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    [OC] Executive Orders Issued During the First Years of U.S. Presidents

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    3. thegcrack on

      Can you layer which days the current President went golfing to see whether it aligns with the date without executive orders?

    4. Konstiin on

      For all non Trump presidents here is it their first term? (Excluding Biden obviously)

    6. braumbles on

      There’s precedent. Though the next Dem president can just sign an executive order that ‘undoes everything Trump enacted’. So instead of signing a thousand, they can sign 1.

    8. thegreeseegoose on

      Ok, I get FDR, the depression will do that. I get Trump because he’s a fascist sack of shit. Truman makes sense with WWII.

      What the hell is Herbert Hoover doing here?

    9. MsCardeno on

      Fox News did a segment during the Biden administration saying that Biden was a dictator and hungry for control bc of all of his executive orders.

    11. MidnightIAmMid on

      And now I realize that I have fallen victim to propaganda because I have always heard that Obama and Biden were executive order crazy and did wild amounts of them. I assumed that might be somewhat exaggerated, but that they would still be up there instead of having a downright modest amount lol

    12. SuperRob on

      Remember the outrage over Obama’s use of executive orders? Seems almost quaint, now.

    13. truckaxle on

      Just talked to my Faux News watching brother about Trump ruling from EO and he said Oh that was because of Obama.

      I will have to send him this image

    14. NomadFH on

      That’s funny because during Obama’s term his opposition made it seem like he was the reigning king of executive orders

    16. NoPizzaRightNow on

      EOs have become more widely used in recent years due to divisive politics. Undoing the last guy’s legacy is considered a required mandate.

      The supreme court’s willingness to cede power to the executive branch will only make EOs more common going forward.

      Sad state of affairs for those of us who respect(ed) checks and balances.

    17. bigtony87 on

      Now the real question is how many of the executive orders are just flat out illegal. I’d wager over 50% and that’s generously low

    18. KA_Lewis on

      Honestly shocked at how low Obama was given folks were humming and hawing about how many he signed. If my math is right he signed less than any two term POTUS since Grover Cleveland.

    19. Drugba on

      Totally minor, but why is Trumps first presidency listed as 2016, but the second as 2025? Is there something I’m not getting or is that just a typo?

    20. krom0025 on

      There is a big difference between FDR and Trump. FDR used executive authority to make people’s lives better. Trump uses executive authority to rape the people for his personal gain.

    21. onelittleworld on

      Number of EO’s is not really a useful metric. An order declaring National Pottery Day is not the same thing as one abolishing an entire cabinet-level Department of the government (like what happened today).

    23. JustDontBeFat_GodDam on

      FDR was considered overall a great president for his actions, I guess Trump is trying to follow in his footsteps. 

    24. courve2 on

      Takes a lot to fix an unprecedented level of damage done. Doesn’t matter if the toxic spill was spread out evenly over four years. Can’t afford to wait four years to start fixing it.

    25. LiveinCA on

      The difference is that FDR was facing a crushing recession, with the economy tanking. This included food lines,soup kitchens, stockbrokers committing suicide. Currently, this is now a crisis of the President’s own making. He is manufacturing an instability for the Unites States government, our economy and for world markets.

    26. DiscreetMrT on

      I remember a few years ago under Trump 1.0, people kept calling for an FDR-type President. At first, I resisted because I felt that the challenges of the 21st Century were the ones that FDR dealt with.

      I should’ve resisted because apparently we’d end up with someone trying to skirt term limits and rapidly expanding executive power.

      For at least 2 decades, Dems have been clamoring for a President that took the reins of power and just did things, to hell with public opinion! Someone who was t tied to donor money and could buck the traditional 2 party stranglehold on our politics.

      Well… we got it.

    28. Midstix on

      FDR came to power during a crisis. Trump is creating a crisis.

      See it’s basically the same.

    30. CinemaDork on

      This is what Biden should have done. I will never understand why he didn’t have a giant stack of EOs *and* a giant stack of pink slips ready to go on day one.

    31. blazikenfan55 on

      And now Trump is basically becoming Anti FDR. Using his executive orders to destroy America and ensure his eternal power to ruin it. There is no more hope in this country. America is dead.

    32. tooobr on

      creepy headshot, fucking everything is a joke

      the necessary should be done, many people are saying

    33. forevertexas on

      As a true conservative (not a trump fan) I think executive orders should be heavily restricted by an act of congress that limits them in the future. That will never happen. But it should.

    34. Responsible_Sun_3597 on

      Presidents who hold no real power, sign countless executive orders.

      All of which will be overturned as soon as the Supreme Court can catch up to all his foolishness.

    35. GEEZUS_956 on

      50 bucks says the republicans will celebrate his 100th order for absolutely no reason.

    37. _jump_yossarian on

      Remember when Cons (including trump) constantly attacked Obama for his EOs? trump has signed more in 4+ years than Obama did in 8. But trump’s are different …. somehow!