The story
President Donald Trump has started his second term as president with lots of executive orders about what he wants to do. Executive orders are written orders which don’t require Congress, that’s the US parliament, to approve them.
Among Trump’s first acts as president are: starting to withdraw from the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate agreement, which is an international agreement to fight Climate change. He also threatened to put tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico and reversed many of his predecessor President Biden’s policies.
News headlines
Donald Trump vows new ‘golden age’ for US as he moves to unwind Joe Biden era
Financial Times
Trump grants clemency to all charged over January 6 US Capitol attack
Al-Jazeera
Best of ‘frenemies‘: Trump’s relationship with Europe this time may be very different
BBC News
Key words and phrases
golden age
a period of time when everyone is happy or successful
- Some people say the golden age of television is over.
grant clemency
give a smaller or kinder punishment
- The judge granted the criminal clemency. She only got a small fine.
frenemy
both friend and enemy at the same time
- The film director has lots of frenemies in Hollywood. She can’t trust anyone.