Armed with plenty of black Sharpies, President Donald Trump shattered the record for most executive orders signed on his first day in office and became the only commander-in-chief to partly do so in an arena packed with thousands of people.
But the nation's 47th president is already facing legal challenges to some of his most controversial executive actions and others have stoked outrage.
"With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense," Trump said during his inauguration speech on Monday. "It's all about common sense."
With those words, Trump immediately began rescinding numerous executive actions taken by now-former President Joe Biden, alleging in a written preamble published with his presidential actions that "the previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government."
Trump said his executive actions represent his administration's priorities of protecting the southern U.S. border, reforming and improving government bureaucracy and unleashing American energy by ending Biden’s policies of climate and streamlining permitting that he contends has stymied energy production. Another goal, he said, is to protect women from "radical gender ideology" and recognize only two sexes, male and female.
"As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female," Trump said in his inauguration speech.