump was to revive the debt-ridden American economy. He pledged to raise $9 trillion in the first year, and to achieve this goal, he created a separate ministry under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk.
In this regard, he announced that he would make his first international visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia if it invested $500 billion in the United States. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responded to this automatically, announcing an investment of more than $600 billion in the United States. As a businessman, Trump focuses on
Reviving manufacturing in the United States, especially the automotive industry, heavy industry, and artificial intelligence fields
* Cryptocurrencies*.
Under the influence of Elon Musk and his deputy Vance, Trump announced making the United States a center for cryptocurrencies. He believes that this move will strengthen the value of the US dollar.
– * Tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico*:
Increasing tariffs to “decouple” the US economy
from China, and may exceed 60% on some goods. Trump announced imposing 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada.
– * Retaliation against allies*:
Threatening to impose tariffs on cars coming from the European Union and reconsidering trade disputes
with Canada and Mexico.
– * Global impact*:
More disruption to supply chains, inflationary pressures, and weakening of multilateral institutions such as the World Trade Organization.
Energy Dominance and Climate Retreats
– Accelerating fossil fuel production (oil, gas, coal) by dismantling Biden’s green energy incentives and climate laws. Trump has announced drilling and extracting US oil and gas resources and exporting them to the global market.
– *Withdrawing from climate treaties*:
Exiting the Paris Agreement (again) and canceling funding for international climate initiatives. This will have a negative impact on global efforts to limit global warming and could lead to natural disasters and increased flooding in the world.
– *Global interaction*:
Undermining global climate efforts, empowering oil states (such as Saudi Arabia and Russia), and isolating the United States from its European allies.
Foreign Policy: Reciprocal Alliances**
** Cessation of hostilities. Trump’s main achievement even before taking office was ending the more than year-long conflict in Gaza and a possible ceasefire in the Ukrainian war.
The terms agreed to by Netanyahu’s hardline government for the temporary truce may have been controversial but they certainly addressed the long suffering of the Palestinians, who began returning to Gaza in large numbers in the first phase and then returned again with decisions cloaked in proposals to evacuate Gazans and distribute them to neighboring countries such as Egypt, Jordan and even Saudi Arabia.
– *NATO doubts*:
Pressure on European allies to increase defense spending or risk reducing U.S. participation, which could weaken the alliance.
Conclusion
Many of the political statements of US President Trump and his government are still in the embryonic stage, with political, legal and international implications. Their true shape will not be clear until some time has passed, when the new administration has settled in and the real roadmap that will be followed becomes clear.