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Civics 101

Trump's Executive Orders

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A slew of executive orders and promises kept.

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0:00.0

Here we are, Nick.

0:03.1

Here we are.

0:04.7

You know, it's pretty rare.

0:06.8

When someone tells you, they're going to do a whole bunch of major stuff, and then they actually do it.

0:13.2

Yeah, like how you told everyone you were going to be a big Broadway star, McGarthe?

0:17.1

I'm still young-ish, Nick, and I practice every day, but we're not talking about me.

0:21.1

We're talking about the leader of the free world.

0:24.6

Ah, yes, the president.

0:26.8

And generally, that is a role wherein it's pretty difficult to get a lot done, especially the stuff you promise people in order to get elected.

0:35.1

Yeah, especially that.

0:37.1

A while ago, I made an episode about what then-President elect Trump

0:41.7

was promising to do on day one of his presidency.

0:45.9

It was a long list, a tall order,

0:49.4

some of which was impossible to achieve all on one's own as the president.

0:55.5

So what did Trump actually do once he got back in that office?

1:03.7

Well, he did a whole lot.

1:07.0

Are you ready?

1:07.7

I'm ready.

1:09.2

So after being sworn in and giving his inaugural address, President Donald Trump sat down in the Oval Office and signed no fewer than 26 executive orders.

1:18.7

As of this recording, he has signed several more, so the grand total, as of the morning of Friday, January 24th, is 33.

1:27.3

Wow. Yeah, is 33. Wow.

1:28.6

Yeah, it's a lot.

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