The November election won't stop Trump from issuing dictatorial executive orders, and he's not going to sign any bills the upcoming Democratic House and Senate pass, no matter what they are, so we're going to have to put up with an increasingly erratic and weird Executive Branch over the next two years.
It may, frankly, get much, much more worse. There's literally nothing I'd put past Trump whatsoever.
Assuming we all make it to January 20, 2029, it's going to be a priority for the incoming administration to act quickly. Republicans, having taken a drubbing in 2026 and 2028, will be back on the conservative bandwagon and howling about anything a Democratic administration does.
So, looking forward, what should it do on day 1?
The very first thing it should do is an omnibus executive order wiping out every standing executive order and declaring any issued by Trump a nullity. This should be done partially on the legal premise that Trump was not a legitimate President and all actions he took, including executive actions and appointments to Federal office are null, void, and of no effect.
Any executive orders that were worth doing can be preserved in a following order, or the same order.
Yes this means that over 5,000 Federal employees that were Trump appointees would lose their offices immediately, including sitting judges.
And it means that every single military officer commissioned during Trump's interregnum would lose their commissions. They can be recommissioned in a following order, but it would have to be a conditional order so that if they were deemed disloyal or associated with the criminal war in Iran, they would be removed.
On day one, the incoming President should order that any officer complicit in the illegal war against Iran be court-martialed appropriately, including every current member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
All the Joint Chiefs should be removed. The senior positions should be filled with Reserve and National Guard officers.
Every member of the Space Force should be transferred into the Air Force. Eliminating the Space Force would take an act of Congress, but that doesn't mean it's absurd presence really has to be tolerated. Former Space Force personnel would report to their stations with Air Force insignia within six hours of the order, as they otherwise came on duty.
Taking a page out of the conservative agenda (I am conservative), women should be removed from combat MOS's. Basic training should be strictly segregated by gender. All Air Force basic training should be transferred to the Army.
On Day 1 Lt. Gen. William H. "Butch" Graham Jr., head of the Army Corps of Engineers, should be summoned to appear as soon as the inauguration is over. He should be given an order to cause the demolition and removal of the Ball Room with in 24 hours of receiving the order. The same shall apply to the Triumphal Arch. Within an additional 48 hours, the subterranean bunker complex shall be filled with cement.
The helipad should be broken up and restored to grass. A dedicated Marine Corps helicopter and dedicated Air Force aircraft for Presidential use shall be halted and those aircraft, all of them, returned to conventional service use within their respective branches. Likewise the Rose Garden paver shall be removed. All the gilded crap shall be tossed out within four hours of the inauguration and the interior of the impacted areas restored within twelve hours. The gilded equestrian statutes shall have the gold removed within 48 hours. The rhino lining in the reflecting pool shall be removed with in 48 hours.
All Federal lands subject to mineral exploration including petroleum exploration shall be withdrawn from the same, something well within the President's authority. Biden's order on electric vehicles shall be restored and expanded.
Federal lands removed from withdrawal by Trump shall immediately restored to their prior status.
Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino should be summoned (the current Postmaster General's appointment is illegitimate) and ordered to restore the 671 sorting machines that were dismantled in the first Trump administration back into service within one week. If they are not available, and they likely are not, he will be ordered to cause their replacement within one month.
Federal offices which have been relocated, such as the Interior's, shall be ordered back to their original quarters within one week of the inauguration. As the order to move them was invalid, all costs associated with the moves to and from other locations shall be ordered to be recovered by the U.S. Attorney's Civil Division by those causing the moves to occur, including Donald Trump.
All use of government property during the interregnum of an improper and personal nature, such as Trump's use of government aircraft, shall likewise be subject to a suit for recovery.
The complete Epstein files shall be released along with an order that anyone implicated in them shall be sought for prosecution, no matter who it is.
All existing "emergencies" which have been declared in place by prior Presidents shall be declared over and any authority extended under them eliminated. Any order allowing the imposition of tariffs by the President shall be declared over.
All combat operations in place by the United States anywhere would be ordered over within an hour of the inauguration. Restoring the status quo ante in the Persian Gulf is now almost impossible, so how to proceed on this would be tricky in the extreme. The best course may be to immediately ask for an international convention on the topic.
Military aid, and frankly any aid, to Israel would be terminated. The country has been there since 1947 and can make it on its own. Israel has a right to exist, but it's situation does not involve a vital interest of the United States.
Likewise, pulling out militarily in the Middle East should be ordered to be commenced. It would take some time, but it should be done.
All military missions to Venezuela would be withdrawn within twelve hours of the inauguration and the legitimate elected head of state recognized as the proper one.
All extrajudicial killings by the U.S. military in the Pacific and Caribbean would be ordered halted and anyone participating in them, right down to the E1 level, ordered to be prosecuted.
All "pardons" issued by Trump would be declared null, void, and of no effect, with anyone released from jail ordered to be returned. An illegitimate President cannot issue a pardon.
The production of penneys would be ordered resumed.
Currency bearing Donald Trump's signature would be ordered to be recovered through the banking system for destruction.
Trump's name would be stricken from anything it attached to during his "second term".
There's be a lot more to do, but that's what ought to happen on the very first day.
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