If there was one difference between Donald Trump’s first term in the White House and his second, it was said to be his lessons learned. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the speed of his appointments and the torrent of executive orders he issued in his first hours.
Trump’s brazen demonstration of executive power seemed at odds with everything most people learn about US democracy as being a system of checks and balances designed also to rein in presidential excess. But it was met with little challenge – unlike in his first term.
