Four controversial promises of Donald Trump

On Monday, January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the new president of the United States. But, it is a position that the American tycoon has already held once and that, for the second time, he will hold it again.

On this occasion, he arrives with a political agenda that has been very focused on some essential elements such as the deportation of a large number of immigrants who are in the country of the stars and stripes, but, in addition to his campaign agenda he has made some pronouncements that have caused manifest interest in many parts of the world and have already become elements that the entire international community follows with attention.

Based on the above, I would like to leave four promises made by the president-elect of the United States and which, in the author's opinion, are among the most controversial of his campaign and his speech.

More than 100 presidential orders

The president-elect of the United States has stated that he has more than 100 presidential orders for the first days of his administration, which begins its second term on January 20.

Some of these presidential orders are contained in his government program and are part of these electoral promises that we make available to you.

Without further ado, here are my thoughts on these five presidential controversies.

Recovering the Panama Canal

This has been one of the issues that has had more repercussion among Latin Americans and, especially, by Panamanians, since Donald Trump has expressed on several occasions that Jimmy Carter, recently deceased former president of the United States, had a bad management in the agreements with the then Panamanian president Omar Torrijos.

He has expressed that the United States received nothing in return for this deal and that he is determined to change that situation and has threatened to use his military force to occupy the canal and retake full control of it.

Beyond his relationship and love for this country, there is an element that underlies Donald Trump's entire strategy and that is his struggle to maintain world hegemony. For this reason, Trump considers that taking the canal prevents the People's Republic of China from gaining more prominence in the region and limits its control over a region that the United States considers strategic for its objectives.

For the time being, there is tranquility in the canal zone, but watch out for what may happen in the coming days.

Change an article of the Constitution

Of all the actions intended by the future tenant of the White House, this is the most difficult because, in order to achieve it, a constitutional article must be changed, something that in this country is not something that is done on a daily basis.

What exactly does he intend to do?

To change what is related to the term of nationality of those born in the United States whose parents are undocumented immigrants.

Up to this point, the U.S. Constitution recognizes that those born in the U.S. are originally nationals, with the exception of diplomats from other countries.

However, this is something the president-elect wants to change.

There are two interesting elements to this:

• The United States is a country whose formation is of immigrants.

• Donald Trump has a chance that this issue will move forward and can be approved. We will see what happens.

Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America?

The Gulf of Mexico is one of the most important waterways of our continent, but, from a patrimonial and geographical point of view, it belongs to Mexico. It is true that it has maritime borders with Cuba and the United States of America, but it is a maritime enclave that belongs to Mexico.

Well, this has become another of the aspects between Mexico and the United States that is being part of the dispute between both nations, which has the immigration issue as its main objective.

In this sense, the president-elect of the United States has suggested changing the name of this coastal accident from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, and Mexicans have not been slow to show their rejection and have recalled the past history in which their country was the victim of the seizure of many territories that today are part of the American Union.

Massive deportations

This has been one of the essential elements of his government program and of his campaign. He has promised to deport the undocumented, those who have committed crimes and all those who arrived in the United States irregularly.

This is another of the elements in which he maintains a differential with the Aztec country, because many of the possible returnees are from Mexico.

However, there is a marked interest in knowing what will happen with those who are in this condition and are nationals of Cuba and Venezuela, who have a special migratory treatment approved by the U.S. government itself.

Another of the elements that make up the strategy of the fight against mass migration to the United States through the southern border of Mexico is the completion of the border closure.

Note: I have used the translator DeepL Translate.