Asked past week if "shock and awe" would beryllium a bully mode to picture however the adjacent fewer days and weeks mightiness feel, Donald Trump's erstwhile main strategist Steve Bannon offered a antithetic analogy, predicting "days of thunder".
The 2nd word of Donald Trump volition beryllium similar nary different successful modern past due to the fact that helium is similar nary different president.
Not lone is helium antithetic successful character, style, priorities, and execution but helium has done it each earlier and with a utile spread since.
His four-year interregnum has allowed him to larn from his mistakes and helium has had the clip to physique a squad of chosen ones who person been playing a agelong game, preparing for this infinitesimal to, arsenic his slogan puts it, "make America large again".
Many months agone I had luncheon with a elder Trump advisor and we discussed what his 2nd word mightiness look like.
Back then, earlier Joe Biden had stepped down and earlier 2 assassination attempts against him, his triumph wasn't arsenic apt arsenic it aboriginal turned retired to be.
The advisor projected guardant to the time which has present arrived - Inauguration Day.
Mr Trump, helium said, would motion a raft of enforcement orders determination and then, connected the day, possibly adjacent a heap of them connected the balcony of the Capitol building.
It would beryllium the clearest of signals that everything is changing; the radical would ballot for alteration and with the expanse of the statesmanlike Sharpie pen, alteration would happen.
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
Well, the time is upon us. The upwind has shifted each the plans but has, maybe, made the choreography of the infinitesimal each the much striking.
In a alteration to convention, Mr Trump volition articulation a assemblage of 20,000 wrong the Capital One sports arena aft the inauguration ceremony. Is it the cleanable venue to statesman to motion the enforcement orders?
On time 1 aft his archetypal inauguration successful January 2017, Mr Trump signed conscionable 1 statesmanlike order. This clip his squad person indicated helium could motion arsenic galore arsenic 100.
Not each volition beryllium signed connected time 1 but it is expected that galore volition beryllium successful a blitz designed to asseverate authorization and to overwhelm flabbergasted critics.
Speaking earlier this month, a spokesperson for Mr Trump said: "President-elect Donald Trump is preparing much than 100 enforcement orders starting time 1 of the caller White House, successful what amounts to a daze and awe run connected borderline security, deportations and a unreserved of different argumentation priorities."
His incoming property secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said: "He volition usage the powerfulness of his pen to present connected galore of the promises helium made to the American radical connected the run trail… the American radical are going to beryllium pleased with what they spot from President Trump wrong specified minutes of his instrumentality to the Oval Office."
So what tin we expect?
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
Immigration
Changes to America's migration policies are apt to beryllium profound and controversial.
"Mass deportations" person been promised repeatedly and Mr Trump has filled his interior ellipse with advisors who are vehemently anti-immigration.
"On my archetypal time backmost astatine the White House, I'll terminate each unfastened borders argumentation of the Biden medication and statesman the largest deportation cognition successful American history," Mr Trump said astatine 1 of his pre-election run rallies past year.
Undocumented migrants volition beryllium the focus. There are an estimated 11 cardinal radical who autumn into this class successful the US astatine the moment.
It has been suggested that the subject could beryllium utilized to assistance circular up undocumented migrants successful cities crossed the country. This volition see immigrants who person been successful the state for galore years waiting for the accidental to alteration their migration status.
Many of the undocumented migrants volition person household members calved present who are truthful US citizens.
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
Mr Trump has besides projected banning birthright citizenship - an American close enshrined successful the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
It's not wide yet however wide-reaching these policies could beryllium oregon however enforceable they each are. Will the absorption beryllium connected migrants known to person committed crimes? Or volition the nett beryllium wider?
"On time one, I volition motorboat the largest deportation programme successful American past to get the criminals out," Mr Trump said successful October. "I volition rescue each metropolis and municipality that has been invaded and conquered, and we volition enactment these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals successful jail, past footwear them the hellhole retired of our state arsenic accelerated arsenic possible."
His migration plans are apt to look important ineligible challenges. But expect Mr Trump's White House to privation to marque visually impactful actions aboriginal connected to amusement it means business.
Energy
"Drill, baby, drill" was a signifier rolled retired to roars astatine Donald Trump's run rallies. And, existent to his word, Mr Trump is expected to instruct national agencies to statesman unwinding President Biden's limits connected drilling offshore and connected national land.
Beyond that, helium is expected to propulsion for a rollback of conveyance exhaust emanation rules which helium has described arsenic an "EV (electric vehicle) mandate" and to resume approvals for plants that export US earthy gas.
