With a stroke of a giant Sharpie, Donald Trump on Monday began the work of systematically dismantling anything and everything that his predecessor built over the previous four years — and he turned it into reality TV.
First, during a raucous indoor parade that looked more like a campaign rally than an inaugural celebration, then during a marathon signing session with media in the Oval Office, Trump issued a series of executive orders and presidential proclamations that were meant to repeal and repudiate everything that transpired between January 20, 2021, and his White House return. He rolled back 78 separate Biden-era executive actions, including restarting the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Accords and the World Health Organization.
