US President-elect Donald Trump may reverse up to 70% of President Barack Obama’s executive orders.
The lion's share of legislative initiatives of Barack Obama during his final month in office looked like a last attempt to cement the areas of his legacy. However, after inauguration, Donald Trump will repeal President Barack Obama's executive orders, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.
He compared Obama's legacy to a deflating doll, which shrinks as the air comes out.
“I think in the opening couple days, he’s going to repeal 60 to 70 percent of Obama’s legacy by simply vetoing out all of the various executive orders that Obama used because he couldn’t get anything through Congress,” Gingrich said. He added that Donald Trump would try to establish ties with some members of the Democratic Party, a move that could greatly surprise the Republicans, but would help Trump boost the number of his supporters in the Senate.
Gingrich said Obama is also “setting up a whole series of things to distract Trump” – and energize allies while the next president works with Republicans to roll back the measures.
The Trump adviser also mentioned the recent terror attacks in Berlin and other European countries that should convince the new president’s administration to form a more aggressive strategy for confronting the Islamic State.
