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Podcast: The State of California
Episode: Trump signs dozens of executive orders following inaugural speech
Description: Donald J. Trump is president again, sworn in today for a second term, capping perhaps the greatest political comeback in American history.
President Trump gave a subdued 30-minute inaugural address and then immediately signed a flurry of executive orders to make good on many of his campaign pledges, including to crack down on illegal immigration, increase domestic energy production and reverse many of the policies of the Biden administration. He also made proclamations that have no teeth, such as declaring that he is restoring free speech, reversing the betrayals of the last four years and that from now on, the...