Donald J. Trump won the 2025 election and I could not be happier for many reasons!
However, I can't help but see that every election we give up more and more of our freedom. Whomever gets to be in the adminstrational hot seat tries to change The Constitution outside of the proper channels and We the People, keep fighting each other.
The use of Executive Orders is wrong. It was wrong when Obama did it, it was wrong when Trump did it the first time, it was wrong when he did it this time. They have been effective, so far, at getting things changed in the proper way in some cases.
I hope to show you what I mean through reading and thinking about each of these executive orders.
From:
AP: Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency
I'm going to put the first two together:
Designate an “invasion across the southern border of the United States,” a move that triggers certain executive branch powers so, Trump says, his Cabinet “shall take appropriate action to repel, repatriate or remove any alien engaged in the invasion.”
Allow U.S. military service members to act as immigration and border enforcement officers as part of Trump’s promised mass deportation program. Trump’s order covers the Ready Reserve and National Guard, military property that could be used as detention space, ground and air transport vehicles and “other logistics services in support of civilian-controlled law enforcement operations.” The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 has historically limited use of military personnel in domestic law enforcement actions. Trump’s orders frame migrant flow as a national security threat, which he reasons justifies his military orders as commander in chief.
I agree with this. Many people have compared the movement of foreigners into American soil as a Foreign Incursion. I believe that two things are happening here. One, there are people who just want to become American for a better life. Second, the government of Mexico will use this desire as a threat towards American government by not cracking down on border crossings. In one article you can see the threat and then in article two you see Mexican government cooperating. It is just possible that the Mexican government uses it's people crossing the border as a Foreign Incursion to push the American Government into something. Part of the vow that military personel take is to defend America from its' enemies, both foreign and domestic. So, to me, this is a natural use of the military personel.
Article references:
1:
Mexican President threatening
2:
Mexican Government detaining
Redefine birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. A Trump order asserts that a child born in the U.S. is not a citizen if 1) the mother does not have legal immigration status or is in the country legally but only temporarily and 2) the father is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. The order forbids U.S. agencies from issuing any document recognizing such a child as a citizen or accept any state document recognizing citizenship. This order is already being challenged in federal court.
When I first heard about this it gave me the shivers! All I heard anyone talk about was a person born here isn't a citizen anymore. I could see all the ways that would be used to take children from their parents. If, he changes the constitution the right way I might be able to get behind that. Using an Executive Order to change the Constituion is wrong and he should be challenged. I believe it already has been and I hope that one dies. He still has to do things the right way. My understanding of the Constitution is: we think these truths are self-evident and are rights given to us by God. If that is the case it would have to be a harder sell to me to change it. This could also effect someones ability to be president according to Article II of the constitution (No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.)
I would like to do more research behind the 14th amendment before I stand completely behind that.
Prioritize continued construction of a wall and “other barriers” along the U.S.-Mexico border.
I agree with a wall. I don't think this will happen. I think other things will get in the way from building this. If this doesn't happen, I am fine with it.
I'm going to put the next two together:
Direct the attorney general and Homeland Security secretary to create Homeland Security Task Forces in all 50 states, comprising of state and local law enforcement charged with “ending the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations.”
Give the Homeland Security secretary wide latitude to establish agreements with individual state and local law enforcement agencies, “to the maximum extent permitted by law,” that empower those non-federal officials to act as federal immigration officers.
I'm not sure how the creation of Homeland Security Task Forces is going to help with our states slowly getting run over. I thought the FBI was supposed to protect us from things like that. Also, all of these law enforcement agencies have a real problem working together to get things done. Typically, Task Forces don't help getting the job done. I can see how deputizing more federal immigration officers could help, but I think our main problem is how we deal with people who break the laws of the country.
Reference:
Forum Officer: Do local police officers not get along with Federal agents like what is shown on tv
"An agent told me once after more than a few beers that they are taught at the academy to consider all local law enforcement corrupt. After he told me that, everything made sense."
Require collection of DNA samples and fingerprints from immigration detainees under a 2005 federal law.
I think the AP News article here:
Trump administration to expand DNA collection at border. Does a good job at showing how this could be bad. I'm not sure what they are using the DNA for? Other than being able to link a person to an action. I know we do this now automatically with our own criminals and I'm still not sure where I stand on this. On one side we can link the criminal to their previous crimes and provide justice. On the other hand, DNA is has been shown to be shaky in it's use and courts are beginning to pull back it's use.
