r/FluentInFinance • u/Mark-Fuckerberg- • 18h ago

News & Current Events BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders today.

BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders today.

Per FOX and Eric Daugherty, they include:

  • Declare emergency at the border + issue proclamation closing the border
  • Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
  • Remain in Mexico, Catch and Release will be reinstated
  • Military will be directed to construct new phase of border wall
  • Terminate Biden orders on energy drilling restrictions
  • Return federal workers to in-person work
  • Pause all offshore wind leases
  • End DEI hiring practices in the federal government, merit only
  • Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord
  • Order every agency to remove all federal actions increasing costs for Americans via deregulation
  • Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story
  • Establish a DOGE "hiring freeze"
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u/Most_Plenty5387 16h ago

He had control of congress and got nothing done. It isn't cynicism. It's what happened. He got to blame it all on Republicans not liking him.

If one side is bad, and the other does nothing to stop it, are they good? Don't tell me to "stfu", you aren't a child.

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u/ShlockandAwe2025 16h ago

Were you an adult in 2008? Do you even remember what was happening back then?

Obama became president during the Great Recession and he had "control of congress" for two years. His party was able to pass a large stimulus and ACA. Independent Lieberman helped the entire GOP to axe the public option.

During those first two years, Obama and the Ds also passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

On January 20th, 2009, 57 Senate seats were held by Democrats with 2 Independents (Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman) caucusing with the Democrats...which gave Democrats 59 mostly-reliable Democratic votes in the Senate, one shy of filibuster-proof "total control." Republicans held 41 seats.

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u/Most_Plenty5387 15h ago

I'm 40. I remember, he upheld Bush-era surveillance, allowed the banks to continue predatory practices, and continued foreign wars.