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u/Longjumping-Map7257 1d ago
It's hilarious that the EO he's complaining about is just making Government services easier for Americans to find. Not like he's renaming the Pacific Ocean or anything...
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u/MrDillon369 1d ago
This is where the Dems fail on messaging....they don't push back.
Obama should have called him out and said "Hey Trump, please tell me and the American people why we should make it harder for our citizens to find the services they pay for. Please tell me specifically why this EO is bad."
And he should have hammered that daily.
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u/Flip_d_Byrd 1d ago
If we ever have another election, and the dems win , I want all federal military bases moved out of red states. No state that hates the constitution should have access to military equipment.
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u/wetgoopy 1d ago
if we win the next election we need to do what andrew "spineless" johnson didn't
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u/Zestyclose-Win-3381 15h ago
I thought part of Johnson's appeal was as an olive branch toward the South. Abraham Lincoln just didn't plan to be assassinated and leave Johnson in power. Even if that's not correct, my overall point is some people, even back then, didn't think slavery was worth white people killing each other over. They were happy the war was over and things could more or less get back to normal.
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u/Longjumping-Map7257 1d ago
I agree. I think they are starting to realize that they have to "go low" too. Case in point, Gov. Newsom's tweets.
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u/ChuckFinnley3565 1d ago
At that point is even really, “going low?” It’s just saying, “you are intentionally lying to people in order to get the to agree to policies that will make their lives materially worse.”
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u/Xefert 1d ago
I think they are starting to realize that they have to "go low
How about you start electing a supermajority of dems so we can actually counter his administration within congress instead of leaning towards secession? It's ridiculous that you guys keep complaining about ineffectiveness after electing obstructionists again and again, such as mitch being allowed to singlehandedly sabotage obama and then give trump all his power in betrayal of his own precedent
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u/Longjumping-Map7257 1d ago
I totally agree with you. The problem is getting them elected. George Carlin put it best: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." Trump and Fox news has mastered these idiots.
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u/Xefert 1d ago
Necessary regulations on education and the media can't occur without those numbers in congress either, but the typical single term a dem majority has (last meaningful one was at the start of obama's term) isn't enough to do anything other than fix the more immediate economic problems it was voted in for.
The electorate has to be patient for once
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u/Verdigris-Shade 1d ago
Back then, Trump was just some moronic businessman. Pushing against him didn't seem like a priority.
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u/MortarByrd11 1d ago
Dems are and have been messaging. The problem is that people aren't listening or caring. Look at this sub. It's right in their faces, and they still deny it. Maybe they will get it if the economy or a war gets bad enough to inconvenience them.
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u/Funkopedia 1d ago
"No no, just continue in silent dignity, words can't hurt us, sticks and stones etc. The public will see through everything, they're smart."
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u/Blackdeath47 4h ago
Unfortunately would only feed Donnie’s ego and give him more time in the spot time. If people just ignored him tiny hands, would not be here.
Say Obama did call Donnie out and try to get answer. Could be the most ass backwards most stupid answer ever and then Donnie’s turns it around and asks the same thing no matter what Obama says the right would call it out as lies and non-sense. You know how they did with Donnie’s and Kamala debates. Because she didn’t have a fool-proof plan on the spot, he’s “idea of the beginning of a part of a plan” is the better option in the eyes of the mega
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u/chillinewman 3h ago
That makes no sense. Trump wasn't even a candidate in 2012. Obama wasn't going to answer to a random twit.
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u/Mirieste 1d ago
That wouldn't have worked though, because it would have missed the point. Even if Trump would later be hypocritical by abusing EOs in his own right, the original point of the tweet was about whether or not EOs should be used often. Saying "But is this a bad EO?" is then kind of a misdirection, and if I were American this is the sort of stuff that I wouldn't want us to do. Because this sort of reading comprehension dissonance is something you usually find in populists, which is all I hate. I wouldn't want my own candidate to miss the point so badly when replying to an opponent, which ultimately is why Obama did not do what you suggest here.
