PRESIDENTIAL PREROGATIVE
05/02/2025 |
The Friday File: During the first 100 days of Trump 2.0, the president signed 142 executive orders. In distant second, FDR with merely 99. In third, Joe Biden with 42, then Trump 1.0 with 33 EOs. LBJ is fifth at 26, and Truman is sixth with 25. Kennedy is seventh with 23. Nixon-Obama was a period of very low EO signings. Data is only for newly elected presidents starting 1933.