Trump Signs First Executive Order Against Obama's Universal Healthcare

Donald Trump, the new President of the United States, acted on his promise by signing his first executive order on Friday, February 20, just hours after being sworn in as President, opposing Barack Obama's universal healthcare. According to Reuters, Mr. Trump, who had repeatedly criticized the law known as 'Obamacare' during his campaign, signed his first executive order to undermine this law in the first hour of his entry into the White House. The new President has promised the American people that he will soon replace Obama's universal healthcare plan with 'something terrific'; however, no details have been released yet. Meanwhile, last week experts in the United States warned that repealing this healthcare law could leave more than 30 million people in the country without health insurance. On the other hand, Republicans, who hold the majority in Congress, have not yet clarified what they have in mind to replace this healthcare law. One day after the Senate, the House of Representatives also took the first step last week to repeal and replace the healthcare system established during Barack Obama's presidency, known as 'Obamacare'. With the approval of this plan, Republicans began their actions to repeal this healthcare system. In addition to this executive order and the order from Reince Priebus, Mr. Trump's Chief of Staff, prohibiting the issuance of any new regulations in government agencies until further notice, the Trump administration also provided details about its 'jobs and trade' strategy on Friday. Donald Trump announced that he would begin his strategy to preserve jobs and employment in America and increase these figures by withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, known as TPP. Media refers to the TPP, which the United States has also signed, as 'the main pivot in Obama's administration's shift towards the Asia-Pacific region' to confront the emergence of a giant named China. In addition to the promise to withdraw from TPP, the White House under Trump threatened on Friday that the United States would 'confront any country that violates trade agreements and harms American workers'. The statement also mentioned that Donald Trump is interested in negotiating a new trade agreement instead of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA was signed in 1994 by the three countries of the United States, Mexico, and Canada to facilitate employment and trade among these countries. However, Donald Trump repeatedly criticized during his campaign that in these trade agreements, the U.S. was only a giver and never benefited from them, a theory that is not widely accepted by analysts and experts.