Comic by Adin Dingwall 

It has been a couple of months since the election in the United States put Donald Trump in power, but less than two weeks since Trump has officially been the President of the United States, or POTUS for short.

Over this short period, there has been a whirlwind of discussion in the U.S.

Will Trump be assassinated? How will this affect the citizens?

I’m not here to discuss or talk about my opinions on the new POTUS, I’m here to discuss what his plans are, his platform, and how his first week in office is going.

Before I do that, I’d like to start with an excerpt from Trumps inauguration speech.

“Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning. Because today we are not merely transferring power from one Administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.”

This line was referring the fact that people in the states did not share the wealth, and as politicians reaped in rewards, factory jobs were closed. The government itself had been protected, but the people of the states, had not.

This line speaks volume, but will the POTUS’ issues and positions back up this line?

According to Trump’s website, where the home page reads “Thank You America”, there is a section that reads issues, and one that reads positions.

The issues may have been from before, but there is a video on what Trump would do during his first day in office.

This is where he speaks on eliminating many of the bad executive orders, which essentially can be unsigned without going through congress.  The new POTUS had stated “and the bad ones of which mostly that’s what you have will be terminated immediately my first day in office.”

This one sticks out to me, as Trump last Friday the 20, before the inaugural balls signed his first executive order. This was on ObamaCare.

For those who don’t know, ObamaCare, or the Affordable Care Act is a “US healthcare reform law that expands and improves access to care and curbs spending through regulations and taxes.” It had focused on providing access to affordable health insurance, improving the quality and regulating the industry.

Trump is against ObamaCare, which would be why he would sign that executive order before any inaugural balls happened.

The first step in Trumps healthcare reform states that “Since March of 2010, the American people have had to suffer under the incredible economic burden of the Affordable Care Act—Obamacare…. Has tragically but predictably resulted in runaway costs, websites that don’t work, greater rationing of care, higher premiums, less competition and fewer choices.” The POTUS believes that this will lower healthcare costs for all Americans.

Healthcare is just one of the policies that Trump is planning on working on over his years in power. Other policies include infrastructure, cybersecurity, veterans affairs reform, trade, tax plans, regulations, immigration, national defense, foreign policy and defeating ISIS, education, the Constitution and second amendment, childcare and economy.

All these things have been posted on Trump’s website, as policies that he’d like to work on and fix. However, he has already backed off some of his promised speed and has downplayed the importance of rapid fire approaches.

Can Trump follow through on his promises, or will he stand with all bark and no bite?