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FAWK HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS!!!!! (Original Post)
a kennedy
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Bayard
(24,607 posts)1. By now, his must add up to be more than all previous presidents put together
I don't understand it. How is he able to keep doing this?
WarGamer
(16,683 posts)2. FDR signed almost 3300 executive orders... 1900 by Woodrow Wilson
Trump signed 220 in his first term and 99 so far in 2025.
Obama only signed 276 in 8 years, Clinton 364...
Bayard
(24,607 posts)3. But, isn't there some kind of prerequisite?
Like, you can't use them to circumvent Congress? Or for plainly evil purposes?
WarGamer
(16,683 posts)7. One of FDR's led to internment camps in the USA...
So you tell me
AmericaUnderSiege
(777 posts)4. Yeah, he's not even President. The Constitution itself says so.
We can just stand on that, chill and determined. They can try us.
angrychair
(10,426 posts)5. Silver lining
They can be reversed with a stroke of a pen just as quickly
SalamanderSleeps
(759 posts)6. It's ok to say "fuck" now.
Our grandchildren are at being put at risk
It's time to spit in the dirt, and walk out into the street.