by Patrick T. Brown (@PTBwrites)
In retrospect, four years out of the White House may have been a blessing in disguise for President Donald Trump. The first days of his second term were marked with the unleashed fury for four years of pent-up energy. He signed a fusillade of executive orders, on race- and sex-based discrimination, gender identity, criminal pardons, federal architecture, abortion and climate policy, TikTok, and immigration—and more.
Many of those orders will be welcomed; some are too-enthusiastic overreaches that will likely meet their demise in federal court. But there’s no doubting that the Trump White House has learned the lesson of his first, disjointed year in office, and used the intervening four years to prepare deliberate action.
