President-elect Trump is expected to unleash a blizzard of executive orders as soon as he takes office on Monday, seeking to demonstrate he can deliver on the hopes of supporters who elected him to change the nation’s direction.

Trump could make immediate moves on immigration, energy policy and tariffs. He could also make rapid changes on hot-button cultural issues, shifting issues like abortion and trans rights in a more conservative direction.

The incoming president and his allies are signaling the general thrust of his intentions clearly, even if much is yet to be revealed when it comes to specifics.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) told CBS’s “Face the Nation” last weekend: “When President Trump takes office next Monday, there is going to be shock and awe with executive orders. A blizzard of executive orders on the economy, as well as on the border.”

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Trump had told Senate Republicans in a two-hour private meeting that he had roughly 100 executive orders ready to go.

The advantage in the “shock and awe” approach, especially for an incoming president as controversial as Trump, is that it could leave his opponents uncertain what to focus on – and struggling to bring sustained opposition to bear on any one proposal.

It would also reassure the Trump base that their decision to re-install the most disruptive figure in the nation’s politics was likely to pay off – even as the very same dynamics would likely outrage........

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