Molly Ball

Thanks. Thanks for your question, Christina. It's a great question. I think we have this misconception that executive orders are a modern thing that presidents have just started doing because they're so frustrated with Congress and the only way for them to get things done is by, you know, whipping out the pen and going around the people who are supposed to make the laws.

But that's actually not true. They've always been a feature of politics, and past presidents have used them to great effect. I mean, think of the Emancipation Proclamation. That was an executive order. Japanese internment. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security.

But that's actually not true. They've always been a feature of politics, and past presidents have used them to great effect. I mean, think of the Emancipation Proclamation. That was an executive order. Japanese internment. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security.

But that's actually not true. They've always been a feature of politics, and past presidents have used them to great effect. I mean, think of the Emancipation Proclamation. That was an executive order. Japanese internment. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security.

DACA, President Obama's executive order deprioritizing deportations for immigrants who came to the country illegally when they were young. So a lot of significant policymaking has been done through executive order.

DACA, President Obama's executive order deprioritizing deportations for immigrants who came to the country illegally when they were young. So a lot of significant policymaking has been done through executive order.

DACA, President Obama's executive order deprioritizing deportations for immigrants who came to the country illegally when they were young. So a lot of significant policymaking has been done through executive order.

Well, the big ones are in the areas where he made the most campaign promises, chiefly immigration. He even said in one of his inaugural speeches on Monday that even though everyone talks about the economy, he believes that immigration is the number one reason he was elected and the number one issue he was hired by the voters to tackle.

Well, the big ones are in the areas where he made the most campaign promises, chiefly immigration. He even said in one of his inaugural speeches on Monday that even though everyone talks about the economy, he believes that immigration is the number one reason he was elected and the number one issue he was hired by the voters to tackle.

Well, the big ones are in the areas where he made the most campaign promises, chiefly immigration. He even said in one of his inaugural speeches on Monday that even though everyone talks about the economy, he believes that immigration is the number one reason he was elected and the number one issue he was hired by the voters to tackle.

And indeed, we saw a flurry of executive orders dealing with immigration, you know, designating the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, curtailing asylum even further than the Biden administration already had, and proclaiming the end of birthright citizenship, which has historically been considered a constitutional right.

And indeed, we saw a flurry of executive orders dealing with immigration, you know, designating the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, curtailing asylum even further than the Biden administration already had, and proclaiming the end of birthright citizenship, which has historically been considered a constitutional right.

And indeed, we saw a flurry of executive orders dealing with immigration, you know, designating the Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, curtailing asylum even further than the Biden administration already had, and proclaiming the end of birthright citizenship, which has historically been considered a constitutional right.

So that's going to have to make its way through the courts.

So that's going to have to make its way through the courts.

So that's going to have to make its way through the courts.

That's right. Ending DEI programs in the federal government and in federal contracting, proclaiming, yeah, that the federal government will no longer recognize transgender identity. This is another area where Trump really feels he has a mandate. He feels like this was a big part of the campaign.

That's right. Ending DEI programs in the federal government and in federal contracting, proclaiming, yeah, that the federal government will no longer recognize transgender identity. This is another area where Trump really feels he has a mandate. He feels like this was a big part of the campaign.

That's right. Ending DEI programs in the federal government and in federal contracting, proclaiming, yeah, that the federal government will no longer recognize transgender identity. This is another area where Trump really feels he has a mandate. He feels like this was a big part of the campaign.

Another executive order that struck me was Trump obviously was elected in large part because voters were grumpy about inflation and he promises to bring down prices. So he issued an executive order basically directing the federal government to bring down prices. And so this is the kind of thing that's so broad and so amorphous that like, sure, we'd all like to bring down prices.