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Trump's secret cache of unsigned executive orders [1]
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Date: 2025-06-08
Have you noticed that when something is going south for Trump, or he isn't in the news headlines, all of sudden, there is one or more executive orders that suddenly changes the narrative?
The story was reported in the Washington Post that Trump has a stash of executive orders ready to go whenever he feels the need.
The travel ban order was ready to go in January, but after the Boulder, CO. attack, it was a good time to put it to work.
The Washington Post story notes that, "Trump has already signed more orders than President Barack Obama in either term, and at the current clip, is likely to surpass ... Biden's sum of 162 orders over four years." Trump has signed 157 orders and 62 proclamations so far.
There is the fact of an unsigned draft order dated Dec. 16, 2020, to seize voting machines nationwide. You can read it on the Politico article link above or as PDF here. Trump had lost the election, was fighting all those court cases that lost, and Sidney Powell pushed Trump on the idea. He obviously decided to pass on the idea, but it was written up.
Think about what Trump might have up his sleeve now. What part of the Constitution does he think he can executive order out of existence? He already tried with the order on birthright citizenship, and there are a dozen federal lawsuits against that one.
There's the 4th Amendment on Search and Arrest. ICE agents are already snatching people off the street without arrest warrants. 5th Amendment Rights in Criminal cases. Trump doesn't care about incriminating himself anymore, so why not make it easy to railroad enemies? The 6th Amendment Right to a Fair Trial. Might as well, as due process cases are piling up.
Trump has always wanted looser laws for libel and defamation so he could pursue his favorite pass time of going after newspeople and authors that make him look bad.
You can probably come up with a dozen yourself just from the activities of the Trump administration. Maybe sell off public lands to the highest bidder. Especially those with oil and gas potential.
With the LA protests, maybe the order mill will come up with some sort of mask ban. Should be a Musk ban.
Watch for the pattern to see if the Washington Post is correct. Bad news, or a slow news day, or a distraction is needed, and amazingly, there is a new executive order that takes over the nation's attention.
Considering how many Trump signed on January 20th, I think the story is true. He just can't be ignored or maligned. That's how Donald Trump's mind works.
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