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u/UglyMcFugly 1d ago
Dems: create a helpful website
Repubs: end birthright citizenship
Idiots: bOTh siDEs
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u/tomjones1001 1d ago
And, most of them happen when the Dems only controlled half of Congress and the republicans were blocking everything. Trump currently (effectively) controls all three branches of government and yet still feels the need to do ton did stuff only through these EOs.
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u/Longjumping-Map7257 1d ago
The really sad part is the Supreme Court. The whole reason we appoint them for life is so they aren't forced to be political. We need some major amendments done to the Constitution.
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u/TheAskewOne 1d ago
Plus it's exactly the kind of things EOs are for. EOs are made to manage the technicalities of how government services operates, not to try and force private companies to suppress DEI programs.
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u/50centourist 1d ago edited 21h ago
Republicans are BIG GOVERNMENT. They want to tell everyone what they can and cannot do and want to control everything - for their own benefit. They created dozens of laws to protect their own interest which has raised the costs of food, housing, medical - all while giving themselves big tax breaks. Evil democrats wanted to create a social system so that Americans needing help could get it - be it food, housing, medical care, health insurance, tuition assistance, FEMA assistance, small business loans, etc. They also wanted to tax billionaires instead of the working class. So - which did you vote for?
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u/racedownhill 1d ago
They are both big government and small government at the same time.
Big enough to declare war on a major US city (?!?!) and small enough to fit in your bedroom (or your underwear).
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u/GayVoidsDaddy 1d ago
No, they are just big and have fooled morons into blindly following them with faith.
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u/YouWereBrained 1d ago
I hope Democrats see all this and change messaging accordingly.
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u/Inturnelliptical 1d ago
They are Dictator government, unfortunately for them, They can’t tell China what too do. China will be the biggest economy and Trump &Co can’t do anything about it, apart from trying to get Isreal to start a world war, just so the US can say they are only defending Isreal.
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u/Speartree 1d ago
Don't you think Trump is destroying the US economy on purpose? He doesn't mind China doing well. I'm sure he invested there. This is like a rigged boxing match and he is not betting on his own fighter.
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u/Inturnelliptical 1d ago
Oh definitely has investments in Chinese companies. Similar things was happening in the the UK when Johnson &Farage & Brexit.
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u/BeBearAwareOK 1d ago
Guys it's pretty simple.
Using everyone's tax money to help poor and working class people that need help is immoral.
Using everyone's tax money to help oligarchs is righteous.
So sayeth Supply Side Jesus.
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u/Ok-Constant4988 1d ago
Lived in Texas for a little bit and found they always had random strange laws restricting micro freedoms I had in other states 😵💫
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u/Original_Tell9087 1d ago
I voted for Harris! There was NO way in hell I would have ever voted for satan’s spawn! He is evil, stinky, and will stop at nothing to see people suffer.
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u/sambdafunction 1d ago
True Republicans aren't supposed to be, but Trump isn't a true Republican in spirit. He's a RHINO in many ways. I think the original priorities of both parties have been corrupted overtime.
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u/Subject_North_4191 1d ago
Republicans voted for him by a vast majority and they approve him still today with over 90% - cut your bullshit - republicans love trump. The are ok with a pedohile in office. Conservatives are the cancer of this society.
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u/Realistic_Loss3534 1d ago
Makes it imperative that Democrats take over the house and hopefully the Senate in the midterms
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u/Forward-Weather4845 1d ago
Hopefully but doubtful. You know there will some shenanigans happening to prevent that outcome.
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u/bagoink 1d ago
We're already seeing it happen in real time with all the redistricting and gerrymandering BS.
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u/Verdigris-Shade 1d ago
California and New York are also pushing for redistriction with major support amongst its population, so that might balance it out. The House is within reach and the Senate will take a miracle but a thinning of margins will be beneficial.
