Remember when Donald Trump and his followers contended that then President Barack Obama was a tyrant because of all the executive orders he passed? Well, allow me to show everyone, including them, some interesting numbers pertaining to that.
I was born in 1981, so let's just compare and contrast the number of executive orders starting with Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan: 381 (average of 47.63 per year)
George H.W. Bush: 166 (41.50 p/year)
Bill Clinton: 364 (45.50 p/year)
George W. Bush: 291 (36.38 p/year)
Barack Obama: 275 (34.38 p/year)
So let's now rank these five presidents in descending order:
1) Ronald Reagan: 47.63 p/year
2) Bill Clinton: 45.50 p/year
3) George H.W. Bush: 41.50 p/year
4) George W. Bush: 36.38 p/year
5) Barack Obama: 34.38 p/year
So, among these five presidents, Barack Obama averaged to issue the fewest executive orders per year. Who averaged to issue the most? Republican God Ronald Reagan.
Through six days of Donald Trump's tenure, he's signed 12 executive orders. While I realize we're still in the very early stages of his presidency, let's see how many executive orders Trump would sign if he were to continue at this pace.
12 executive orders/6 days = 2.0 per day x 365 days = 730 x 8 years = 5,840 + 4.0 (for two Leap Years) = 5,844/8 = 730.5 per year
Now let's compare that to Trump's before-mentioned predecessors:
1) Donald Trump: 730.50 per year
2) Ronald Reagan: 47.63 per year
3) Bill Clinton: 45.50 per year
4) George H.W. Bush: 41.50 per year
5) George W. Bush: 36.38 per year
6) Barack Obama: 34.38 per year
King Obama? Tyrant Obama? Dictator Obama? That seems like yet another classic case of projection right there...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/01/all-trump-executive-actions-000288
I was born in 1981, so let's just compare and contrast the number of executive orders starting with Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan: 381 (average of 47.63 per year)
George H.W. Bush: 166 (41.50 p/year)
Bill Clinton: 364 (45.50 p/year)
George W. Bush: 291 (36.38 p/year)
Barack Obama: 275 (34.38 p/year)
So let's now rank these five presidents in descending order:
1) Ronald Reagan: 47.63 p/year
2) Bill Clinton: 45.50 p/year
3) George H.W. Bush: 41.50 p/year
4) George W. Bush: 36.38 p/year
5) Barack Obama: 34.38 p/year
So, among these five presidents, Barack Obama averaged to issue the fewest executive orders per year. Who averaged to issue the most? Republican God Ronald Reagan.
Through six days of Donald Trump's tenure, he's signed 12 executive orders. While I realize we're still in the very early stages of his presidency, let's see how many executive orders Trump would sign if he were to continue at this pace.
12 executive orders/6 days = 2.0 per day x 365 days = 730 x 8 years = 5,840 + 4.0 (for two Leap Years) = 5,844/8 = 730.5 per year
Now let's compare that to Trump's before-mentioned predecessors:
1) Donald Trump: 730.50 per year
2) Ronald Reagan: 47.63 per year
3) Bill Clinton: 45.50 per year
4) George H.W. Bush: 41.50 per year
5) George W. Bush: 36.38 per year
6) Barack Obama: 34.38 per year
King Obama? Tyrant Obama? Dictator Obama? That seems like yet another classic case of projection right there...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/01/all-trump-executive-actions-000288
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