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Trump will do well to pull off all the things he said he'd do on his first day in the office

The Donald has made a LOT of promises on the campaign trail.

AMERICA HAS A new president-elect, one who has made a lot of promises on the campaign trail.

From assigning a special investigator to check out Hillary Clinton, to building a great big wall, Donald Trump is king of the IOU. But many of the promises he has made have been for the first day he takes office, 20 January 2017.

He’ll be doing well to pull all these off. Here’s a selection of Trump’s Day One vows.

Get rid of gun-free zones in schools and on military bases

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“You know what gun-free zone is like to a sicko? That’s bait.”

Stop treating Israel “like a second class citizen”

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“Israel has been trying to sit down at the negotiating table, without preconditions, for years.”

Start working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall

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Deport two million criminal immigrants from the US

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“We will begin moving them out, day one.”

Ask Congress to send him a bill repealing and replacing Obamacare

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“You’ll have great healthcare, at a fraction of the cost, and it’s all going to be great.”

Suspend the admission of Syrian refugees

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“My first day in office I will immediately suspend the admission of Syrian refugees.”

Ensure criminal aliens convicted of illegal re-entry to the United States receive strong, minimum sentences

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“And then we get them out.”

Review of all regulations issued by Obama in last eight years

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“Regulations have grown into a massive job-killing industry. The regulation industry is one business I will absolutely put an end to on day one.”

Read: What made Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan so powerful?

Read: Building a giant wall, protecting gun owners and stopping immigration – here are the policies that got Trump elected

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