--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here’s Everything Donald Trump Has Done So Far as President  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 Donald Trump gathers labor leaders in the Oval Office after their meeting at the White House in Washington on Jan. 23, 2017. President Donald Trump gathers labor leaders in the Oval Office after their meeting at the White House in Washington on Jan. 23, 2017.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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