Before he was sworn in as America鈥檚 45th president, Donald Trump said he would take swift action on a number of issues, including health care and immigration, as soon as he entered the White House.
Trump set the tone by dancing with wife Melania to Frank Sinatra鈥檚 鈥淢y Way鈥� at one of the inaugural balls. He also made it clear he would not be toning down his Twitter rants, as he continued to rail against the media and post unsubstantiated voter fraud claims from both his personal @realDonaldTrump and the official @POTUS accounts.
Here鈥檚 what Trump and his administration actually did in the first week of his presidency:
Friday, Jan. 20
Just hours after he was sworn in, aimed at dismantling some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, known as 鈥淥bamacare.鈥�
The legislation was a cornerstone of Barack Obama鈥檚 presidency, designed to regulate the health insurance industry and provide more Americans with affordable health-care coverage.
Trump鈥檚 order directs federal agencies to stop issuing regulations that would expand Obamacare. It also directs them to grant exemptions and delays of provisions in the law that would impose costs on states or individuals.
Saturday, Jan. 21
As hundreds of thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C., for the , the president鈥檚 attention was focused on media coverage of his inauguration.
, Trump slammed reports that the crowd at his inauguration was significantly smaller than his predecessor鈥檚. Trump claimed that more than a million people showed up to watch him get sworn in, despite photographic and video evidence to the contrary.
At his first formal press briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer argued with reporters about attendance at the Friday ceremony, saying it was 鈥渢he largest audience ever to witness an inauguration 鈥� period.鈥�
Sunday, Jan. 22
After Trump accused the media of lying about the size of the inauguration crowd, his adviser Kellyanne Conway explained in an interview that the White House was offering 鈥渁lternative facts鈥� on the matter.
Conway鈥檚 remark was widely mocked on social media, with plenty of sarcastic tweets.
Monday, Jan. 23
Trump signed a memorandum , which took years to negotiate. Canada, Australia and Mexico are among the countries that had signed the trade agreement.
Trump also signed a memo to freeze most federal government hiring, except for the military. He reinstated a ban on providing federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information about abortions.
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Trump signed several orders related to infrastructure and construction, including one between Alberta and Texas. Two days later, TransCanada Corp. for the project to the U.S. Department of State.
Meanwhile, Trump continued to assert his unproven claim that 鈥渕illions鈥� of people voted illegally in the election, costing him the popular vote. Sean Spicer doubled down on those claims during a White House press briefing, saying Trump 鈥渂elieves what he believes.鈥�
Neither Trump nor Spicer provided any evidence of voter fraud.
The Trump administration also instituted a and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or grants.
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises, Trump signed an order to build a wall . Throughout the election campaign, Trump has repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for the wall, although he has not explained how he expects that to happen.
In a nationally televised address Wednesday night, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said his government will not be paying for the wall.
Trump鈥檚 order also calls for the hiring of 5,000 additional border patrol agents and 10,000 more immigration officers. He plans to cut federal grants to so-called 鈥渟anctuary cities鈥� across America, which have promised not to co-operate with immigration authorities when it comes to rounding up residents for deportation.
The Associated Press reported that the same order is expected to suspend issuing U.S. visas for people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, all predominantly Muslim countries.
Also on Wednesday, Trump declared that and that his administration will review how the U.S. conducts the war on terror and Islamic State militants.
Trump reiterated many of his claims about immigration, the border wall and voter fraud in his , which aired on ABC News.
Thursday, Jan. 26
Using his preferred mode of communication with the American people, that it would be 鈥渂etter to cancel鈥� his upcoming meeting with the Mexican president 鈥渋f Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall.鈥�
In response, President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled the Jan. 31 meeting. At a Republican Party retreat in Philadelphia, Trump characterized the cancellation as a mutual decision.
Spicer, his spokesperson, later told reporters that Trump will seek to impose to pay for the border wall. Such a move would need congressional approval.
The Associated Press also reported that U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan and subsequently resigned.
With files from The Associated Press
