Editor's Note: This story was updated on Jan. 30, 2017, to reflect the most current information on President Trump's executive actions.
Within hours of taking the oath of office, U.S. President Donald Trump started making good on some of his most impassioned campaign promises.
On the campaign trail, he alluded to "cutting the regulations at a tremendous clip... 70% of regulations can go," he said on Oct. 7, 2016.
And as of Jan. 24, 2017, President Trump isn't slowing down in his first five days as commander-in-chief.
President Trump's executive orders - he's issued 12 executive actions so far - are clearly based on his campaign promises, from reducing the federal workforce to dismantling Obamacare. And here they are...
President Trump Executive Order No. 1: Instructing Federal Agencies to Weaken Obamacare
Jan. 20, 2017: Donald Trump's most passionate fight on the campaign trail was against Obamacare. And it didn't take long for him to stand by his promise to dismantle it.
Hours after his Jan. 20 inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that stated his administration was to seek the immediate repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
The order Trump signed doesn't change the law; instead, it directs the secretary of Health and Human Services, as well as other agencies, to interpret regulations as they deem fit. Meaning state agencies must "waive, defer, grant exemption from, or delay" any portion of the Affordable Care Act that creates a financial burden on states, individuals, or healthcare providers.
For more information on Obamacare and Trump's plans to roll it back, go here: Obamacare.
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President Trump Executive Order No. 2: Reinstating a Ban on International Abortion Counselling
Jan. 23, 2017: Donald Trump was outspoken about his pro-life stance throughout his campaign, claiming in the February 2016 Republican debate that he is "totally against abortion" and had plans to defund Planned Parenthood.
It didn't take him long to issue his first pro-life executive order once in office, the "Mexico City policy."
First implemented by Ronald Regan in 1984, the funding ban - known as the "Mexico City policy" - prevents foreign, nongovernmental organizations that receive any U.S. cash from "providing counselling or referrals for abortion or advocating for access to abortion services in their country."
In other words, it says stop providing abortions or any information about abortions, or lose valuable funding from the United States.
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President Trump Executive Order No. 3: Freezing Federal Government Hiring
Jan. 23, 2017: During Trump's campaign, he vowed to cut "waste, fraud, and abuse" in his frequent rally against government bureaucracy. He started off this promise by issuing an executive order that would stop federal agencies from hiring new government employees. This order was executed swiftly in an attempt to reduce government debt and decrease the size of government overall.
In a press conference on Jan. 23, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said the freeze was a way to ensure taxpayers get effective and efficient government and that likewise "counters the dramatic expansion of federal workforce in recent years."
Trump, in a memorandum, called it a "stopgap way to control the growth of government," according to FOX News.
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President Trump Executive Order No. 4: Withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Jan. 23, 2017: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was a 12-nation trade policy that was established under former President Barack Obama. It was enacted to make goods more accessible between global trade partners by slashing tariffs for American imports and exports while warding off China's growing economic influence.
However, President Trump pulled the United States out of the deal, effectively fulfilling another campaign promise. In addition to signing the executive order, President Trump met with 12 U.S. chief executives at the White House on Jan. 23. They included Marillyn Hewson of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), Kevin Plank of Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UAA), and Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA).
In the meeting, the president promised to bring back manufacturing jobs and manufacturing to America - but also warned the company reps he would take action on trade deals he felt were unfair.
This further supported that President Trump wants to move forward with trade policy that imposes massive tariffs.
For more information on this topic and what's next, go here: Trans-Pacific Partnership and Trump Trade Policy.
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President Trump Executive Order No. 5: Reviving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines
Jan. 24, 2017: Former President Barack Obama stalled construction of the Keystone pipeline before outright rejecting it in November 2015. His rejection stopped the Canadian company TransCanada Corp. (NSYE: TRP) from creating a pipeline that would carry 800,000 barrels of oil from the Canadian Oil sands to the Gulf Cost.
By signing the executive order, President Trump effectively upended Obama's rejection by approving the advancement of both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. He did so with the intention to "renegotiate some of the terms" of the Keystone bill and then "get that pipeline built."
This all follows up on Trump's December 2016 promise, when he stated that he supported the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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President Trump Executive Order Nos. 6 & 7: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
Jan. 25, 2017: Arguably one of President Trump's most passionate campaign promises was to build a wall between the United States and Mexico.
Time and time again, President Trump said, "We need strong borders. We need a wall." It was one of his most pronounced rallying cries on the campaign trail.
This tweet was then followed up by the signing of an executive order on Jan. 25, 2017, that says the 2006 Secure Fence Act gives the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the power to build whatever infrastructure it deems necessary to protect our borders.
That means DHS could immediately begin constructing a wall on the U.S. southern border, as well as planning and identifying funding for the project, including sending requests to Congress.
Additionally, it requires more detention facilities near the Mexico border, the hiring of some 5,000 border patrol agents, and state and local law enforcement officers authorized to act as immigration officers.
Jan. 25, 2017: During his campaign, Donald Trump was also very outspoken about his position on defunding sanctuary cities.
In his book, "Crippled America," he said, "we have to cut off federal grants to sanctuary cities - those places that refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement and actually abet criminal behavior - we have to end them."
And he did just that, on the same day as the executive order regarding the wall. President Trump signed an executive action that he feels looks at the public safety of the interior of the United States.
The order does so by stripping "federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants," said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
President Trump Executive Order No. 8: Travel Ban from Countries Suspected of Terrorist Ties
Jan. 27, 2017: During President Donald Trump's campaign, he was outspoken about the Middle East and his plans to combat terrorism.
"We don't know where they [refugees entering the United States] are coming from," President Trump said during an interview on ABC's "The Week" in October 2015. "We don't know who they are. They could be ISIS… If I win for president, they're going out."
And he did just that…
Late Friday evening (Jan. 27), President Trump signed an executive order on immigration that bars citizens from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen from entering the United States for the next 90 days, suspends the admission of all refugees for 120 days, and bars all Syrian refugees indefinitely.
Additionally, this executive order targets individuals of those countries who hold dual citizenship with another country. If an individual were to hold both Iraqi and Canadian citizenship, they would still be barred from entry.
It does not apply to individuals who hold U.S. citizenship along with citizenship of another country.
On Saturday (Jan. 28), a New York federal judge blocked the deportation of people stranded in U.S. airports under the executive action. This meant that authorities could not remove or deport individuals who have already arrived in the United States, those who are in transit, and who hold valid visas.
President Trump Executive Order No. 9: Reducing Regulations and Controlling Regulatory Costs
Jan. 30, 2017: On Sept. 16, 2015, Donald Trump said during a speech in Dallas, "We're going to get rid of the regulations that are just destroying us." And on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that would require two federal regulations to be rescinded for every new federal regulation implemented.
Specifically, the executive order calls for agencies to pinpoint at least two current regulations to be repealed for each new proposed regulation. The cost of new regulations should be offset by the existing rules that will be rescinded.
This is "to begin our effort to dramatically reduce federal regulations … and we'll be reducing them big league and their damaging effects on our small businesses, our economy, our entrepreneurial spirit," President Trump stated in the Roosevelt Room previewing his executive order on Monday (Jan. 30).
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