We’re tracking the executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office, just hours after being inaugurated as president.

President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive actions on Day 1. He has repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions, begun his immigration crackdown, withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris climate accords and sought to keep TikTok open in the U.

Trump, who said he would not be a dictator “except for Day 1” of his presidency, signed a record number of executive orders on Monday.

Here’s what an executive order is, who can overturn it and how and a list of 12 impactful executive orders President Trump signed on Jan. 20, 2025.

Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

President-elect Donald Trump's designated border czar, Tom Homan, said that the incoming administration plans to unveil a series of "game-changing" executive orders on the first day in office, focusing on reshaping United States immigration policy and enforcement.

“Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America, and the revolution of common sense,” said Trump, who at midday Monday became only the second U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms, after Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s.

Video footage and pictures from the Oval Office show President Donald Trump signing off executive orders with a thick, black Sharpie.

Trump, who said he would not be a dictator “except for Day 1” of his presidency, signed a record number of executive orders on Monday.