Joe Biden is all set to roll back President Donald Trump’s controversial policies such as withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and restricting immigration from some Muslim majority countries, incoming chief of staff Ron Klain said on Saturday.
Biden will sign at least 12 executive orders on the first day of his presidential term and will roll back the US into the Paris Agreement for climate change once again. Meanwhile, he will also repeal the travel ban on Muslims who hail from certain Islamic nations, Ron Klain said.
Ron Klain sent a memo to senior staff where he outlined a 10-day plan of action while also explaining the ergonomics of operations for the first day of Joe Biden at White House.
Klain further said that they face four compounding crisis – The COVID-19, Economic, climate and a racial equity crisis. Biden is expected to address these crises and take decisive action again them in order to restore America’s place in the world.
“We face four overlapping and compounding crises: The Covid-19 crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis, and a racial equity crisis,” Klain wrote.
“All of these crises demand urgent action. In his first 10 days in office, President-elect Biden will take decisive action to address these four crises, prevent other urgent and irreversible harms, and restore America’s place in the world.”
President Trump in 2017 had announced that the US will pull out of the Paris Agreement – a legally binding international treaty on climate change — saying it disadvantaged the country, blunted its competitive edge, and favoured India and China.
Out of other key orders that Biden is set to sign, the “100 masking challenge” which will mandate masks on federal property and interstate travel, and extending the pause on student loan payments and actions meant to prevent evictions and foreclosures — all related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
America’s return to the Paris Agreement was one of Biden’s key campaign promises.
