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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Jun 7, 2025, 04:24 PM Jun 7

Trump has a 'stash' of executive orders waiting to bail himself out: WaPo [View all]

Source: Raw Story

June 7, 2025 9:01AM ET


Prior to starting his second term, Donald Trump's inner circle began creating a "stash" of presidential executive orders and proclamations to not only dramatically alter how the government runs, but also for use when he needs to distract voters or change the narrative when he doesn't like what the press is reporting.

That is according to a report from the Washington Post's Natalie Allison, Emily Davies and Michael Birnbaum, who wrote that a travel ban order by the president on Wednesday was not tied to the terror attack on pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, but was in initiated back in early January.

The Post is reporting, "The announcement was the latest example of how the Trump administration has dipped into its large reserve of proclamations and executive orders — many of which have been long in the making — to drive its chosen narrative, push the president’s priorities and sometimes change the subject when news coverage focuses on topics that Trump officials prefer to downplay."

According to the report, the president has a "stash" of such orders and other announcements at the ready as the mood strikes him or if he needs a distraction when things aren't going his way.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-executive-orders-2672327812/



WaPo article here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/06/trump-executive-orders-strategy/
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