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- January 31, 2017—President Donald Trump announced he would keep a 2014 executive order signed by former President Obama that gave protected status to homosexual employees of the government and federal contractors.[1][2] Additionally, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner reportedly derailed a proposed executive order protecting religious liberty at the same time.[3] However, supporters of homosexual privileges claimed that a March 27, 2017 order, which repealed much of Obama's 2014 executive order, went against Trump's statement to keep the 2014 Obama order (which, if true, would annul this supposed failure).[4]
- February 2, 2017—Trump stated that building new settlements in the West Bank "may not be helpful" to achieving peace in the Middle East, and he appeared to shift his formerly strong stance on moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as he had previously stated.[5]
- President Trump did not sign an executive order ending "no gun zones" on schools early in his presidency as promised.[6]
- February 2017—Despite enacting a crackdown on illegal immigration,[7] the Trump Administration took a softer stance of illegal immigration than many conservatives had hoped and as the Left had expected.[8] President Trump announced he would keep Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program started in 2012 which basically allows illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to stay.[9][10] DHS Secretary John Kelly confirmed this in early-June 2017.[11][12] Through early June 2017, the Trump Administration approved 125,000 new or renewed DACA permits, to the strong dismay of conservatives.[13] The DHS made this action (or lack of) official on June 15, 2017.[14] Additionally, although giving de facto amnesty to less illegal immigrants than Obama did in his last three months in office, the Trump Administration put nearly 55,000 additional illegal immigrants under the Temporary Protected Status program.[15]
- President Trump and congressional Republicans did not repeal and replace ObamaCare immediately or quickly as promised.[16] They failed to agree on or pass a replacement bill for ObamaCare as a part of 2017 budget reconciliation. They withdrew the bill to avoid losing a vote on the House floor.[17][18] This may not have been a total failure, as polling indicated that only 17% of Americans supported the bill,[19] and its passage would have likely led the GOP to an electoral failure in 2018.[20] Some commentators have stated that Trump used this failure in order to further his agenda in the long run,[21] and Trump himself made clear he was not finished with the issue.[22]
- As of early April 2017, several Obama-holdovers still hold their positions in the Trump Administration with little to no indication of leaving.[23][24] As of March 9, 2017, President Trump has not fired Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, who targeted conservative groups under the Obama Administration.[25] The holdovers in the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency engaged in undermining President Trump's agenda of securing the southern border.[26] President Trump also appointed at least one NeverTrump individual to the White House.[27]
- May 10, 2017—By one vote, the U.S. Senate failed to block an Obama-era regulation on drilling through the Congressional Review Act.[28][29]
- It was reported in late-May and early-June 2017 that despite government and media statements to the contrary,[7][30] the Trump Administration had not made any real change from the Obama Administration's "catch-and-release" policies when apprehending illegal immigrants.[31]
- Due to confirmation delays in the Senate, many leaders of the agencies in charge of border security still had "acting" status well into Trump's presidency, something which prevented agencies from implementing stronger immigration enforcement policies.[32]
- Although President Trump did not proclaim the month of June as "LGBT Pride month," the Pentagon continued its annual "LGBT pride celebration."[33]
- The Trump Administration sold Qatar $12 billion in weapons despite criticizing it for funding terrorism.[34]
- June 2017—Jason Chaffetz, a Tea Party Republican who had just retired as the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, stated that the Trump Administration was not any more transparent than the Obama Administration.[35]
- It was reported in June 2017 that the Trump Administration officials continued Obama's advancement of transgender ideology into public schools.[36]
- Dinan, Stephen (June 8, 2017). Trump’s reversal allowing amnesty for Dreamers enrages conservative base. The Washington Times. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- Kew, Ben (June 9, 2017). 125,000 ‘DACA’ Illegals Got Work Permits Since January. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- Munro, Neil (June 16, 2017). Amnesty: DHS Kelly Spotlighted DACA Legal Problem As He Ended DAPA. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- Greenwood, Max (June 16, 2017). Trump breaks campaign promise to deport Dreamers. The Hill. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- Gerstein, Josh (June 15, 2017). Trump won’t alter status of current Dreamers. Politico. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- Darby, Brandon (May 31, 2017). Trump Quietly Continues Obama’s ‘Catch and Release’ at Border. Breitbart News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- Ainsley, Julia Edwards (June 6, 2017). Despite Trump vow to end catch and release, he is still freeing thousands of migrants. Reuters. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- Price, Bob (June 10, 2017). Border Numbers Up 31 Percent in One Month as ‘Catch and Release’ Continues. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 10, 2017.