Timeline of Donald Trump's second presidency (2025 Q1)

The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2025, beginning from his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025, to March 31, 2025. For his time as president-elect, see the second presidential transition of Donald Trump; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see First 100 days of the second Donald Trump presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2025). To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies.

Timeline

January 2025

Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday, January 20	Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States and JD Vance takes the oath of office as the 50th vice president. [1] The inaugural parade is held at the Capital One Arena, with President Trump signing executive orders after speaking to supporters. [2] [3] The Trump administration shuts down the CBP One program. [4] Susie Wiles assumes office as White House Chief of Staff, [5] the first woman to hold the position. [6] Marco Rubio is confirmed as United States Secretary of State, making him the first Cabinet pick in President Trump's second term to be approved. [7] President Trump formally pardons around 1,500 defendants who had been criminally charged with involvement in the 2021 Capitol attack. [8] [9] President Trump signs 26 executive orders, repealing 67 Biden-era EOs and 11 Presidential Memoranda, [10] issuing new directives expanding border enforcement, [11] reversing climate initiatives, [12] eliminating DEI programs, [13] [14] renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Denali to its pre-2015 name, Mount McKinley, and instituting a federal hiring freeze. [15] President Trump revokes the security clearance of 50 people, including former National Security Advisor John Bolton and signatories of the Hunter Biden laptop letter, as well as Bolton's security detail. [16] [17] [18] During the inaugural address, President Trump states that during his second presidency the United States would expand its territory, which was in keeping with his pre-inaugural remarks, about annexing the territory of other nations, including Canada. [19] [20] [21]	Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States President Trump delivers his inaugural address President Trump signing executive orders at Capital One Arena.
Tuesday, January 21	President Trump and Vice President Vance attend the inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral. [22] Vice President Vance swears in Rubio as Secretary of State. [23] President Trump announces Stargate, a new AI infrastructure company expected to invest up to $500 billion in the sector. [24] President Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of the darknet market Silk Road. [25] President Trump orders the closure of all federal DEI offices, with existing employees placed on indefinite leave and special orders to prevent them from being protected through reclassification or deceptive wording. [26] Vice President Vance swears in Jon Husted and Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate, filling the vacancies of Vance and Rubio respectively. [27] The Trump administration instructs federal health agencies to pause all external communications until February 1 or until communication is approved by a political appointee. [28] [29]	Vice President Vance swears in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.
Wednesday, January 22	President Trump orders an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.–Mexico border. [30] President Trump re-designates the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization. [31] President Trump has a phone call with Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. [32] President Trump revokes the security details of former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former diplomat Brian Hook. [33] [34] The Trump administration announces the rolling back of an Obama era directive that had protected immigrants in sensitive areas such as hospitals, places of worship, courtrooms, funerals, weddings and schools. [35] [36] President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda. [37]
Thursday, January 23	President Trump speaks at a virtual event at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. [38] Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour blocks Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional". [39] [40] The Senate confirms Cabinet nominee John Ratcliffe to be the CIA Director, who is sworn in later that day by JD Vance. [41] [42] President Trump signs an executive order to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. [43] [44] President Trump signs an executive order that backs federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina. [45] President Trump revokes an executive order on AI safety initially signed by former President Biden. Biden's order, introduced in 2023, aimed to establish safeguards for the rapidly advancing AI technology. Trump's repeal is seen as a symbolic gesture to differentiate his administration's approach, focusing on what he describes as "AI innovation free from ideological bias." [46] President Trump revokes the security detail of former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci. [47] [17] High-profile ICE deportations occur in Boston, Denver, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Washington DC, New York City, and Newark, detaining 538 undocumented immigrants. [48] [49] [50]	President Trump signs an executive order to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Vice President Vance swears in John Ratcliffe as CIA director.
Friday, January 24	In his first trip as the 47th president, President Trump visits parts of North Carolina that were hit by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. [51] President Trump travels to Southern California to monitor the progress of fire rescue services for the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. [52] Pete Hegseth is confirmed as United States Secretary of Defense, with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. [53] President Trump reinstates the Mexico City Policy. [54] During a press conference in North Carolina, President Trump reaffirms his stance that Canada should become the 51st state. [55] [56] President Trump fires the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies. [57]
Saturday, January 25	Vice President JD Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. [58] Kristi Noem is confirmed as United States Secretary of Homeland Security. [59] President Trump attends a rally in Las Vegas. [60]	Vice President Vance swears in Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
