Washington: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday warned that President-elect Donald Trump will devastate President Barack Obama’s legacy by rescinding up to 70 percent of the President’s executive orders.
“I think in the opening couple days, he’s going to repeal 60 to 70 per cent 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,” Mr. Gingrich told the Fox Business’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Shortly after the election, Mr Obama, who signed over 260 executive orders in his two terms in office, had urged Mr Trump not to circumvent Congress when trying to enact his agenda. Mr Obama used his executive powers to push through labor, climate and immigration reforms after Congress refused to go along with his proposed programmes, according to RT.
During the election campaign Mr Trump had promised to repeal Mr Obama’s initiatives, telling his voters in North Carolina that his administration would “eliminate every unconstitutional executive order and restore the rule of law.”
Meanwhile, according to a Washington Post report Mr Trump is set to inherit an estimated 103 vacancies in the federal courts and the Supreme Court, which will give Mr Trump an opportunity to reshape the judiciary, the Post said.
