“Mr. Trump’s early focus on pushing his agenda through executive actions underscores a fundamental truth of presidencies. New occupants of the White House tend not to surrender power accumulated by their predecessors. They tend to build on it.”
Trump Follows Obama’s Lead in Flexing Executive Muscle

A flurry of edicts from the Trump White House puts some Republicans in an awkward position after they castigated President Obama for using the same approach.

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