{"id":274969,"date":"2025-12-16T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=274969"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:54:17","slug":"trump-has-already-issued-more-executive-orders-in-his-second-term-than-in-his-first","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/12\/16\/trump-has-already-issued-more-executive-orders-in-his-second-term-than-in-his-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump has already issued more executive orders in his second term than in his first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Donald Trump poses with the 221st executive order he’s signed in 2025. The executive order, issued on Dec. 15, classifies fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction.” (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Less than a year into his second term, President Donald Trump has issued more executive orders than he did in his entire first term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump has already issued more<\/strong> executive orders this year than <\/strong>he did in his entire first term<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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* Harry Truman’s first term began in April 1945, following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Similarly, Lyndon B. Johnson’s first term began in November 1963, following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Gerald Ford’s term began in August 1974, following Richard Nixon’s resignation.\u00a0
Note: Data as of Dec. 15, 2025. Executive orders before 1937 were often not clearly numbered or categorized and are thus excluded from this analysis. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Source: “The Document Archive,” American Presidency Project.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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