Joe Biden has been the 46th President of the USA for just under a week.
The conspiracy myths surrounding the first presidential decrees signed by Biden are already circulating online.
On
January 20
was
Joe Biden
as the 46th President of the
United States
sworn in.
Since taking office,
Joe Biden has signed
33
executive orders
.
The first conspiracy myths have grown up around the edicts on the Internet.
Washington DC -
Joe Biden
has been in office for a few days and has signed several dozen presidential edicts.
As with his predecessor
Donald Trump
, the President is
under special observation
when the first
executive orders are
signed.
Meanwhile, the first conspiracy myths are already circulating on social media about Biden when the
executive orders are signed
.
Joe Biden's first executive orders: "Blank paper and no ink"
"Blank paper and no ink".
With these words, an Internet user comments on a video that shows
Joe Biden
signing his first presidential decree.
The comments refer to a video that has since been deleted from YouTube, in which
Biden
allegedly
would sign
a blank sheet of paper instead of the
executive orders
without ink
.
Due to the poor video resolution, the writing on the
executive orders
cannot be seen.
Many users on the Internet therefore concluded that
Biden
would not actually sign the documents.
The French news
agency AFP
investigated the allegations more closely in a factcheck and compared the same video in better quality with the poor recordings.
Because the video material published by the agency has a much better resolution (1080p), the writing and signature of the
President can be
recognized.
This cannot be seen on the pixelated and overexposed videos circulating on the web.
In conclusion, it should be noted that
Joe Biden
did not sign a blank paper without ink.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden: First executive orders always get a lot of media attention
The first
executive orders of
a US president in
particular
receive a lot of media attention.
These first decrees have a great impact and are often pointing the way for the coming years of government.
In
his first days
,
Donald Trump
signed
several decrees that started the construction of the wall on the border with Mexico and banned the entry of Syrian refugees for 120 days.
Like
Donald Trump
,
Joe Biden has
already repealed many of his predecessor's decrees and laws in the first few days with presidential decrees.
With the now 33
executive orders
, Biden has stopped the construction of the wall and lifted entry restrictions against Muslims.
It has also rejoined the Paris Agreement and the WHO with its first decrees.
Executive orders have long been discussed controversially
In principle,
executive orders
are decrees for which the president does not need the approval of the legislature, i.e. the Congress.
Since presidents
do not require a confirmation from Congress
for
executive orders
, these are repeatedly discussed controversially.
Nevertheless, the presidential decrees are subject to democratic control mechanisms, as they can, for example, be reviewed by the courts.
Congress cannot suspend or invalidate this, but try to change the presidential decree through new laws.
But here, too, the US president has the option of stopping such bills with a veto.
In order to be able to bypass this veto in turn, a two-thirds majority in Congress is required.
Despite all the criticism,
executive orders
remain
an important and often groundbreaking government tool for the US president.
Presidents have been able to issue executive orders since 1789.
Franklin D. Roosevelt has signed the most presidential edicts with 3,721 in his 12 years in office.
The last two Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama issued a total of 220 and 276 decrees, respectively.
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