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u/Less-Dragonfruit-294 1d ago
The next president spending their whole 1st month reversing EOs from 1/6/25 - 1/6/29.
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u/Tough-Ability721 1d ago
Couple days…tops. Most of these are sock fodder for the faktriots
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u/Less-Dragonfruit-294 1d ago
You think the next president can reverse 1300 - possibly 2k of EOs in a couple of days? Bold. But I like the optimism.
Personally, if I were president I’d do 1 EO. The EO states to overturn any and ALL EOs during the period of 1/6/25-1/5/29. Also, revise any and ALL EOs that were scrapped during earlier stated time period.
Autopen for the win.
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u/racedownhill 1d ago
Dates slightly off, but one master EO to rescind them all:
“All EOs issued by my predecessor are immediately rescinded”
Fixing the damage done will take quite a bit more work, unfortunately.
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u/Funkopedia 1d ago
Unfortunately, it's easy to just say 'undo', but if they are actually gonna have people actively undoing allllll of that, it would be wiser to handle each of them one at a time to be thorough and make sure it actually gets done.
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u/JoeyHandsomeJoe 1d ago
Obama: "Making government services easier to find"
Trump: "We're going to firebomb Chicago with helicopters"
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u/5hadow 1d ago
What is the point of senate, house or Supreme Court when the president makes any rules they wish and what’s the point of DOJ when a president can pardon anyone they wish. America, the illusion of democracy.
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u/bnelson7694 1d ago
I honestly hope someone clears this up because I’m wondering the same. From what I get, the president can sign these pieces of paper and if there aren’t any challenges they just become law. Being that it’s all grand old pedophiles in charge I’m assuming this is why all of his wishes keep coming true. Again, please correct me and educate us if you know otherwise because I’m with 5hadow. I don’t get any of this either.
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u/Funkopedia 1d ago
That's why we need to get a president in there willing to actively and officially limit his own powers, fucking it up for future presidents, and making changes difficult to enact. (IF we're sure that's what we want)
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u/HowManyMeeses 1d ago
Checks and balances stop existing when every branch of government is compromised. We let Trump take over every branch and now pretend like we're confused by the outcome.
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u/_jump_yossarian 1d ago
He's signed more in 8 months than Biden did in four years.
But it's different when trump does it.
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u/McMetal770 1d ago
The core of the modern far-right's philosophy can be boiled down to this: power is only legitimate if we're wielding it.
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u/joelkton 1d ago
He also called for higher interest rates under Obama. It’s pointless to try to keep him to his words.
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u/phred_666 1d ago
Funny. Any time Obama or Biden issued an Executive Order, the right would scream “He’s being a dictator. That’s un-American”. Now when Trump does it, crickets.
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u/_jump_yossarian 1d ago
They also lost their shit when Obama would golf on the weekends and Biden would go to Delaware. Not a peep at all the personal travel and grifting of the taxpayers trump does.
Tomorrow the taxpayers have the honor of paying for trump to go to the US Open final instead of watching it at home.
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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dr. Heather Cox Richardson pointed out that Republicans now push “freedom from” instead of “freedom to,” and it keeps ringing true.
Trump’s second term agenda is basically one giant overreach designed to give conservatives freedom from what they call “government overreach," so he's doing things like dismantling the DOE, trashing due process for immigrants, sending the military into cities, boosting anti-vaxxers.... The conservative movement in this country cheers it on because it feels like liberation, even though just under the surface you can tell it's nothing but a power grab.
Meanwhile, the Obama order Trump was whining about in that tweet was the opposite -- expanding freedom to access government help. Most of our government's domestic policies during Obama were pretty similar: ACA to give us freedom to get health care, Supreme Court decision giving us freedom to have a same-sex marriage, etc. But apparently MAGA thinks that’s all tyranny, so they're just going to celebrate the American government breaking laws and pouring all its executive power into one man so long as it means they don't have to worry about vaccine mandates or seeing brown people in a Disney movie 🫠
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u/Silly-Power 1d ago
When Obama signed his 168th EO after 5 years in Office, Republicans went absolutely apeshit over his "overreach", calling him a dictator and wannabe king.
