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In trumps lifetime as president, he only signed 55 executive orders. As compared to Obama's 254. Some of what Biden signed were executive actions, which are basically presidential advice to various departments on how they should go about doing stuff. Actions are more commonly used, but don't have a tendency to be fully enforced, whereas Orders are fully enforced, but can be constitutionally challenged by the courts or legislature.

[numbers were incorrect: tombombadil in the comments provided a correction, leaving original comment open for historical reasons]

83 days ago
11 score
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In trumps lifetime as president, he only signed 55 executive orders. As compared to Obama's 254. Some of what Biden signed were executive actions, which are basically presidential advice to various departments on how they should go about doing stuff. Actions are more commonly used, but don't have a tendency to be fully enforced, whereas Orders are fully enforced, but can be constitutionally challenged by the courts or legislature.

83 days ago
1 score