Dec 16, 2014 ... President Obama has issued a form of executive action known as the presidential  memorandum more often than any other president in history - using it to take  unilateral ... Obama has made prolific use of memoranda despite his own claims  that he's used his executive power less than other presidents.
Jan 26, 2017 ... After a striking comment from co-host Joy Behar, who hypothesized Trump was  passing executive actions quickly because he was afraid he'd be impeached,  another co-host, Jedediah Bila, countered Behar's point saying "all presidents do  this." Goldberg offered an instant fact-check. "I think the difference ...
Jan 17, 2017 ... Available evidence generally suggests that presidents' first 100 days have  become less productive since the sprint at the beginning of FDR's first term.  Political scientists John Frendreis, .... First, Trump is less popular than any other  newly elected president in modern history. Second, many of Trump's central ...
Feb 1, 2017 ... United States president Donald Trump signed 18 executive orders and memos in  his first 12 days in office, for an average of 1.5 executive actions per day. While  that ... Although Trump has signed fewer executive actions than Obama did in his  first 12 days, Trump's have been more varied and impactful.
The form, substance and numbers of presidential orders has varied dramatically  in the history of the US Presidency. ... Before then, and occasionally afterwards, a  later discovery of another order has resulted in assigning a number already in  use together with an associated ... Thus, the text of some orders is not available.
This president has offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president preceding his presidency in recent history.