--- title: Donald Trump: Everything He Has Done So Far as President description: President Donald Trump appeared to forge forward on fulfilling some of his campaign promises during his first major day on the job. canonical: https://time.com/4643431/donald-trump-president-first-day-accomplishments/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-23T18:14:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T13:04:31.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here’s Everything Donald Trump Has Done So Far as President og:description: His first full day of work follows an acrimonious weekend of "alternative facts" og:url: https://time.com/4643431/donald-trump-president-first-day-accomplishments/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01692712b2fb90f3/6988b6e886f68e55556e3405/donald-trump-everything-done-as-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Trump gathers labor leaders in the Oval Office after their meeting at the White House in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here’s Everything Donald Trump Has Done So Far as President twitter:description: His first full day of work follows an acrimonious weekend of "alternative facts" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01692712b2fb90f3/6988b6e886f68e55556e3405/donald-trump-everything-done-as-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here’s Everything Donald Trump Has Done So Far as President > Sponsored content. 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Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:04 PM UTCPublished: Jan 23, 2017 6:14 PM UTC President Trump may have said that Monday [would be his first day](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/314498-trump-monday-will-be-day-one-of-administration) actually on the job, but he’s already taken a number of steps as commander-in-chief [since his inauguration Friday](http://time.com/4641156/donald-trump-inauguration-oath-swear-in-president/). Apart from giving his inaugural address—which [sketched a departure from longstanding U.S. foreign policy](http://time.com/4641064/trump-inauguration-speech-nationalism/)—and attending the inaugural balls, Trump has made a few concrete moves as President. Here’s a quick look: • Withdrew the United States from [the Trans Pacific Partnership](http://time.com/4643380/donald-trump-tpp-mexico-city-trade-business/), a 12-nation trade deal he had heavily criticized as a candidate as not protecting American workers enough. • Greenlit [beginning construction on a wall](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/) along the U.S. border with Mexico, which he said he hoped would [begin within “months.”](http://time.com/4648921/president-trump-hopes-construction-on-border-wall-can-start-in-months/) • [Reinstated the so-called Mexico City policy](http://motto.time.com/4643524/donald-trump-international-abortion-funding/), which bars federal money from going to foreign nonprofits which promote or perform abortions. • Ordered [a freeze on federal hiring](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/23/trump-freezes-federal-hiring/?utm%5Fterm=.b4d20a635100) other than for military, public safety and public health jobs. • [Reversed a planned cut](http://time.com/4641511/trump-inauguration-mortgage-payments/) on mortgage insurance for many first-time homebuyers. • Ordered executive branch agencies to [begin preparing for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act](http://time.com/4642088/trump-inauguration-obamacare-repeal-order/), so far a mostly symbolic action that [could be used to undermine the law’s enforcement](http://fortune.com/2017/01/22/trump-health-insurance-mandate/). • Formally submitted his Cabinet nominations to the U.S. Senate, which has now [confirmed Defense Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/senate-trump-cabinet-confirmations/index.html), and [signed a waiver for Mattis](http://time.com/4585503/why-trump-is-interviewing-generals-for-his-cabinet/). • [Moved forward](http://time.com/4645142/donald-trump-keystone-dakota-access-pipeline-executive-order/) on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. • [Ended a policy known as “catch and release,”](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/) under which some immigrants are released from detention while they await a hearing with an immigration judge. • [Ended federal funding to sanctuary cities and states](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/), which opt out of reporting undocumented immigrants. • Kept FBI Director James Comey, who [both he and Hillary Clinton criticized](http://time.com/4645348/james-comey-remains-fbi-director/) over his handling of her private email server, on the job. • [Named net neutrality critic Ajit Pai](http://time.com/4644369/donald-trump-ajit-pai-fcc-chief/) to lead the Federal Communications Commission. • [Spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone](http://time.com/4642753/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-jerusalem/), signaling that a promise to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem won’t be fulfilled immediately. • Visited the CIA to mend fences [after weeks of acrimony](http://time.com/4642306/trump-inauguration-cia/), and [faced criticism](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html?%5Fr=0) after he talked about the media reporting on the size of his inauguration crowds. • Made plans to meet [British Prime Minister Theresa May](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38707524) as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4643431/donald-trump-president-first-day-accomplishments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4643431/donald-trump-president-first-day-accomplishments/"},"headline":"Here’s Everything Donald Trump Has Done So Far as President","datePublished":"2017-01-23T18:14:46.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T13:04:31.000Z","description":"His first full day of work follows an acrimonious 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