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Trump signs executive order on water pressure to ‘restore shower freedom’ (www.theguardian.com)

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White House says order will ‘make America’s showers great again’ and ‘end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure’

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Enough with the executive orders. Jesus. Is this a national emergency too??

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)

executive orders are better than laws since executive orders have no weight and are easily undone next administration.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They are also very commonly used by most modern presidents, but most of them haven't had much attention brought to them, while Trump's basically all have. Mostly because they're pretty much all stupid and/or controversial.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

And that most of them exceed the authority of the President and Executive Branch. See climate change related EO.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

There is no next administration.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

They're massively performative and make the plebs and cretins who think politics is WWF theater feel like things are happening. They can be hugely destructive and cause massive repercussions, but they're not as long-reaching and permanent as actual policies and bills being passed through house and senate.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

To Trump, not having every person's attention only focused on him at all times is a national emergency.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It makes him feel like the big boss, without any rules or opposition.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I think it's an extreme case of attention seeking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Remember when Obama used a few executive orders and the Republicans accused him of trying to be a king?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

He wants everyone to know that he did it