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The White House
April 29, 2025
TO: White House Communications Staff
FROM: Council of Economic Advisers Staff
SUBJECT: First 100 Days Economy Memo
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April 28, 2025
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. America’s truck drivers are essential to the strength of our economy, the security of our Nation, and the livelihoods of the American people. Every day, truckers perform the demanding and dangerous work of transporting the Nation’s goods to businesses, customers, and communities safely, reliably, and efficiently.
Proficiency in English, which I designated as our official national language in Executive Order 14224 of March 1, 2025 (Designating English as the Official Language of the United States), should be a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers. They should be able to read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station officers. Drivers need to provide feedback to their employers and customers and receive related directions in English. This is common sense.
That is why Federal law requires that, to operate a commercial vehicle, a driver must “read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.” Yet this requirement has not been enforced in years, and America’s roadways have become less safe.
My Administration will enforce the law to protect the safety of American truckers, drivers, passengers, and others, including by upholding the safety enforcement regulations that ensure that anyone behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle is properly qualified and proficient in our national language, English.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration to support America’s truckers and safeguard our roadways by enforcing the commonsense English-language requirement for commercial motor vehicle drivers and removing needless regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers. This order will help ensure a safe, secure, and efficient motor carrier industry.
Sec. 3. Upholding English Proficiency Requirements for Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators. (a) The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), shall, within 60 days of the date of this order, rescind the guidance document titled, “English Language Proficiency Testing and Enforcement Policy MC-ECE-2016-006,” issued on June 15, 2016, and issue new guidance to FMCSA and enforcement personnel outlining revised inspection procedures necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2).
(b) In carrying out subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation, through the Administrator of the FMCSA, shall take all necessary and appropriate actions, consistent with applicable law, to ensure that the out-of-service criteria are revised such that a violation of the English language proficiency requirement results in the driver being placed out-of-service, including by working with the relevant entities responsible for establishing the out-of-service criteria.
Sec. 4. Strengthening Commercial Driver’s License Security for Safer Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations. The Secretary of Transportation, through the Administrator of the FMCSA, shall:
(a) review non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued by relevant State agencies to identify any unusual patterns or numbers or other irregularities with respect to non-domiciled CDL issuance; and
(b) evaluate and take appropriate actions to improve the effectiveness of current protocols for verifying the authenticity and validity of both domestic and international commercial driving credentials.
Sec. 5. Supporting America’s Truck Drivers. Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Transportation shall identify and begin carrying out additional administrative, regulatory, or enforcement actions to improve the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) The Department of Transportation shall provide funding for this order’s publication in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 28, 2025.
THE FACTS STATED ABOVE – (FROM THE SOURCE) – VS BBC ‘FAKE NEWS’ TAKE – BELOW!!:
On the day of his inauguration on 20 January, US President Donald Trump promised to deliver the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”.
For decades, the 100-day milestone has been viewed as a symbolic test for a new president – a moment to step back and assess the progress of a new administration.
Early data from this period gives us an indication of the progress that Trump has made on his key pledges from sweeping trade tariffs, migrant arrests and deportations to drastic cuts to government spending.
Trump’s second-term approval rating has been compared with that of his predecessors by US polling firm Gallup, which has used the 100-day milestone for decades.
Trump is the first post-war president to serve two non-consecutive terms, which is why he has two sets of ratings.
Here are all the presidents except Donald Trump elected since World War Two, ordered by their approval rating just before the 100-day mark.
John F Kennedy enjoyed 83% of public approval and Ronald Reagan had 67%. Joe Biden and Bill Clinton were less popular but still above 50%.
Trump is the only post-war president to have less than half the public’s support at 100 days, in both his terms. But overall approval only tells part of the story…
Here’s how presidential support looks when split along party lines. The longer the line the more polarised their support.
Trump’s second presidency has by far the largest split in approval rating with nine out of 10 Republicans supporting him versus only 4% of Democrats.
Comparable data is not available for presidents who were completing someone else’s term, such as Lyndon B Johnson, who became president in 1963 after John F Kennedy’s assassination.
Gallup’s latest approval polling was conducted from 1-14 April, during a period of market turbulence in response to Trump’s trade tariffs. But the reading of 44% does not indicate an immediate change to Trump’s polling, which has been stable during the first quarter of his second term. As with previous presidents, the latest polling was based on no fewer than 1,000 interviews.
Trump pledged during his campaign to act quickly on his top issues. He vowed that on his first day he would reduce prices, end the war in Ukraine, and pardon those linked to the 2021 US Capitol riot.
He has not achieved all of those but if the sheer number of executive actions is anything to go by, Trump is the fastest-moving president of modern times – issuing a huge number of directives to the federal government that do not require the approval of Congress.
These include legally-binding executive orders. Trump has issued more executive orders in 100 days than any other president in the past century. He has already issued more than half as many as he did during his entire first term — and nearly 90% as many as Joe Biden issued over four years.