Sunday, January 26	Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus. [61] The Trump administration announces that the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire will be extended to February 18. [62] President Trump plays a round of golf for the first time in his second term at Trump National Doral Miami. [63] President Trump announces retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president blocked US military deportation flights from landing. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that he was authorizing the visa restrictions on Colombian government officials and their families “who were responsible for the interference of U.S. repatriation flight operations.” [64]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday, January 27	Ed Martin, the interim US attorney for DC, opens an internal review of the Justice Department’s decision to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with felony obstruction offenses in connection with the Capitol attack. [65] [66] Several career lawyers who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump are fired by Acting Attorney General James McHenry, on the grounds that he "do[es] not believe that the leadership of the Department can trust you to assist in implementing the President’s agenda faithfully." [66] [67] The Office of Management and Budget instructs federal agencies to "temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by [President Trump's] executive orders", so that "each agency [can] complete a comprehensive analysis of all of their Federal financial assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by any of the President’s executive orders." [68] President Trump attends a retreat of House Republicans at his Doral golf resort in Miami. [69] Denmark announces it will spend 14.6 billion kroner (£1.6bn; $2.05bn) to boost security in the Arctic and North Atlantic in response to President Trump's interest in acquiring Greenland. [70] Scott Bessent is confirmed as United States Secretary of the Treasury. [71] President Trump signs an executive order ending diversity programs in the nation's military. [72] [73] President Trump signs an executive order reinstating service members who refused to take COVID-19 vaccination. [74] [75] President Trump signs an executive order to develop “the Iron Dome for America." [76] [77] President Trump fires National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. [78]
Tuesday, January 28	Sean Duffy is confirmed as United States Secretary of Transportation. [79] [80] GLAD Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights file a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order barring transgender people from serving and enlisting in the military. [81] Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informs Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "that he is revoking the authorization for his security detail and suspending his security clearance". In addition, Hegseth orders the Pentagon’s inspector general to open "an inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding Gen Milley’s conduct so that the Secretary may determine whether it is appropriate to reopen his military grade review determination". [82] [83] President Trump signs an executive order that seeks to end "chemical and surgical mutilation", referring to "the use of puberty blockers, including GnRH agonists and other interventions, to delay the onset or progression of normally timed puberty in an individual who does not identify as his or her sex; the use of sex hormones, such as androgen blockers, estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone, to align an individual’s physical appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex; and surgical procedures that attempt to transform an individual’s physical appearance to align with an identity that differs from his or her sex or that attempt to alter or remove an individual’s sexual organs to minimize or destroy their natural biological functions" for "children", referring to "individuals under 19 years of age." [84] [85] [86] White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first briefing. [87] The US Office of Personnel Management sends an email to nearly all federal employees, offering them the opportunity to resign from their posts from January 28 to February 6 while still retaining full pay and benefits until September 30. The email called for a "reformed federal workforce", composed of employees who are "reliable, loyal, trustworthy ... subject to enhanced standards of suitability and conduct as we move forward." [88] [89] [90]	Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first briefing.
Wednesday, January 29	President Trump rescinds the January 27 Office of Management and Budget memo on freezing spending on federal grants. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt states that: "This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze ... It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The president's EOs on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented." [91] [92] President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act, making it the first new law enacted in his second administration. [93] At the signing ceremony, President Trump states that he will order his administration to prepare Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants. [94] President Trump announces that federal employees who don't show up to work in person by February 6 will be terminated. [95] [96] President Trump signs a settlement agreement for $25 million to end the lawsuit he brought against Meta after the company suspended his account in the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. [97] President Trump signs an executive order creating a task force to plan a celebration of the 250 year anniversary of the United States and revive Trump's plan to create a National Garden of American Heroes. [98] American Eagle Flight 5342 collides with a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.	President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act.
Thursday, January 30	President Trump holds a press conference on the January 29 mid-air collision, alleging that DEI policies were partly responsible for the disaster. [99] Several senior FBI employees are served an ultimatum by the Trump administration to resign in the coming days or be fired. [100] Doug Burgum is confirmed as United States Secretary of the Interior. [101]	President Trump holds a press briefing on the Aviation Disaster
Friday, January 31	White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reaffirms that the administration will place tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China beginning February 1 with no stated exemptions. [102] [103] Judge John J. McConnell Jr. sides with 22 states and issues a temporary restraining order to block Trump's federal funding freeze. [104] [105] President Trump announces he will impose tariffs on the European Union. [106] President Trump travels to Mar-a-Largo. [107] [108]

