Donald Trump took office as the nation’s 47th president on Monday and pardoned nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He also issued a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions.It was an aggressive start for a returning president. Four years after being voted out of the White House, Trump has a second chance to launch what he called “a golden age” for the country.He signed orders for increasing border security, designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, limiting birthright citizenship, freezing new regulations and establishing a task force for reducing the size of the federal government. He also rescinded dozens of directives issued by former President Joe Biden, including those relating to climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.Trump said that walking back into the already-remodeled Oval Office after his inauguration was “one of the …

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