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Trump is taking apart

Gary Lawson (BU): Representative/Senator Trump? (“There might — just might — be some perhaps counterintuitive reasons to think that President Trump may be more willing than other presidents to take the lead in reining in executive power”.) Bit by bit, Trump is taking apart the New Deal’s glorious legacy. Trump boasts he’s signed more laws than any president since Truman — he’s actually signed the least. Trump had a good year getting judges confirmed, but he’s still a long way from reshaping the courts. Why Trump isn’t getting the credit he thinks he deserves. Spread the swamp? Trump administration wants to move government offices out of Washington.