Trump's First 100 Days: Governing by Executive Order

It's Day 99 of Trump's presidency, and he has no accomplishments to show for it but a flurry of rushed executive orders to mask his failed legislative agenda.  Even with more executive orders signed in his first 100 days than any new administration since WWII, Trump has done almost nothing to improve the lives of hardworking Americans.

POLITICO: Trump's Executive Orders Are Mostly Theater

The White House is making Trump's flurry of executive orders the centerpiece of his 100-day legacy, in part because he hasn't yet signed any major new laws or made much specific progress on his Make America Great Again policy agenda. And his orders have echoed his rhetoric about trade, regulations, crime, and other policy issues, which has given them the appearance of promises kept. But a close look at the language of his orders shows that most of them are basically press releases with presidential signatures, plus instructions to his Cabinet secretaries to look into the issues at hand.

Washington Post: Trump's executive orders are signed with fanfare — but they deliver little punch

[Trump's executive orders] hardly represent the immediate action the president and his aides had heralded they would bring to Washington. But Trump has reveled in the symbolic speed and decisiveness they represent, even if his policy aims may not be realized for quite some time.

CBS News: Trump's first 100 days: High in executive orders, low in approval ratings

Whatever his accomplishments — or lack thereof — Mr. Trump's approval ratings, according to Gallup, are the lowest any president has had at 100 days in recent memory.

New York Magazine: The Specter of Illegitimacy Haunts Trump's First 100 Days

Trump's authoritarian tendencies amount to little more than a verbal tic. The party's legislative agenda has proven astonishingly inept. He attacks journalists as enemies of the people and dismisses the legal authority of the courts, but has proven either unwilling or unable to follow through…the fears of what he might do to [the country] out of incompetence have grown.

President Trump has a Republican majority in the House and Senate, and should be able to pass significant legislation efficiently.  So why is he governing by executive order?  Where is his jobs bill?  Where is his infrastructure bill?  It's time for Trump – and the Republican Congress – to get their act together to pass legislation that benefits of all Americans, not just special interests and their billionaire friends.