Who Rules Executive Agencies?

Who Rules Executive Agencies?
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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No president in U.S. history has taken office with such a determined agenda as Donald Trump. The number of Executive Orders alone demonstrates the point. In the first 100 days, he has issued 152 of them, or 10 times the average number issued by his predecessors. The highest record previously was set by Franklin Delano Roosevelt with 110; that presidency is part of American legend.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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