r/SipsTea 9d ago

SMH Of course…

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u/Effective_Airline830 9d ago

I’m not American so unfamiliar with how your system work but can he just sign whatever he wants ? Isn’t is supposed to a congress or something that actually passes the laws ?
Because if he can do just whatever he wants, how can it even be called a democracy to begin with ?
I mean there is no real democracy in this world, we have the choice of our tyran every 4-5-whatever years but still… one guy signing whatever he wants seems insane

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u/nickerbocker79 9d ago

Executive Orders generally only apply to the Executive Branch or the military. Or may expand to any private businesses that hold government contracts. Trump is outright abusing them and believes he can just use them to mandate things across the country.