Article References:
Riddell Law: U.S. Supreme Court Says Warrantless Cheek Swab for DNA of Arrestee is Constitutional
How Forensic DNA Evidence Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions
Science News: Scientists are fixing flawed forensics that can lead to wrongful convictions
Forensics gone wrong: When DNA snares the innocent
DNA Diagnostic Center: Can a Paternity Test be “Wrong?”
Faulty DNA paternity test results bring decades of heartbreak, families say
Paternity fraud exposed – insights and implications
Declare a “national energy emergency.” This is both a symbolic measure reflecting Trump’s promise of energy expansion but also specifically urges federal use of eminent domain and the Defense Production Act, measures that allow the government to commandeer private land and resources to produce goods deemed to be a national necessity.
I am never ok with the government taking land. So this one, I completely disagree with. I know in eminent domain they have to pay you, but it's not always a good deal for you. You lose your land that has infinte value for you and your family because of what it provides to you.
Reengage a legal and regulatory battle with California state government over water routes from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Trump wants to override fish and wildlife protection efforts to route more of the water to the Central Valley and Southern California.
I'm not pro this. The federal government should not get involved in state management. If the California government can't get their stuff together then let it fail. Failing is good. I have failed so many times and every time it taught me a good lesson.
Direct the attorney general to explore whether 37 federal prisoners who had death sentences commuted to life imprisonment by Biden can be charged and tried with capital crimes in state courts.
I am definitely not pro this one. Once someone is tried and sentenced, they are done. I would think this would fall under double jeopordy, if not by the letter then by the spirit.
Direct the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to supply states with adequate drugs to carry out lethal injection.
No, states should pay for their own drugs and decide how or whether or not they will have the death penalty.
Direct the attorney general to seek reversals of U.S. Supreme Court precedents that limit application of the death penalty in state and federal jurisdictions.
No, once these precendents are created, the only way you can battle it is through the next precedent. This will cause the Attorney General to take cases too far or make a case an example case and put the person who is being prosecuted in an unjust position. Instead of being prosecuted for what the person did, they are now also being prosecuted to change things. This changes how the person is sentenced and what kind of life they have in prison.
As I am going through these I am finding that I agree with most of it. I am going to transition now to things I am excited about!
- Bar U.S. government officials from pushing social media companies to combat misinformation and disinformation. Trump’s order states that such previous efforts “infringed on the constitutionally protected speech rights of American citizens” and “advanced the Government’s preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate.”
- Suspend U.S. participation in the Global Tax Deal, an international agreement intended to set a minimum corporate tax globally to prevent multinational corporations from avoiding taxation altogether.
- Withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, which committed nations to pursue policies limiting carbon emissions that cause climate change. The order blocks transfer of U.S. funds previously obligated to the International Climate Finance Plan.
- A separate OMB memo effectively put all federal DEI officers on immediate leave pending their elimination.
- Give executive branch departments and agencies 60 days to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, including all “chief diversity officer” jobs, “equity action plans” and “environmental justice” positions. Require departments and agencies to give the White House Office of Management and Budget an accounting of previous DEI efforts, including names of relevant DEI contractors and DEI grant recipients. Terminate a 60-year-old executive order setting anti-discrimination requirements for government agencies and contractors.
- Forbid federal money, including grants, from being used to “promote gender ideology” and direct the attorney general and Homeland Security secretary to “ensure that males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers.”
- Establish the Department of Government Efficiency under the Executive Office of the President until July 4, 2026. This is the entity led by Elon Musk and is charged with recommending cuts in federal programs and spending.
- Direct reviews across the Executive Branch of “career senior executive service” officials and effectively make it easier to fire, demote or reassign those federal employees — generally the highest-ranking civil service employees whose jobs historically have been protected through administration changes. “Because SES officials wield significant government authority, they must serve at the pleasure of the president,” Trump’s memoranda states.
- Make it easier to fire federal workers by reinstituting an executive order from the first Trump administration, which was later repealed under Biden. The latest Trump policy adds provisions that state that federal employees and applicants “are not required to personally or politically support the current president” but must “faithfully implement administration policies,” understanding that “failure to do so is grounds for dismissal.”
- Withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization, direct the White House Office of Management and Budget to stop future transfers of U.S. money to WHO and order the secretary of state to end negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement.
That is all I have for today guys! Let me know how I'm wrong in the comments or if you agree with me. Remember to pray and read your Bible! Get into church!
