Tracking Trump - All of President Trump’s Executive Orders – July 16th, 2025

Aside from executive actions, big developments over the past week for President Trump include the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the administration to move forward with layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education – which is the first step in the president’s plan to end the department. The president also agreed to sell Ukraine advanced weaponry while providing Russia with 50 days to make progress towards peace with Ukraine or face a 100% secondary tariff on Russian goods.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Two sides to the story. There's only one side to
the facts. Welcome to the Brian Mud Show and thank
you for listening. As we're tracking Trump, taking a look
at all of the president's executive actions and while a
lot has been happening as you know, and just taking
a look at executive orders alone. As of today, the

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President now up to one hundred and seventy executive orders.
He signed two twenty during the entirety of his first administration.
He has signed eight more already than President Biden and
team Auto pen It's prolific. So as we take a
look at what's happened recently, the President talking about one

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of his directives. Here, the AI Ray says he was
at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit yesterday in Pittsburgh.
We're back in Pittsburgh to announce the largest package of
investments in the history of the Commonwealth of Sylvania. And
it's not even close. I don't imagine it's too close. No,
the package, it's so big. There have never been packages

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so big. You can take a look at the package.
You can almost see it here. It's so big. It's
just as large. And see you at numerous big tech
companies investing tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure
in the Pittsburgh area. President also signing the executive Order
over the past week extending the modification of reciprocal teariff rates.

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You're well aware of the tariff talk two point zero
it's been going on here. August four First looms large
so many countries. If trade deals aren't worked out, they
will tariffs will go up to Libertate Liberation Day or
in some cases higher levels. August first also signed the
executive Order ending market distorting subsidies for unreliable foreign controlled
energy sources. So yeah, get nowt the business of subsidizing

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foreign energy more of a focus on American energy and
of course, aside from executive actions, big developments here for
the past week for President Trump include the Supreme Court
win and multiple respects, but in particular allowing the administration
to move forward with the layoffs at the Department of Education,
which is the first step and the President's plan to
end the department. President also agreed to sell Ukraine advanced

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weaponry through NATO. NATO actually while providing Russia with fifty
days to make progress towards peace with Ukraine. Or phase
A one hundred percent secondary tiaroff on Russian goods, among
other things. All right, good morning, Let's get a look
at some Florida headlines. There's a program offering up to
one hundred thousand dollars for first time home buyers in
Palm Beach County used on things like down payment and

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closing costs. The county's Housing and Economic Department says the
amount given depends on the resident's household income and size.
Application will be available online to the first one hundred
people when the portal opens next Wednesday at noon, thirty
apps will be chosen. There was a virtual pre app
orientation yesterday. There'll be another one next Tuesday at noon.

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The details are up along with the links Florida and
uswj ando dot com. Sant is celebrating what he calls
a major milestone in Everglades restoration yesterday, marking the official
opening of the Clusahatchie C forty three Reservoir. He says
it's one of the most significant Everglades restoration projects in
Florida history. At ten thousand acre reservoir expected to improve
water quality, protect coastal ecosystems, and expand Florida's water storage capacity.

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A police looking for help finding someone who damaged the
Delray Beach LGBTQ Rainbow Crosswalk again, the third time the
intersection has been vandalized since it was first unveiled back
in twenty twenty one. Delray Beach police posting video on
Facebook yesterday of an incident last month showing a pickup
truck doing two intentional burnouts. Anyone who can id the
driver ass to contact police. And a convicted killer executed

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last night at Florida State Prison. Florida Department of Correction
says Michael Bernard Bell died of lethal injection at six
twenty five pm. He shot two people to death in
Jacksonville back in ninety three, including an eighteen year old woman,
Brian