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<\/a>SKY SWITSER, CONCOURSE Village\u00a0Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n
This week, we asked readers their opinions on the growing \u201cNo Kings\u201d movement after three Bronx rallies were held in the borough on Saturday, March 28, including one at East 161st Street in front of Bronx Borough Hall, one in Mt. Eden, and one in the East Bronx.<\/p>\n
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In terms of checks and balances, in his first term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump made the most use of executive orders to push through his agenda of all presidents in the last 50 years or so [since U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s, who took office and was immediately sworn in after the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy] according to reporting<\/a> by CNN in 2017.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In his second term, as of March 25, according to Ballotpedia<\/a>, Trump had issued 103 executive orders<\/a>, the most a president has issued during the first 100 days of an administration since at least 1933.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n An executive order is a directive issued by the U.S. President to federal agencies and officials that manages operations of the executive branch, guiding how laws passed by Congress are implemented and enforced.\u00a0It carries the force of law without congressional approval, allowing for fast action on policy,, but it cannot create new laws or override existing statutes.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On April 2, the president reportedly fired<\/a> U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Last month, he fired<\/a> U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirsti Noem. Read our coverage of the latest Bronx \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally here<\/a>.\u00a0Read our coverage of prior No Kings rallies here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are definitely here to support democracy. We live in a democracy, we don\u2019t have kings, we elect presidents and they have to serve the people, because we are a country of people.\u201d<\/p>\n Sky Switser, <\/p>\n Concourse Village<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no kings in the United States despite these frenzied rallies organized by the Democrats who are the masters of demonstration, rallies and riots.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheikh Musa Drammeh, <\/p>\n Morris Park<\/p>\n \u201cDonald Trump is the worst president ever.\u201d<\/p>\n Sailor Switser, <\/p>\n Concourse Village<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m feeling that we don\u2019t have kings in the United States. We are all immigrants; we all have rights. Do you know how much I\u2019ve cried seeing these things? My family is from the Dominican Republic, and they had a dictator for 30 years, Rafael Trujillo. The United States tried to help remove<\/a>\u00a0him.\u201d<\/p>\n Helen Lopez, <\/p>\n Fordham Heights<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t agree with it. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re in any kind of state of having any king. President Trump is not a threat to democracy; we have checks and balances, so no. I think the Democrats don\u2019t agree on anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert El Lakkis, <\/p>\n Pelham Gardens<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a>SHEIKH MUSA DRAMMEH, Morris Park\u00a0
Photo courtesy of Sheikh Musa Drammeh<\/p>\n<\/a>SAILOR SWITSER, CONCOURSE Village
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n<\/a>HELEN LOPEZ, FORDHAM Heights
Photo by David Greene<\/p>\n<\/a>ROBERT EL LAKKIS, Pelham Gardens
Photo courtesy of Robert El Lakkis<\/p>\n