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The president’s executive orders show us where things are headed.
By Patrick HealyMichelle Goldberg and David French
Produced by Vishakha Darbha
Mr. Healy is the attached editor. Mrs. Goldberg and Mr. French are opinion columnists.
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Patrick Healy: On his first day back in office, President Trump issued dozens of executive orders and pardoned nearly all of the Jan. 6 rioters. He also set a new tone and pace for Washington: He’s going to do whatever he wants, and fast.
I’m joined by my colleagues Michelle Goldberg and David French to talk about what Trump is changing and challenging in America.
Before you dig through all those decrees, have you been surprised in the last 24 hours?Did something appeal to you?
David French: Honestly, Patrick, nothing surprised me. There had been so much hype before his inauguration that he was going to do “shock and awe” when it came to executive orders. All of this was telegraphed. Nothing was surprising about the tone of his Inaugural Address.
The attractiveness of this tone is that if you are a magician, you heard this, and you realize that it was a positive speech “Morning in America”. And if you were someone who is not a magician, it was the speech of the “American butcher shop” of Trump’s first presidency, which the United States became the drain, which had been betrayed through other Americans. For many of us, it was a very dark speech. He showed the ditch.
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