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vantexan

Well-Known Member
We should change the constitution then

And if Trump wants to make any real changes he better start using his Republican controlled Congress before midterms happen instead of writing these executive orders
Presidents with notable amounts of executive orders:

Ulysses S. Grant: 217
Grover Cleveland(total) 253
Teddy Roosevelt: 1081
William Howard Taft: 724
Woodrow Wilson: 1803
Warren G. Harding: 522
Calvin Coolidge: 1203
Herbert Hoover: 1003
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 3721
Harry S. Truman: 907
Dwight Eisenhower: 484
John friend. Kennedy: 214
Lyndon B. Johnson: 325
Richard M Nixon: 346
Jimmy Carter: 320
Ronald Reagan: 381
Bill Clinton: 364
George W. Bush: 291
Barack Obama: 276
Donald Trump 1st: 220

All other presidents were under 200, some only a handful. Joe Biden had 162. As of February 7th Trump has had 59 in his second term.

Source: The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara.
 

Doublestandards

Well-Known Member
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Presidents with notable amounts of executive orders:

Ulysses S. Grant: 217
Grover Cleveland(total) 253
Teddy Roosevelt: 1081
William Howard Taft: 724
Woodrow Wilson: 1803
Warren G. Harding: 522
Calvin Coolidge: 1203
Herbert Hoover: 1003
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 3721
Harry S. Truman: 907
Dwight Eisenhower: 484
John friend. Kennedy: 214
Lyndon B. Johnson: 325
Richard M Nixon: 346
Jimmy Carter: 320
Ronald Reagan: 381
Bill Clinton: 364
George W. Bush: 291
Barack Obama: 276
Donald Trump 1st: 220

All other presidents were under 200, some only a handful. Joe Biden had 162. As of February 7th Trump has had 59 in his second term.

Source: The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara.
as easy an executive order is to make it’s just as easy for the next president to remove. If Trump wants to make real changes, I’m just saying it would be more beneficial to use his rare complete Republican trifecta control of the house senate and presidency to get laws passed through Congress
 

Box Ox

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as easy an executive order is to make it’s just as easy for the next president to remove. If Trump wants to make real changes, I’m just saying it would be more beneficial to use his rare complete Republican trifecta control of the house senate and presidency to get laws passed through Congress

Is there any reason for us to think that's not what's going to happen next?
 

vantexan

Well-Known Member
Also

as easy an executive order is to make it’s just as easy for the next president to remove. If Trump wants to make real changes, I’m just saying it would be more beneficial to use his rare complete Republican trifecta control of the house senate and presidency to get laws passed through Congress
Since the party in power often loses at least one house in the midterms, and the Democrats will try every stalling tactic possible, it's imperative that Trump does whatever is necessary to effect change now. If he does a good enough job we'll hang onto power. I think the Republicans need to focus on passing a reasonable budget.
 

BigUnionGuy

Got the T-Shirt
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Box Ox

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Pentagon is getting closer if you really want to audit waste and make any significant change to our budget

The usaid is less than 1% of our budget, literally nothing. Military is our big spender. That also has the biggest chance of consequences though worldwide

One thing can be done before another.
 

DriveInDriѵeOut

Inordinately Right
One thing can be done before another.
Pretty smart to start with foreign aid. People with common sense are opposed to the wasteful spending on dumb stuff in other countries. Gets people on your side.

There's probably even more stupid wasteful spending in the department of education and FEMA but that's a harder sell and easier for the Democrat propaganda machine to defend.
 

Box Ox

Well-Known Member
Pentagon is getting closer if you really want to audit waste and make any significant change to our budget

The usaid is less than 1% of our budget, literally nothing. Military is our big spender. That also has the biggest chance of consequences though worldwide
One thing can be done before another.
Pretty smart to start with foreign aid. People with common sense are opposed to the wasteful spending on dumb stuff in other countries. Gets people on your side.

Hadn't thought of it that way. Probably has me more inclined to "let them cook" as the Zoomers say.
 
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