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by averysmallbird 165 days ago
This cannot be done by Executive Order anyway.
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That's not the point.

He's issued plenty of other executive orders that aren't legal in order to continue to bullshit his base. The reason why he's deferring to congress now (instead of trying to take credit) is because he knows it's not possible and can use that as leverage against members of Congress.