Expect, too, that helium volition erstwhile again retreat from the Paris Climate Agreement. President Biden rejoined the statement aft Mr Trump pulled retired during his archetypal term.
It each amounts to what Mr Trump has termed America's "energy dominance".
January 6 pardons
On galore occasions during the predetermination campaign, Mr Trump has said helium would pardon radical convicted for their relation successful the January 6 2021 onslaught connected the US Capitol - an effort to forestall the 2020 predetermination from being ratified.
In December, helium told Time Magazine: "I'll beryllium looking astatine J6 aboriginal on, possibly the archetypal 9 minutes."
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
Trade and tariffs
This is an contented that's causing important angst globally and with bully reason. It's a cardinal crushed wherefore satellite leaders are treading truthful cautiously successful their comments astir the caller president.
Weeks aft his election, Mr Trump promised helium would motion an enforcement bid to instrumentality a 25% tariff connected products imported from Mexico and Canada, 2 of America's biggest trading partners.
Previous pledges by Mr Trump see 10% tariffs crossed the board, but his November comments astir Mexico and Canada went further. During his campaign, Trump said tariff was "the astir beauteous connection successful the full dictionary of words".
It's thought helium volition usage the tariffs successful portion arsenic a bargaining instrumentality successful bid to marque different countries creation to his tune.
"On January 20th, arsenic 1 of my galore archetypal enforcement orders, I volition motion each indispensable documents to complaint Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff connected ALL products coming into the United States," helium said successful November.
"This tariff volition stay successful effect until specified clip arsenic drugs, successful peculiar Fentanyl and each amerciable aliens halt this penetration of our country! Both Mexico and Canada person the implicit close and powerfulness to easy lick this long-simmering problem. We hereby request that they usage this power, and until specified clip that they do, it is clip for them to wage a precise large price!"
The imaginable of monolithic tariffs connected goods coming into America could upend the planetary system and proviso chains. It's besides apt to propulsion up prices successful America, undermining Mr Trump's pledge to trim costs for mundane Americans. So ticker for the grade to which rhetoric meets world here.
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
A warfare connected woke
At run rallies Mr Trump repeatedly touted bringing an extremity to the alleged "woke ideology" successful America.
Education successful schools volition beryllium a absorption with the national Department for Education successful the firing line.
Mr Trump has said helium would chopped national backing for schools that are "pushing captious contention theory, transgender insanity and different inappropriate racial, intersexual oregon governmental contented onto the lives of our children".
He is besides expected to undo the Biden administration's Title IX protections that allowed trans students to usage the schoolhouse bathrooms that align with their sex identities.
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
Ukraine
While he's revised his pledge to "end the warfare successful 24 hours", Mr Trump is inactive promising to bring the Ukraine struggle to an extremity swiftly. The unanswered question is how, and the grade to which it would payment Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Last year, incoming vice president JD Vance outlined the contours of the plan. "What it astir apt looks similar is the existent enactment of demarcation betwixt Russia and Ukraine, that becomes similar a demilitarised zone," Mr Vance told the Shawn Ryan podcast.
Mr Trump's overseas argumentation nonsubjective is speedy wins. While that whitethorn output results successful his statesmanlike term, successful the longer term, what connection would it nonstop to America's adversaries? Mr Putin has nary word bounds connected his presidency and could bash with a intermission successful warring to regroup and rearm.
Rhetoric and reality?
This is by nary means an exhaustive database of Mr Trump's run pledges that delivered him backmost to the White House.
The question is the grade to which his rhetoric is matched by action. After all, it is connected his actions, not the rhetoric, that helium volition beryllium judged.
Of the radical who pushed Donald Trump implicit the enactment successful November, a proportionality did truthful precisely due to the fact that they agreed with each 1 of his policies nary substance however arguable - they privation wholesale overhaul.
Please usage Chrome browser for a much accessible video player
Read more:
Melania Trump - making her ain rules
Why the UK indispensable enactment with Trump
Meet The Trump family
However galore others voted for him due to the fact that they similar his benignant (and were fed up with the different side) but they don't truly judge helium volition travel done connected the astir utmost policies.
"He's not really going to bash that" is simply a sentiment I heard beauteous often connected the run trail.
We volition find retired successful the hours, days, months, and 4 years up however world matches rhetoric and what these "days of thunder" volition look like.
Of 1 thing, we tin beryllium beauteous certain. We are entering a profoundly consequential time.