Some of Trump’s executive orders have been hugely consequential, and many have been aimed at undoing Biden’s legacy – which his supporters have cheered. Among his day-one orders, Trump decreed that the US would, once again, pull out of the UN’s Paris agreement on climate change – which he said was burdening Americans – and declared a national energy emergency to increase US oil output.
Other orders have been more mundane – such as one that ended a ban on plastic straws.
At the same time as he has utilised his executive power, Trump has shown little interest in working with Congress on new legislation. He has passed just five bills into law, which is fewer at this stage than has been achieved by any new president for 70 years, as originally reported by Punchbowl News.
Trump’s executive actions in 2025 have challenged the limits of presidential power, and he has frequently found himself on a collision course with federal judges. He has faced more than 200 legal challenges over some of these orders, according to non-partisan law journal Just Security, with judges halting his actions in many cases.
Trump won his decisive victory in November 2024 after pledging to cut prices and boost jobs for Americans. His pro-business message was welcomed by many on Wall Street – as reflected in a bump in US stock prices on the S&P 500 index after his election win.
US stock prices tend to gradually rise in the early stages of a presidency. But in Trump’s case, they remained stagnant and progressively declined as his rhetoric over trade tariffs intensified. They suffered a dramatic drop when he unveiled a range of these import taxes, applying worldwide, on 2 April.
Trump rowed back on some of these tariffs a week later, causing a slight market rebound. But the uncertainty created by his sweeping efforts to remake global trade has been blamed for worldwide economic turbulence.
Another important consideration is how Americans feel about the economy. This question has been tracked for decades by the University of Michigan, which surveys hundreds of households each month for its Consumer Sentiment Index.
The score has fluctuated during recent presidential transitions. Under Trump, it has declined by a notable amount. Four consecutive monthly drops culminated in a score in April that was the index’s second-lowest ever. The all-time low came in June 2022, under the presidency of Joe Biden, and widespread pessimism about inflation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Consumers in April said they were worried about a trade war, with worsening expectations around incomes, inflation and personal finances. Trump himself has refused to rule out an economic recession but has vowed that his agenda will reap longer-term rewards.
Other aspects of economic performance are harder to assess at this stage – including inflation, which the US Federal Reserve has suggested could rise again as a result of Trump’s tariff policies.
President Trump has justified his sweeping global tariffs by saying they will result in jobs and factories returning to American shores – and also that they will reduce America’s trade deficit. Trump sees the fact that the US imports more than it sells as other nations “ripping off” his own. He frequently singles out China, one of the top exporters to the US.
The US Census Bureau and US Bureau of Economic Analysis release monthly figures on how much the US trades in goods and services with other countries.
Last year, the US bought, or imported, more in goods and services than it sold, or exported.
The difference between the two is called the trade deficit. The US has operated with a trade deficit for decades – now Trump wants to eliminate it.
But Trump’s new tariffs may have had the opposite effect – widening rather than shrinking the deficit this year. Many importers, fearing higher costs, rushed to buy goods after he was re-elected, data shows.
The value of goods imported to the US hit a total of $329m in January – a record monthly figure since at least 1992, and a number that only slightly tapered in February.
Despite Trump pausing many of his most drastic tariffs in an announcement on 9 April, there have been reports of Americans stockpiling certain items, driven in part by uncertainty. High taxes remain in place on imports of Chinese products, but Trump has signalled willingness to cut these if a deal can be reached.
Trump talked tough on immigration before returning to the Oval Office, promising mass deportations of migrants who entered the US illegally and ending automatic citizenship rights that currently apply to nearly anyone born on US territory – known as “birthright citizenship”.
He has so far not managed to deport as many migrants as promised, and courts have blocked his attempts to end birthright citizenship for certain children.
One measure on which the returning president can claim success is illegal US-Mexico border crossings. This is indicated by Border Patrol data on arrests – which has recently shown what the White House calls a record low. In March 2025, just over 7,000 migrants were arrested at the border – compared with more than 137,000 in March 2024, under Biden.
There are relatively few metrics on immigration that can be measured clearly at the 100-day mark. But Trump and his team have used the sharp drop in border arrests, plus an increase in detentions inside the country by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to argue that they are proving successful with their efforts to deter illegal immigration and rectify Biden’s “unsecured” border.
The administration has been quick to publicise raids by ICE officers – saying many of these targeted people with criminal records – and to tout what it calls unprecedented levels of cooperation with local law enforcement.
At the same time, deportations have lagged, and have faced high-profile legal challenges. If detentions continue to increase, there are warnings that ICE centres could run out of space.
As court battles loom, the future of Trump’s immigration policy will come into even sharper focus during the next 100 days.
The rest of Trump’s ambitious agenda will also be shaped by what he can achieve in the next few months.
How Americans react to his actions on the border, the trade fights that lie ahead and movements in grocery prices could determine whether Trump remains the most divisive president of the modern era.
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