Executive Branch
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The Trump administration’s second term is defined by a sharp turn toward expansive assertions of presidential power, especially over immigration, administrative agencies, and long‑standing constitutional interpretations. - Issued and defending Executive Order 14160
On January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship," directing federal agencies to deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born on U.S. soil if their mother was in the country unlawfully or only on a temporary visa and the father was neither a citizen nor a lawful permanent resident. The order directly challenges more than 125 years of legal consensus, grounded in the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court's 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, that nearly everyone born in the United States is a citizen at birth regardless of parental status.
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The Trump administration’s second term has prioritized reversing Biden‑era climate measures, including fuel‑economy standards, EV subsidies, and EPA greenhouse‑gas regulations affecting vehicles. - Driving deregulation of auto fuel economy and climate rules
On December 3, 2025, President Donald Trump unveiled a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposal to slash Biden‑era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, cutting the projected 2031 light‑duty fleet target from about 50.4 miles per gallon to roughly 34.5 mpg and phasing in only 0.25–0.5% annual increases instead of the 2% per year previously planned. The rule would also bar automakers from trading efficiency credits after 2028, a change that especially hurts EV‑focused companies that sell credits to gasoline‑heavy manufacturers.
Updated Jan 2
The administration is waging a public and legal campaign to bend independent regulators, including the Fed, toward its agenda. - Pressuring the Fed for lower rates and testing legal limits on agency independence.
In a single year the Fed has gone from peak post‑Covid rates to a clear easing cycle. December’s third 2025 rate cut pushes the federal funds range down to 3.5–3.75% and flips the switch on a new operating regime built around full‑allotment repos and steady Treasury bill buying.
Updated Dec 11, 2025
The second Trump administration is pursuing a rapid end to the Ukraine war, prioritising a reset with Russia and a reduced U.S. security burden in Europe. - Principal architect of the controversial Ukraine peace framework
In early 2025, returning U.S. President Donald Trump launched an aggressive push to "end the war" in Ukraine, tying resumed military aid and intelligence sharing to Kyiv’s acceptance of a U.S.-drafted peace framework that includes territorial concessions to Russia and long-term limits on Ukraine’s sovereignty. The plan, revised through months of talks in Jeddah, Geneva and Florida, would effectively trade parts of the Donbas and other occupied areas for security guarantees and a re‑set in U.S.–Russia relations, and has been welcomed in Moscow but met with mounting alarm in Kyiv and across Europe.
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