February 2025

Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Saturday, February 1	President Trump orders airstrikes in Somalia, targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and other members of the militant group. [109] [110] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gives representatives of the Department of Government Efficiency access to the Federal Payment System, handing Elon Musk a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending. [111] President Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rohit Chopra. [112] [113] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cancels "identity months" for Department of Defense employees, including Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, National American Indian Heritage Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, Women’s History Month, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day. [114] [115] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada will respond to President Trump's decision to enact a 25% tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S. by implementing a retaliatory 25% tariff against $155 billion in U.S. goods. [116] Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces that Mexico will respond to President Trump's decision to enact a 25% tariff on Mexican exports to the U.S. by implementing a retaliatory 25% tariff against $322 billion in U.S. goods. [117]
Sunday, February 2	Vice President JD Vance says he will evaluate his political future amidst speculations of him running for president in the 2028 United States presidential election. [118] China's Ministry of Commerce announces plans to file a legal case against it at the World Trade Organization in response to President Trump's decision to impose 10 percent tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States. [119] On a trip to Panama, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio demands that Panama make "immediate changes" to what he calls the "influence and control" of China over the Panama Canal. [120] The Trump administration ends the Temporary Protected Status of more than 300,000 Venezuelans. [121]
Date	Events	Photos/Videos
Monday, February 3	Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that he is the acting head of USAID as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency propose shutting it down. [122] President Trump signs an executive order for the creation of a government-controlled wealth fund by the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department, potentially to aid in purchasing TikTok. [123] Mexico agrees to send 10,000 troops to the Mexico–United States border in exchange for a pause on the tariffs that would have been implemented early Tuesday. [124] The agreement puts the tariffs on hold for a month while negotiations continue. [125] Vice President Vance visits East Palestine, Ohio, on the two-year anniversary of the 2023 train derailment and subsequent release of hazardous materials. [126] Canada reaches an agreement to delay the tariffs that would have been implemented early Tuesday by 30 days to allow for negotiations. [127] President Trump honors the Stanley Cup champions Florida Panthers in a ceremony at the White House. [128] Chris Wright is confirmed as United States Secretary of Energy. [129] Secretary Rubio meets with Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele during his trip to El Salvador, where Bukele offers to house "dangerous American criminals" and deportees of any nationality in his country's jails. Rubio calls the offer "an act of extraordinary friendship." [130]
Tuesday, February 4	The 10% tariff on all Chinese goods goes into effect at 12:01 am EST, which President Trump calls the "opening salvo". [131] China announces a retaliatory 15% tariff on coal and liquefied natural gas products as well as a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery and large-engine cars imported from the United States, effective February 10. [132] Doug Collins is confirmed as United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. [133] President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to visit Trump since his inauguration. President Trump called for the permanent removal of Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip [134] Pam Bondi is confirmed as United States Attorney General. [135]	A Joint Press Conference between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Wednesday, February 5	Scott Turner is confirmed as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. [136] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with Vice President Vance and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. [137] Protests occur in cities across the US against Trump, his administration, Elon Musk, and Project 2025. [138] President Trump signs an executive order barring transgender girls and women from playing on sports teams or risk federal funding. [139] [140]
Thursday, February 6
Friday, February 7
Saturday, February 8
Sunday, February 9

See also

• Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
• First 100 days of the second Donald Trump presidency
• List of executive actions by Donald Trump
• List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (international trips)
• Timeline of the 2024 United States presidential election

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