{"id":2483156,"date":"2025-09-06T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-drama-trump-to-break-executive-order-record-white-house-report-card\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:34:15","slug":"all-drama-trump-to-break-executive-order-record-white-house-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-drama-trump-to-break-executive-order-record-white-house-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"All drama Trump to break executive order record: White House Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-drama-trump-to-break-executive-order-record-white-house-report-card%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483156&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article titled &#8220;All drama Trump to break executive order record: White House Report Card&#8221; from the Washington Examiner discusses the frenetic activity and dramatic style of President Donald Trump, contrasting it wiht Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;no drama&#8221; approach.Despite various controversies and challenges, Trump continues to be highly active, recently surpassing 200 executive orders-an unprecedented record he is on track to break even faster than in his first term.<\/p>\n<p>During the week covered, Trump&#8217;s activities included meetings with Poland&#8217;s president, threats to take over police departments in Chicago and Baltimore, securing tech investment commitments, pushing to rename the pentagon as the &#8220;Department of War,&#8221; and proposing an Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Two political commentators, Jed Babbin and pollster John Zogby, provided grades for Trump&#8217;s performance that week-B- and D+ respectively.Babbin noted some positive actions, such as a strike against a Venezuelan drug cartel and judicial support for Florida&#8217;s &#8220;Alligator Alcatraz,&#8221; but criticized Trump&#8217;s tariff policies and urged focus on bigger issues like military strength and online censorship. Zogby highlighted economic concerns, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-dodges-on-whether-unemployment-benefits-are-slowing-covid-recovery\/\" title=\"Psaki Dodges On Whether Unemployment Benefits Are Slowing COVID Recovery\">weak jobs report<\/a> and legal setbacks on tariff enforcement and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-trumps-military-deployment-to-los-angeles-has-cost-120-million-so-far\/\" title=\"Newsom: ...s ... deployment to Los Angeles has cost 0 million so far\">federal troop deployments<\/a>, while recognizing a recent betterment in Trump&#8217;s approval ratings following a summer lull.<\/p>\n<p>the piece underscores Trump&#8217;s preference for active,often dramatic governance while facing a mix of policy successes,legal challenges,and fluctuating public support. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">All drama Trump to break executive order record: White House Report Card<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2222383\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Aides to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3464679\/medicaid-big-beautiful-bill-obama-revenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a> used to brag about his &ldquo;no drama, Obama&rdquo; style and today&rsquo;s White House press corps feel that President Donald Trump could take a page out of his predecessor&rsquo;s playbook.<\/p>\n<p>But for Trump, credited this week by director and critic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-life-arts\/2966021\/reviewed-woody-allens-newest-film-coup-de-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Woody Allen<\/a> for being a pretty good actor in his movie <em>Celebrity<\/em>, frenetic activity matters. Said our grader and pollster John Zogby, &ldquo;drama every week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3794981\/trump-bounce-takes-impeachment-off-table-john-zogby-strategies\/\">Trump &lsquo;bounce&rsquo; takes impeachment off the table: Pollster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3793582\/joseph-edlow-immigration-fraud-citizenship-test\/\">Immigration chief declares &lsquo;war&rsquo; on fraud and easy citizenship tests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3793226\/vance-newsom-2028-race-looks-likely\/\">Vance-Newsom 2028 race looks likely<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This week was no different. His to-do list included meeting with Poland&rsquo;s president, warning Chicago and Baltimore that he would take over their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3790244\/trump-crime-crackdown-issue-blow-up-blue-city-dem-coalition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police departments,<\/a> winning new investment promises from America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >top tech executives<\/a>, pushing to change the name of the Pentagon to the &ldquo;Department of War,&rdquo; and readying plans for an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, he crossed the 200-mark of executive orders, an unprecedented use of his presidential Sharpie. He is on pace to break the overall record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3793283\/trump-200th-white-house-executive-order-rename-pentagon-war-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he set in his first term<\/a> in just one more month &mdash; three and a half years early.<\/p>\n<p>So far, it&rsquo;s working for Trump, as evidenced by new approval polls &mdash; Zogby&rsquo;s included &mdash; showing the president rebounding from a summer lull.