President’s Trump’s presidency began on January 20th, and in his inauguration speech broadcast across the nation, he made theses promises: “Together, we will make America strong again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And yes, together, we will make America great again.”

January: One of the President’s first executive orders was issued on the 23rd to defund organizations that globally support and promote abortion, including the International Planned Parenthood Foundation, the largest single provider of reproductive health services in the U.S. On the 27th, only one week after being sworn in, Trump signed an executive order banning of travel into the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries for at least 120 days. On the 31st, President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy seat. During Trump’s campaign, he stated he would “appoint judges very much in the mold of Justice Scalia.”

February: On the 3rd and 5th, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit temporarily blocked the travel ban.  A Day Without Immigrants on the 16th where immigrants didn’t go to work or school as well as shop owners closed to show their solidarity for immigrant employees. This took place nationwide to show the importance of immigrants in addition to opposition to a border wall, and the deportation of illegal immigrants.

March: On the 4th,  Trump accused former President Obama of tapping into his phone calls prior to the 2016 election.  He signed a revised travel ban on the 6th, and theses revisions include: commencing the ban 10 days instead of immediately, banning all refugees (not just Syrian refugees), not subjecting existing visa holders, and excludes Iraq from its list of banned countries. 

Only time will tell what the following months will entail.