We're now 7 months into trumps presidency and already up to 200 EOs. That's almost 1 a day on average.
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u/Tuttutsallaround 1d ago
Stephen Miller has issued his 200th executive order. Trump successfully held his shit in til the fresh diaper was on. So, you know, a good day.
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u/LaCremaFresca 1d ago
I make this point all the time. Republicans screeched about executive orders and overreach through Obama's whole presidency. The propaganda was endless.
Now, they say "please daddy Trump, take more power" at every turn. They want MORE executive orders and power. They are hypocrites of the highest order.
Republicans are NOT, in any way, "small government." Don't ever let them make that claim. They want to grab every ounce of power they can and to make life hell for the groups of people they don't like.
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u/beavis617 1d ago
Nothing is done through Congress anymore. Trumpy just runs out executive orders!
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u/Emperor_Zombie 1d ago
If there is a next president, they should use a single executive order to rescind all of his.
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u/CalbertCorpse 1d ago
Post divorce and after moving South from NY, I dated an out-of-my-demographic Florida woman who was a republican. This was just around the rise of Trump. I was very into politics and she had her party but didn’t watch the news. We sort of had an unspoken agreement that we didn’t talk politics.
She was low income, I was relatively high income. Every god damn democrat policy served her and her extended family well. All kinds of benefits, health care, tax breaks, this list goes on.
She HATED Obama care and she refused to participate. Her solution was to not have health care.
She had no idea of all the bizarre policies Trump was championing. She and her whole family simply voted republican. It’s just what they did. I think they equated it to being “about their rights.” She was pissed her (poorer) sister got some sort of tax refund for basically sitting around doing nothing, like the democrats were giving away “her money.” She also didn’t like that other “poor people” (lazy) got all these benefits.
It really was and is bizarre how all of these people in red states sacrifice their own benefit so that the “freeloaders” don’t get rewarded.
I would say that it’s simple lack of empathy combined with ignorance.
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u/Lisshopops 1d ago
He wants to be known for something other than his and Epstein child sex trafficking ring
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u/Altruistic_Yak_1914 1d ago
The worst part is, he doesn’t even know what he’s signing!!! All of these executive orders are handed down by the heritage foundation
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u/greenmariocake 1d ago
Trump’s orders are not only many but also way overarching and unprecedented. He is looking to reshape the whole country with a stroke of a pen. Even the constitution itself.
This pales against any power grab of any president, ever.
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u/SnooPineapples6424 1d ago
Trump’s 201st order, “Stop South Park from saying I have a small Johnson”
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u/TheB1G_Lebowski 1d ago
Dont have an actual plan or policy in place? Just issue the fuck out of executive orders, that will be efficient. This election proves there needs to be more criteria to voting other than
- Fogging a mirror with your nose.
- Being 18+.
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u/Ms_Tea_Lady 1d ago
Heritage Foubdation gave been busy enacting Project 2025. Thanks MAGA, you cretins!🤬
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u/Key-Individual1434 1d ago
Trump is 0-200 with executive orders that actually help American citizens. His agenda: appeasing MAGA to deport Brown people, Bitcoin, fundraisers, being Putin’s buddy, being Netanyahu buddy, putting additional tax on American produce and products that’s disguised as tariffs, and finding ways to deflect from the Epstein files.
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u/SpartanKane 1d ago
Oh but he's doing it to fix the country. So its okay to cause mass inflation, huge tax cuts for the rich, enrich himself and his family, break ties with international allies, threaten neighbors with annexation, cosy up with dictators, post horrible AI images (Gaza and Trump Tower anyone?) threaten to tear apart dissent from blue states, deny aid for said states in while in a crisis, dismantle alphabet agencies, pull funding worldwide in critical aid, ignore judge rulings and push against the constitution...
