Craig Markowitz
Appearances
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BONUS | Opinion: Is President Trump using executive orders effectively?
I believe that President Trump is relying too much on executive orders to enact his agenda. While I think some of them are good, I do feel that a lot of them are being done without Congress's approval, especially when it comes to cutting aid or funding from things that were appropriated by Congress.
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BONUS | Opinion: Is President Trump using executive orders effectively?
And it is Congress who has the power of the purse, and they're the ones who should be deciding whether or not those funds are paid out or whether or not they are cut back. Presidents are starting to use them more to enact their agenda and bypassing Congress and the legislature to get their agendas kind of pushed through.
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BONUS | Opinion: Is President Trump using executive orders effectively?
And I think you're seeing that a lot now, especially with the fact that a lot of the executive orders that President Trump has put through are being challenged in the courts. They were challenged in the courts under Biden as well. Things like the refunds for the student loans. So if you're doing things to take away money or give money, that's not the president's job.
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BONUS | Opinion: Is President Trump using executive orders effectively?
And to do it with executive orders is the wrong way to go about it. I don't believe that President Trump is focusing on the right issues when it comes to executive orders. Yes, he campaigned on removing wokeness, as they're using that term, from the government and from the country. But he also campaigned on lowering grocery prices, and he campaigned on keeping the borders safe.
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BONUS | Opinion: Is President Trump using executive orders effectively?
But I think that most Americans are now feeling the pinch of grocery prices, especially now, recently, with the tariffs that he's enacted. He's just not seeing what the people are seeing, and he's focusing more on other issues than what most Americans are feeling.