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BumRushDaShow

(153,948 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 04:24 PM 10 hrs ago

Trump has a 'stash' of executive orders waiting to bail himself out: WaPo

Source: Raw Story

June 7, 2025 9:01AM ET


Prior to starting his second term, Donald Trump's inner circle began creating a "stash" of presidential executive orders and proclamations to not only dramatically alter how the government runs, but also for use when he needs to distract voters or change the narrative when he doesn't like what the press is reporting.

That is according to a report from the Washington Post's Natalie Allison, Emily Davies and Michael Birnbaum, who wrote that a travel ban order by the president on Wednesday was not tied to the terror attack on pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, but was in initiated back in early January.

The Post is reporting, "The announcement was the latest example of how the Trump administration has dipped into its large reserve of proclamations and executive orders — many of which have been long in the making — to drive its chosen narrative, push the president’s priorities and sometimes change the subject when news coverage focuses on topics that Trump officials prefer to downplay."

According to the report, the president has a "stash" of such orders and other announcements at the ready as the mood strikes him or if he needs a distraction when things aren't going his way.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-executive-orders-2672327812/



WaPo article here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/06/trump-executive-orders-strategy/
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Trump has a 'stash' of executive orders waiting to bail himself out: WaPo (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP
Yep..he used tariffs for distraction until it got too hot Demovictory9 10 hrs ago #1
God help us. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #2
Fuck that stupid-assed orange fuckstain. SoFlaBro 9 hrs ago #3
Cards in deck: Trump keeps stack of orders ready to play as needed LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #4
Most of what he has done k_buddy762 9 hrs ago #5
He could fart on 5th avenue and the media will rush to cover it. chowder66 9 hrs ago #6
Trump may not know the Constitution Mr.Bee 9 hrs ago #7
Oh give me a break, those bills were written by Heritage Foundation or Federalist Group lawyers FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #8
I'd love to see the Republican Party try to defend this fucking shit. Karasu 40 min ago #9

LetMyPeopleVote

(164,288 posts)
4. Cards in deck: Trump keeps stack of orders ready to play as needed
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 04:44 PM
9 hrs ago

Trump has a large stack of executive orders prepared and ready — some written before he took office — that he can release whenever the mood strikes.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/06/trump-executive-orders-strategy

Months before President Donald Trump issued a travel ban on individuals from more than a dozen countries, his team of lawyers and advisers had already started crafting the ban, a process that was underway before he stepped back into the Oval Office in January.....

The announcement was the latest example of how the Trump administration has dipped into its large reserve of proclamations and executive orders — many of which have been long in the making — to drive its chosen narrative, push the president’s priorities and sometimes change the subject when news coverage focuses on topics that Trump officials prefer to downplay.

Throughout Trump’s second term, White House staff have maintained a stash of executive orders and proclamations they can deploy depending on the themes of the moment and the narratives they want to shape, a senior White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to talk frankly about internal strategies.

Some orders are put into the calendar well in advance, the official said. Others are teed up the night before they are signed depending on impulse, political strategy and the overall mood within the White House, the official said.....

Trump’s approach to executive action has differed notably from that of his predecessors, who resorted to it at times but never with the intense frequency of Trump’s first months in office.

In less than five months, Trump has signed 157 executive orders and 62 proclamations, according to data from the Federal Register, a pace faster than any modern president. Trump surpassed the pace of his first term, when he signed an average of 55 orders a year, according to data compiled by the American Presidency Project.


trump's executive orders are mainly stunts and have little if any actual legal effect. These executive orders are signed to make trump happy.

Mr.Bee

(777 posts)
7. Trump may not know the Constitution
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:25 PM
9 hrs ago
or to govern the American people, but he sure knows how to take care of himself...

FakeNoose

(37,589 posts)
8. Oh give me a break, those bills were written by Heritage Foundation or Federalist Group lawyers
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:18 PM
8 hrs ago

The idiots working in the White House don't even have law degrees, for the most part. They're fluffers and butt-kissers who are being told what to do by the ultra-conservative groups.

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