President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump on Monday, 21 November 2016, released a preview of his policies for his first 100 days in the White House.

This was contained in a YouTube video. Trump addressed some of his campaign promises with the aim of “putting America first” and laid out executive actions that can be taken to restore laws and bring back jobs.

“Whether it’s producing steel, building cars or curing disease, I want the next generation of production and innovation to happen – right here – in our great homeland – America.”

Here are highlights from his message:

• Trade – he stated his intention to withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership;
• Energy – rescind “job-killing” rules on shale energy and clean coal, creating millions of high-paying jobs;
• Regulation – for every new regulation, two old regulations are eliminated;
• National Security – Department of Defense and Chief of Staff to develop plans to protect America from all forms of attacks, include cyber threats;
• Immigration – Department of Labour to investigate visa abuse that affects American workers; and
• Ethics Reform – five-year ban on executive officials becoming lobbyists after they leave the administration and a lifetime ban on the same officials lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.

The policies Trump outlined are somewhat easy to execute because they do not require congressional approval, and the President-elect believes that his policies can reform Washington and rebuild the middle class.

Posting his message online, rather than making a personal appearance, means Trump will avoid follow-up questions, as key campaign promises such as building a wall along the U.S. – Mexican border, establishing a deportation force, new restrictions on immigration from some majority Muslim countries, and revoking Obamacare were left out.

The new president may be a taking a page from Jared Berstein’s piece in The Washington Post as he seeks to impress in his first year as Republicans control the House and Senate, including the White House.

It is fair to say that Trump might find out that campaign promises do not translate to immediate action, as the world still takes on a what President Obama has described as a “wait and see” approach to Trump policy proposals when he is inaugurated in January 2017.

Watch Trump’s message below: