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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Look whos calling the kettle black. Hahahaha
Pot, Kettle, B...
Might as well be a headline from the Onion.
“Don’t undo what I did by using the same tools...”
Is Semmens posting under a new ID these days?
This is one of his best.
I thought FR had a rule about using (SATIRE) in the title when posting obvious satire.
This IS satire right?
How many times did he say “I” and “me”?
How many is too many, oh great and powerful EOz?
Would someone grab the hook and pull this tired old act off the stage already?
I don’t think President Trump needs ANY advice whatsoever from ANY member of the previous administration.
That’s rich! Hahaha!
Lying hypocrite, thy name is Barry Sorento..or Barack Obama or Jughead!
Trump should warn Øbama against too many warnings.
STFU !
When does he warn him about taking too many vacations of taxpayer $$$?
Next, Obama will warn Trump against issuing warnings to Trump’s successor.
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.
Eat your peas, Hussein.
No, Barkey, you can’t stay in office for the next four years no matter what experience you gathered between tea times and vacations...
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