Axios
President Trump's first 296 days of his second term, while precedent-shattering, are producing a lot more one-off, giveth-or-taketh-away deals than actual new U.S. laws. • In fact, no president since at least Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 has signed fewer bills into law in a similar governing period, GovTrack Insider found — despite Trump's party controlling both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Why it matters: It's the Santa and Grinch presidency, in which almost every day reveals a new promise to give something of financial value to a nation, group or individual — or take it away. But rarely do these transactions cement new laws. • This reality reflects Trump's improvisational and dealmaking impulses. But it also means that a lot of what he does will be easily reversible.
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