Trump’s governance by executive order will be continued by future presidents

Published September 5, 2025 5:30am ET



In the six months since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has implemented many substantial executive orders, transforming American foreign and domestic policy. Just last month, he nationalized the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department and ordered the Justice Department to consider burning the American flag a crime when it incites violence. The president has also redesigned American foreign policy through unilateral actions on tariffs, dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, and furloughed large swaths of the executive bureaucracy.

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