President Donald Trump’s senior staff went on a victory lap Thursday, celebrating a barrage of executive actions that have led to roughly 80 lawsuits as the president seeks to reshape the federal government.
“President Trump is on what we call ‘Trump warp speed,’” Mike Waltz, Trump’s national security advisor and longtime political ally, said flanked by press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Stephen Miller and Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council.
“The president has already signed 73 executive orders, that is more than double the number signed by Joe Biden and more than quadruple the number signed by Barack Obama over the same period,” Leavitt said.