As the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump has relied extensively on executive orders. In the first year of his second presidency he signed 232 executive orders, surpassing the 220 orders of his entire first term. In the first 100 days of his presidency, Trump signed 143 executive orders, more than any other president had signed in their first 100 days in office. Franklin D. Roosevelt previously held the record, signing 99 executive orders in 1933.