Biden: First speech as US president-elect 6:42
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President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to reaffirm America's leadership role on the world stage through a series of executive actions from day one that would mark a drastic turnaround in the policies of outgoing President Donald Trump. .
Now that Biden has defeated Trump, his transition team is beginning to turn his campaign promises into plans that he can implement from the start of his presidency.
Biden's first focus is likely to be the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
He is scheduled to appoint a 12-person coronavirus task force on Monday, according to two sources with knowledge of his plans.
Biden also said during the campaign that he will speak with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, before taking office.
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He is also set to enact a series of executive actions that would undo many of Trump's foreign policy actions.
They would seek to quickly return the United States to its position at the end of the administration of former President Barack Obama four years ago.
Asked about the actions Biden will take on his first day in office, Biden's campaign advisor Symone Sanders said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that the president-elect "is going to fulfill his promises »made in the campaign.
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Climate change, 'dreamers' and other promises from Biden
Biden repeatedly promised to rejoin the Paris climate accord on his first day in office.
This is a landmark international agreement to combat climate change that Trump decided to exit in 2017. He has also said that he would rejoin the World Health Organization, from which Trump chose to withdraw this year.
Both of these actions underscore a big difference between Biden and Trump.
Biden has long believed in multilateral organizations and deals that Trump distrusts.
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Biden has also said that he will revoke Trump's ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries.
And that it will reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows "dreamers" - undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children - to stay in the country.
The result of the election at the legislative level underscores the difficulty Biden will have in gaining victories in that arena and highlights the importance of his administration's executive actions.
Republicans still have a narrow majority in the Senate, although Democrats would gain control of the House if they win what could be two second rounds of the Senate in Georgia in early January.
Transition team with web and social networks
The transition team that Biden assembled has been quietly preparing since Labor Day.
It intensified its activities in recent weeks.
This includes the launch of a website and social media accounts on Sunday.
The Biden-Harris transition Twitter account tweeted that the incoming administration will take on the "most pressing" challenges facing the nation.
And he listed: "protect and preserve the health of our nation, renew our opportunity to succeed, advance racial equity and fight the climate crisis."
Biden listed a number of other priorities in the election campaign and in the policies his campaign launched during the primary and general elections.
These include addressing systemic racism and climate change, and expanding protections for unionized employees.
Biden is committed to taking steps to reform the government, including expanding and codifying into law an ethical commitment instituted by the Obama administration that addresses lobbying issues and also "any undue or inappropriate influence of personal, financial and other interests. ».
The president-elect also promised to reinstate the guideline instituted during the Obama administration that would restore transgender students' access to sports, restrooms and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity.