Trump is showing signs of being an amazingly effective President

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8. Signing executive orders does not mean effective

Especially when the orders are (a) outside the president's legal capacity to act; and/or (b) unconstitutional.

When President Obama signed executive orders, they were carefully thought out and within the realm of his jurisdiction. (Though he was crossed by the courts on a couple.) His were also done because the majority Republican Congress refused to even take up any of his initiatives.

Trump, by contrast, has the majority, and yet he's signing orders--like "build a wall" or "take away federal funds from sanctuary cities" over which he has no fiscal or legal authority.

So no. Not effective ... yet. God help us if they are.