Aides to President-elect Donald Trump briefed Republican leaders Sunday on a slew of executive orders Trump plans to unleash Monday — including a 35-page energy omnibus geared toward unlocking energy pipelines and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, according to two people familiar with the discussion.
In addition to summarizing immigration, energy and government reform executive orders, the officials also discussed the process for removing “insubordinate employees” and the legal and constitutional guardrails that may prevent Trump from firing employees who don’t follow orders. They also spoke about Trump planning actions to reverse President Joe Biden’s diversity, equity and inclusion orders across the federal government.
An executive order on unleashing American energy will be particularly detailed. It will include permitting, coal and natural gas policies, and put a stop to Green New Deal and climate spending initiated by Democrats.
Trump’s staff had already begun circulating copies of early executive orders with agency chiefs, according to sources familiar with the discussions, granted anonymity to share the information. In addition to a flurry of immigration actions, the Trump team has focused on several moves to reverse Biden’s rules allowing remote work among the federal workforce following the Covid-19 pandemic.