U.S. President Donald Trump has been in office for less than a week, and has issued 12 executive orders and presidential memoranda -- with more in the works -- that advance his boldest campaign promises. The list of actions includes pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, maximizing U.S. content in revived pipeline deals with Canada, placing curbs on immigration and directing the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Trump administration is now reportedly preparing executive orders that would curtail U.S. funding for certain international organizations and review multilateral treaties. The implicit message behind the executive orders is: for those who thought his assertions on the campaign trail were all empty rhetoric, think again. Trump means what he says.
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