WASHINGTON: Donald Trump signed an executive order in one of his first steps as president, which targets the signature health care reforms of his predecessor.

The repeal and replacement of Obama’s Affordable Care Act was one of the new president’s key election pledges.

Trump administration Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the executive order directed federal departments to ‘minimise the economic burden’ of the act, however he gave no further details into how they would go about it.

Trump’s proclamation came after his inaugural address on Friday in which he pledged to end the “American carnage” of abandoned factories and rampant crime.

Media sources said that Trump had vowed to make as many immediate changes as he could using executive action before moving towards passing legislation through Congress.

Soon after his inauguration, the White House website was changed to include his pledge to roll back Obama’s climate change policies.

The changes on the website also included other issues on Trump’s agenda, such as energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement and trade deals.

The lack of mention given to other issues such as civil rights, LGBT rights, healthcare or climate change on the website is something that critics have views as problematic.