Joe Biden intends to start his mandate on the hats of wheels.
The president-elect pledged to sign a series of executive orders on day one of his presidency, as law enforcement mobilized across the United States for the January 20 transition.
Climate change, pandemic, economic crisis, racial and social injustices in the United States "are all crises which require urgent action", declared Saturday its future chief of staff, Ron Klain, for whom Joe Biden wants to act quickly " to restore America's place in the world ".
"President-elect Biden will act, not only to repair the most serious damage of the Trump administration, but also to allow the country to move forward," he commented, citing in particular his intention to re-engage the states. -United in the Paris climate agreement.
Getting America vaccinated will be one of the most challenging operational efforts ever undertaken.
But you have my word that we will manage the hell out of this operation.
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- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 16, 2021
Many challenges for the country
At the same time, massive security measures were being put in place in Washington but also in the capitals of the various states of the country in the face of fears of violence on the part of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump on the day of the inauguration Wednesday.
The challenges facing Joe Biden are many, with the country approaching the threshold of 400,000 deaths from Covid-19, which seems to be spreading out of control with well over the million new cases seen per week.
Economic crisis
The economy has been severely affected by the pandemic with the loss of 10 million jobs since its onset.
Joe Biden this week unveiled a new $ 1.9 trillion plan, supposed to get the United States out of its worst crisis since the 1930s, and which will be followed in the coming weeks by an investment plan to revive the economy.
Checks to families, funds to reopen schools, money to speed up tests and vaccines, cash for small businesses, or even more food aid: the measures must respond to the emergency, and prevent the country from sinking further into the crisis.
Across the country, approximately 14 million Americans have fallen behind on rent and many may soon be at risk of eviction.
We need to act now.
That's why next week, I'll extend nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures.
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- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 17, 2021
The president-elect plans to extend the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures linked to the pandemic.
Health crisis
To speed up the immunization of Americans, it is counting on local vaccination centers, enhanced cooperation between the federal government and the states and more prevention campaigns.
The 46th President of the United States will issue an executive order making it compulsory to wear a mask in premises and spaces dependent on the federal state, as well as when traveling between states.
Another measure among the dozen decrees announced, the lifting of the ban on entry into the United States targeting nationals of several countries, mainly with a Muslim majority, promulgated just days after the assumption of office of Donald Trump, in January 2017.
The passage of first measures by decree will prevent the new head of state from going through Congress and in particular the Senate, which could have to devote itself to the procedure for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
With AFP
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