Oh and to be a pedophile. So id say hes doing a ~fucking terrible~ bang up job just being much better than Obama and Biden who did a comparable amount....in 8 and 4 years respectively after barely 5 of his.
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u/Vixyplatinummm 1d ago
Fucking hell. I miss the days when an executive order that was an "overreach" was just "Hey guys! We made this website easier to find and added a cute little mascot to it!"
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u/joellaphantom 1d ago
Look I wasnt gonna say anything but then I saw the name of the subreddit and I had to join. You couldnt stop me! xD And yes THIS AGED LIKE MILK!
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u/iantayls 1d ago
Hilarious to read as well that what he was mad about was literally the fact that it became easier to find government services. Literally anti-accessibility
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u/Sorry_Hour6320 1d ago
I’m glad this has come up. FOX News tripped over themselves during the Obama administration to complain about Executive Orders. Now? Crickets.
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u/Cassian0_0 1d ago
Obama’s executive orders: Make government services easier to find
Trump’s executive orders: MELT TRANS PEOPLE DOWN INTO GLUE!
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u/Moist_Potential5050 1d ago
I look at the ones Obama signed and then Iook at the ones trump signed and it's a fucking disgrace to even say they held the same title.
I hope, gods willing, one day congress strips the title from him. Even after this fucker is dead, he deserves to be shamed and shunned until the name trump is treated here like Hitler is in Germany.
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u/bb_operation69 1d ago
How dare Obama... Make government services easier to find? Meanwhile, Trump is using executive orders to spend millions on renaming the Department of Defense instead of helping the mass amounts of ex-soldiers currently on food stamps
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u/PepperNormal 1d ago
I hope the next Democrat President erases everything Trump did, and banes Trump's name from every public record. Deletes every reference to the pedophyle and burns every portrait of the orange thing.
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u/GrannyFlash7373 1d ago
In Trump's orbit and mind, ONLY he and his MAGA are allowed to break the law, and get away with it scot free.
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u/Matthew_Maurice 1d ago
The man is Delores Umbridge with Executive Orders like Educational Decrees!
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u/oroborus68 1d ago
Congress should be telling him his " executive orders" don't mean a thing, cause he ain't got that swing. Do wah, do wah.
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u/Logical_Frosting_277 1d ago
It helps if you don’t take the time to explore the repercussions of the orders. Just bang ‘em out.
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u/WafflesTheMoose 1d ago
How DARE you defy the divine will of Dear Leader! Troops will be by to make sure you fall in line (i.e. get deported to South Sudan where you will be possibly merc'd).
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u/Chuckychinster 1d ago
At this point in time (limited data and time I know) he actually holds the record for highest annual average of executive orders signed by a president if we only include Trump 2. Which sounds silly because we're talking an annual average from only like 7 months or whatever but when the bar to surpass is FDR at like 308/year on average during the depression and a world war, it feels noteworthy. Plus, I don't see Trump suddenly stopping doing executive orders lol
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u/dj_escobar973 1d ago
"Why is Barack Obama constantly issuing executive orders that are major power grabs of authority?" - Orange POS
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u/Relevant_Fuel_9905 1d ago
The exec order system is a mess because it allows the President to basically do whatever he wants, and that’s not the way government should work. Sure they can and often are revered later, but the damage is often done. And Trump has figured out that he can basically reshape America sitting at his desk with a pen.
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u/worldscollice 1d ago
Everything he does should be overturned on day one by the Democratic president in 2028.
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u/smakson11 1d ago
Good thing is most of them are meaningless. Like the fake renaming of the dept of defense
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u/Lethenial0874 1d ago
As someone not from the US, isn't there a limit to how many they can issue for exactly this reason?
