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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Bahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaa-barky can become a standup comic in his post presidency life. Not that he wasn’t a sick comic during his presidency. Maybe he will advise President DJT not to take too many expensive vacations, golf while isis is murdering Americans, and go out partying while an American diplomatic post pleading for help is over run by mad video muslims.
And now back to the course. Tee time in 10 minutes
...and don’t play too much golf
The Gong Show President!
The world’s smartest man.... Sheesh LOL!!!!
Obama is right to the extent that EAs can be overturned with the stroke of a pen (in theory). Legislative solutions are better.
Otoken publicly bemoaned the checks and balances that made him largely irrelevant; he has no use for democracy, or anything else that allows someone else to have input.
He’s a dumber, thinner version of Idi Amin...
What an a-hole zero is. Just a complete a-hole.
Barry, Shut Up, Go Away. Your phony presidency is over.
Warned?
Warned?
Warned?
“Obama is right to the extent that EAs can be overturned with the stroke of a pen (in theory). Legislative solutions are better.”
You missed the point of the piece.....along with using “EAs” instead of “EOs.”
I wonder if he figured that out all by himself.
Final Obama Executive Order: “None of my EO’s can be undone at any time in the future.”
Even that one is going to be cancelled.
“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone—and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward,” Obama said.
“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone—and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward,” Obama said.
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