So Trump's gone full dictator. Not hugely surprising considering his idols but anyway.
Sets an interesting precedent for future Democratic presidents. One could very easily argue national emergencies on school shootings (even if they wait until the next one that won't be far off) or those lacking health insurance.
Presidential power has expanded rapidly in the last 25 years, every incumbent has abused the office in one way or another. For example Obama did so via the prolific use of executive orders. I don't blame Trump-he has a clear mandate to build the wall.
Oh boy...
Obama used 276, 15 fewer than Bush and 88 fewer than Clinton (to look at historical context). Trump has also used more per day in office than Obama so far.
If we're talking about "prolific use" then we'd have to take a look at the 15 Presidents who used more than Obama, including Harding (522), Hoover (968) or Coolidge (1203). The grand daddy of them all was Roosevelt at 3728 but I figured I'd let him off the hook for having a World War to deal with.
Any other bollocks you want to get fact checked?
Edit: Grant was the first President to use far more than his predecessors at 217, all the way back in 1877, in case you were wondering