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conservative grader Jed Babbin gave Trump a B- for the week, and suggested that he focus more on issues bigger than renaming the Defense Department. Zogby gave the week a D+ due to the lousy jobs report and other issues, but noted the president&rsquo;s poll bounce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: B-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>It was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-admits-there-is-a-very-ugly-side-of-the-left-that-shows-up-when-nikki-haley-runs-for-office\/\" title=\"Jake Tapper Admits There Is A \u2018Very Ugly Side Of The Left\u2019 That Shows Up When Nikki Haley Runs For Office\">pretty good week<\/a> for President Donald Trump, not a great one. He wants the Defense Department to be called the &ldquo;War Department,&rdquo; an appeals court upheld the use of Florida&rsquo;s &ldquo;Alligator Alcatraz,&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/India\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India<\/a> &mdash; predictably &mdash; moved closer to Russia and China after Trump placed heavy tariffs on it. And he ordered a strike on a boat carrying Tren de Aragua members and drugs.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump&rsquo;s desire to return the Defense Department to its pre-1949 name of the &ldquo;War Department&rdquo; is an idea that&rsquo;s been toyed with for decades. It can&rsquo;t be done without legislation and that ain&rsquo;t forthcoming. Trump has much more important things to do, such as rebuilding our military to be able to defeat China or Russia. That isn&rsquo;t being done.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The danger of online censorship reaching the U.S. is a serious one. Our online news and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media<\/a> are going to be subjected to European and U.K. censorship. This is a critical problem for our First Amendment rights but so far Trump has been silent on it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The strike on a Venezuelan boat carrying almost a dozen Tren de Aragua members hit a serious target amidst the cartels&rsquo; efforts to import drugs into the U.S. But a seizure of &ldquo;precursor chemicals&rdquo; <em>&mdash;<\/em> thousands of tons from China <em>&mdash;<\/em> highlights that Trump is not sanctioning the worst offenders.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>India&rsquo;s move closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia<\/a> and China is another problem for Trump&rsquo;s tariffs. He pushed India for trading with Russia. Where are the sanctions on Russia he&rsquo;s been threatening for months?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: D+<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Evidence of an economic slowdown emerged in the August jobless report out Friday. Only 22,000 new jobs were created, well below the 75,000 expected, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There is growing confusion over President Donald Trump&rsquo;s tariffs. A court ruled against them, and legal scholars even suggested that the U.S. might be forced to pay refunds. Even Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mitch-McConnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) challenged Trump over his tariff policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A court ruled that federal troop deployments in Los Angeles were illegal, and another court said that Trump couldn&rsquo;t kill federal research grants to Harvard University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The White House is also engaged in a legal tussle with experts who said that the Pentagon&rsquo;s strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel speedboat was an overreach and did not present a clear and present danger to the U.S.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jeffrey-Epstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> scandal returned to Capitol Hill when the House of Representatives met with 10 victims, prompting even Republicans to demand full disclosure from the Justice Department.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And the smiling leaders of China, Russia, and India presented themselves as an Axis Against America during a massive military parade in Beijing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But, as first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3794981\/trump-bounce-takes-impeachment-off-table-john-zogby-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Secrets,<\/a> new John Zogby Strategies polling numbers showed Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-bidens-tiny-post-sotu-bounce-is-disappearing-fast\/\" title=\"Nolte: Biden&#039;s Tiny Post-SOTU Bounce Is Disappearing Fast\">approval rating bumped<\/a> up to 46% approval 43% last month. Bad week, better numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong> is a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jedbabbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@jedbabbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong> is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Zogby Strategies<\/a>. His latest book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beyond-Horse-Race-Polls-Should\/dp\/1538197146\"><em>Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should<\/em><\/a>. His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/the-zogby-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can be heard here<\/a>. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zogbystrategies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@ZogbyStrategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s drama-filled week nears executive order record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2483157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25247846173985.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32911,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2483156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-executive-order","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25247846173985.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483160,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483156\/revisions\/2483160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}