Among the actions.

He started the process of rejoining the Paris climate accord and canceled the presidential permit granted for the controversial Keystone 40 oil pipeline.

He moved toe end a travel ban Trump put in place on some Muslim majority countries and called upon his administration to strengthen the DACA program for immigrants brought to the United States as Children.

And I thought that the state of nation today is no time to waste.

Biden also ordered the wearing of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings and on all federal lands and moved toe end a national emergency declaration that was the basis for diverting some federal funds to build a wall along the US Mexico border.

While former President Donald Trump broke with tradition by skipping the inauguration, leaving early Wednesday morning for Palm Beach, he did stick toe one modern day ritual, leaving behind a letter for his successor without going into detail.

Biden cast the letter in a positive light, saying he didn't want to same or until he'd spoken with Trump directly.

President wrote a very generous letter.

I have it because it was private.

I will.

I'll talk about it until I talked to him, but it was generous.