day one

Central to Trump’s threat and promise of being a dictator on “day one” of his regime, is putting in place a Cabinet and other senior advisors who will follow his commands without any objections — even if those commands are contrary to American law, the Constitution and the country’s established democratic political culture and norms.

And Kennedy, the anti-vaccine activist who is Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services, has said he wants to fire hundreds of senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health on “day one.”

All indications suggest that Trump’s dictatorial presidency will begin by targeting those groups and individuals who are “the enemy” on day one.

Fellow councillor Bryan Apsley said "it seems like it's been a disaster from day one".

The longtime lawyer also said last month that he intends "to have every nutritional scientist" in the health and agriculture departments fired on day one of a Trump presidency because he says they are co-opted by corporate interests.