The Wire Staff 
New Delhi: Shortly after his inauguration, Donald Trump has been fast to act on promises he made, signing numerous executive orders. Key among these are the United States’ departures from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization.
The 47th president of the US also:
- Rescinded 78 regulations established by his predecessor, Joe Biden,
- Signed an order to all federal departments to tackle the cost-of-living crisis,
- Signed an order to stop government censorship,
- Declared a national emergency at the Mexican border, and
- Made it US policy to have only two genders, male and female.
Trump also signed pardons for almost all 1,600 defendants who stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the transfer of power on January 6, 2021, after elections that Trump has falsely claimed were rigged.
WHO
The White House noted that Trump’s decision to withdraw from the WHO would also mean the pause of future transfer of any US government funds, support, or resources to the WHO.
Trump had first ordered US’s withdrawal from the WHO in July, 2020, citing “the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.” This was revoked by the Biden administration.
“In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments. China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO,” the new statement says.
Paris treaty
Trump’s executive order on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement is titled ‘Putting America first in International Environmental Agreements.’
“In recent years, the United States has purported to join international agreements and initiatives that do not reflect our country’s values or our contributions to the pursuit of economic and environmental objectives. Moreover, these agreements steer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people,” he said in the order.
The 2015 agreement is a climate change treaty signed by almost 200 countries who agreed to work together to limit global warming.