Inauguration Day is nearly here. These are the promises Trump made for ‘Day One’ in office

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Pardon the January 6 Capitol riot prisoners Trump told a rally crowd in September that he would “rapidly review” the cases of those who have been imprisoned for storming the Capitol on January 6, vowing to sign their pardons “on Day One.” He reiterated that promise in December, when he told Time his administration would look “at each individual case,” starting “in the first hour that I get into office.” open image in gallery Trump has vowed to pardon the prisoners of the January 6 riots after reviewing their cases on day one The president-elect is unlikely to face any obstacles when it comes to pardoning the January 6 rioters. “President Trump is going to get to work on day one, within seconds of his arrival at the Oval Office,” Leavitt told Fox News last month. After Trump won the election, his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News that Trump’s plan included “on Day One, bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table to end this war.” open image in gallery Zelensky said he believes Trump ‘really wants to end the war’ While critics scorned the president-elect at the time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky now claims he is optimistic that Trump can, indeed, help bring the war to a close. President Trump is for you.” “We’re going to end it on Day One,” Trump said of the protections in May.