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The Day One Blitz: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Stupid

The Day One Blitz: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Stupid

Americans got it good and hard yesterday, as the Trump Administration hurried to "flood the zone"

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Brian Griffiths
Jan 22, 2025
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There was a time when the Republican Party would have shown tremendous disdain for a President who came into office promising to “be a dictator on Day One” and use the power of the Executive Order willy-nilly to shatter Constitutional norms instead of passing legislation through Congress.

But once a certain New York left-wing Democrat became a Republican, all bets are off.

President Donald Trump signed a boatload of Executive Actions on the first day of his administration as he begins implementing Project 2025 his agenda. Some of them were really good. Some of them were pointless. And some of them will shake the Republic to its core. Let’s take a look at these orders and figure out The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Stupid of it all.

Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day
The Verdict: STUPID

The fact that Trump started with an Executive Order intended solely to satiate his own ego speaks volumes about the man.

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions
The Verdict: MIXED

Realistically, this Executive Order rescinded a bunch of other Executive Orders from the Biden Administration. Unless you know what they are and have the chance to review each and every individual Executive Order, it’s hard to say this was good or bad. Though I bet that the gray hairs who voted for Trump on the promise of fixing the economy and cutting costs are gonna be really surprised he just raised their drug prices.

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government
The Verdict: GREAT

The fact that it took an Executive Order for Government Policy to be there are men and there are women shows just how absurdist the entire enterprise had become. Even more importantly, Trump set as government policy (whether he realized it or not) that life begins at conception. Read Section 2(d) and 2(e) and you’ll see what I mean.

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