Remember? Trump said he’d be a dictator, but only on day one, drilling and closing the border. During the campaign, the left parlayed that into the idea that Trump will be an actual dictator, and that he’s so bold and shameless that he even announced it!

Now his press secretary has said of these orders:

“There will be tens of them. I can assure you of that,” Trump’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News on Sunday.

There’s a lot to do, and especially to undo. Some will no doubt be connected to the two things he mentioned, drilling and the border. Also deportations of illegal aliens, particularly people who have committed crimes or are otherwise under orders to be deported but haven’t been. And of course the J6 defendents.

What’s the history of day one executive orders, and executive orders in general? At the moment, the record for initial orders is held by none other than Joe Biden:

Since 1937, only three U.S. presidents have issued executive orders on their first day in office. This exclusive group includes Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton. …

The Federal Register tracks all executive orders signed by presidents beginning in 1937, excluding former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first-term executive orders. …

President Joe Biden holds the record for the most executive orders signed on the first day and first week in office. On his first day, Biden issued nine executive orders, six of which reversed orders from the Trump administration. These reversals included rescinding policies targeting communities that shielded undocumented immigrants from deportation and requiring the use of face masks in federal buildings and lands.

Biden’s use of executive orders during his first week in office was prolific, with a total of 22 orders signed.

During his presidency, Biden signed 160 executive orders. But that didn’t hold a candle to FDR, who signed a whopping 2,023 during his terms two and three; Truman, who signed 906; Clinton, who signed 364. George H.W. Bush had the lowest number since the count began in 1937: 46.

One of Trump’s executive orders will probably be to extend the TikTok cancellation window for 90 more days, in hopes of a sale.

NOTE: An early order of Biden’s took the Iran-backed Houthis off the terrorists list. Great. And now, in the last days of his presidency, guess what? This past Wednesday, Biden put the Houthis back on the list. One less thing for Trump to do.