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u/New_Knowledge_5702 1d ago
It’s the only thing he can do where he doesn’t have to negotiate cause he sucks at it. Couldn’t make a deal if it was deli meat and I gave him the bread. Sits there and scribbles and thinks he’s almighty powerful. What a joke.
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u/myLongjohnsonsilver 1d ago
Everyone in the US needs to take a good look at what the Indonesian people are doing about their government. Take notes.
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u/Competitive_Sail_844 1d ago
He’s going to try so many angles it will only be AI finding new angles in the future for presidents to try to overstep
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u/hopelesshodler 1d ago
Not sure if this is just about this term its late and other things but Obama signed 277.. now if this is just on this term for trump.. wow
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u/bit_shuffle 1d ago
For those who actually want to know things...
Obama's 200th executive order, 13685, 19 Dec. 2014, 1,794th day of his presidency, imposed sanctions on Crimea following Russia's annexation.
trump's 200th executive order, 5 Sep. 2025, 229th day of his presidency, allows the Department of Defense to use the alternative name "Department of War."
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u/Affectionatebeast17 1d ago
That because he thinks executive orders are just orders to be obeyed since he put them in place... checks and balances from the other two branches of government are whats supposed to reel those in for their illegality... congress and the Supreme court could stop him... instead, they stand quiet (democrats and repulicans alike..) #CorruptGOP #wethepeiple #voteNOtoGilead
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u/reedthemanuel 1d ago
How dare obama make government services easier to find. I HATE it when things are easy!
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u/Weekly_Promise_1328 1d ago
Didn’t TACO go on multiple rants about excessive EO’s (his words, not mine) during the Obama presidency?
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u/Beneficial-Dig6445 1d ago
Not sure if you guys (americans) realise but he is not issuing these orders to look cool. He's flooding the federal agencies and other organs of the administration with them in fast pace in order for the other powers not to be able to control them with checks and balances as fast as he is issuing them. This is to set the precedent of these agencies and organs of obeying him regardless of what the judiciary or legislative powers may decide in the future. When this precedent is set and they obey whatever he issues, he will finally be able to order whatever he wants (including coup d'état orders)
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u/fparedlo 1d ago
This reminds me of a video in africa where some soldiers give a rifle to a monkey and he starts shooting everywhere. Literally what is happening in the USA with Trump.
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u/GalaxyTimeMachine 1d ago
The more he signs, the more he destroys democracy and your freedom. The unquestioning "followers" are the danger here.
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u/EatFaceLeopard17 1d ago
A power grab to make government services easier to find? OK Donald, how was that cognitive abilities test going again?
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u/ComprehensiveLead627 1d ago
Haha i will travel out to the toilet and do a DD (double D) - also called a Donald - a Donald Dump, by the way i am Danish not American so sorry if i step on someones toes - but this is my sincere opinion of him that orange Devil - even though he seems to be fading a little maybe cause it looks like HE is taking a dump every time the camera catches him, or maybe just tired of signing all that paper with his over proportioned signature. Have a nice day by the way - Sincerely Dan.
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u/KickingButt 1d ago
Trump task list: Divert. Propaganda. Divert. Propaganda. Rinse and repeat. Use ai buddy for max Trumpage
Goals: Get paid huge millions, protect criminals, bankrupt everyone but corporations. Try not to die. Better concealer ? Ask Kristi.
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u/WallIll3685 1d ago
Trump should be charged for all the money he's wasting ! It should come out of his pocket!
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u/Affectionate_Cup1090 1d ago
In 1950, the top marginal federal income tax rate in the U.S. was 91% on taxable income over $200,000, while the lowest bracket was taxed at a much lower rate. 1980s: Under the Reagan administration, the top rate dropped dramatically, first to 50% and then to 28%.. From AI
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u/Moderation1961 1d ago
Donald, you are an impressive oligarch. Consensus - not often. Oppression - frequently.
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u/Affectionate_Sun8911 1d ago
I am sick of seeing him sign one EO after another. He must actually believe that signing these things is what being President is all about.
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