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Obama Warns Trump Against Using Too Many Executive Orders
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Posted on 12/19/2016 8:51:44 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Obama Warns Trump Against Using Too Many Executive Orders

BY: Jack Heretik December 19, 2016 11:34 am

President Obama warned his successor, Donald Trump, to not overuse executive orders when he enters the White House in an interview aired Monday.

Obama spoke with NPR and warned President-elect Trump against exercising his authority to issue executive orders because they can be undone by the next president as easily as he signs them, United Press International reported.

After stressing that he always preferred to pass legislation through Congress rather than use executive orders, Obama gave his explanation as advice to Trump.

“Keep in mind, though, that my strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done,” the president told NPR. “In my first two years, I wasn’t relying on executive powers, because I had big majorities in the Congress and we were able to get bills done, get bills passed. And even after we lost the majorities in Congress, I bent over backwards consistently to try to find compromise and a legislative solution to some of the big problems that we’ve got–a classic example being immigration reform, where I held off for years in taking some of the executive actions that I ultimately took in pursuit of a bipartisan solution.”

“So my suggestion to the president-elect is, you know, going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it’s harder to undo,” Obama said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoeo; executiveorders; liarinchief; obama; trump
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1 posted on 12/19/2016 8:51:44 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Look whos calling the kettle black. Hahahaha


2 posted on 12/19/2016 8:52:36 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Sub-Driver

Pot, Kettle, B...


3 posted on 12/19/2016 8:52:43 AM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Might as well be a headline from the Onion.


4 posted on 12/19/2016 8:52:47 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Sub-Driver

“Don’t undo what I did by using the same tools...”


5 posted on 12/19/2016 8:53:01 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is Semmens posting under a new ID these days?

This is one of his best.


6 posted on 12/19/2016 8:53:34 AM PST by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I thought FR had a rule about using (SATIRE) in the title when posting obvious satire.

This IS satire right?


7 posted on 12/19/2016 8:53:42 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: VanDeKoik

How many times did he say “I” and “me”?


8 posted on 12/19/2016 8:53:53 AM PST by ptsal
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To: Sub-Driver

How many is too many, oh great and powerful EOz?


9 posted on 12/19/2016 8:53:59 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Sub-Driver

Would someone grab the hook and pull this tired old act off the stage already?


10 posted on 12/19/2016 8:54:09 AM PST by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: Sub-Driver

I don’t think President Trump needs ANY advice whatsoever from ANY member of the previous administration.


11 posted on 12/19/2016 8:54:17 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: All

That’s rich! Hahaha!


12 posted on 12/19/2016 8:55:10 AM PST by Tess1 (United We Stand, Divided We Fall)
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To: Sub-Driver

Lying hypocrite, thy name is Barry Sorento..or Barack Obama or Jughead!


13 posted on 12/19/2016 8:55:21 AM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Sub-Driver

Trump should warn Øbama against too many warnings.


14 posted on 12/19/2016 8:55:22 AM PST by C210N
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To: Sub-Driver

STFU !


15 posted on 12/19/2016 8:55:22 AM PST by traumer
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To: Sub-Driver

When does he warn him about taking too many vacations of taxpayer $$$?


16 posted on 12/19/2016 8:55:33 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Sub-Driver

Next, Obama will warn Trump against issuing warnings to Trump’s successor.


17 posted on 12/19/2016 8:55:41 AM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: Sub-Driver

DJT can cancel all of obama’s bs ex- orders — using a single stroke of his pen. Just like he promised us. DJT probably won’t have to use very many more ex -orders after that.


18 posted on 12/19/2016 8:57:27 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Sub-Driver
Trump likely has a mightier Pen and Phone.

Eat your peas, Hussein.

19 posted on 12/19/2016 8:57:28 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Sub-Driver

No, Barkey, you can’t stay in office for the next four years no matter what experience you gathered between tea times and vacations...


20 posted on 12/19/2016 8:57:34 AM PST by Billthedrill
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