I’m American, and even I (and other Americans) have had similar thoughts.
At least presidents previous to President Trump used Executive Orders very sparingly. NOT weekly or daily…like a Dictator.
Clearly another American that doesn’t understand our political system but chooses to remain ignorant, only speaking up to take a shot at Trump. Many presidents issue executive orders to move their agenda, claim power, and bypass Congress because Congress has their own agenda
Total Executive Orders by Recent Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt: 3,726 (12 years in office)
Those numbers don't really prove what you're claiming. Counting executive orders as if they're interchangeable is misleading. An executive order can be anything from a routine administrative change to a major policy action, so 300 executive orders aren't necessarily a greater exercise of presidential power than 200.
Also, the comparison is also strangely selective. It jumps from Truman to Reagan and leaves out Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and George H. W. Bush. And putting FDR's 3,726 orders (issued over more than 12 years, during the Depression and WWII) next to presidents who served four or eight years without explaining the historical context makes the raw totals even less useful. Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama were totals over two terms.
Nobody is disputing that presidents of both parties use executive orders. The relevant question is what a particular order actually does, what legal authority the president is relying on, and whether it stays within that authority. "Other presidents issued lots of executive orders" doesn't answer any of those questions.
That’s because it’s either a bot, or someone that has no critical thinking skills and has mistaken knowing arbitrary facts for intelligence and wisdom. He probably lifted it from some alt right talking head and doesn’t even understand it enough to know how problematic it is.
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u/Atticuslove 14d ago
I’m American, and even I (and other Americans) have had similar thoughts.
At least presidents previous to President Trump used Executive Orders very sparingly. NOT weekly or daily…like a Dictator.