What Is Trump Actually Doing

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I was looking around for a good source of what Trump is actually doing in office, in terms of executive orders, bills he is signing, etc. It’s a little distressing to see that even though we know Trump has already signed an Executive Order, that page on WhiteHouse.gov is still very blank. Most of the government sources I would normally go to are still showing Obama stuff. But I found this on VICE:

All the Laws and Executive Orders Trump Has Signed So Far

I don’t like linking to VICE because I wouldn’t normally consider that a credible source, but what it does have is an actual link to Executive Order 1 “Minimizing the economic burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pending repeal” (on Politico.com). I have no idea where that PDF came from. I can’t find a credible source, so it might be made up out of thin air, for all I know. Politico has enough of a reputation that I don’t think they’d risk that, though.

As of this writing, Trump has signed the above Executive Order 1 (which in my opinion is mostly bluster), Senate Bill 81 which is a waiver to allow General James Mattis to serve as Secretary of Defense, and Proclamation 1 “declaring a National Day of Patriotism” (basically a pointless gesture to make those people you hate on Facebook feel better). There’s no link to a document there, which is annoying.

Originally posted on my political blog Swamp of Ineffectual Presumption, which was active from 2016 to 2018.

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