Trump Signed 96 Laws In 2017. Here Is What They Do And How They Measure Up
President Trump speaks about the Republican tax bill after signing it into law in the Oval Office on Dec. 22. Trump has signed 96 laws this year. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 11:02 p.m. ET When President Trump signed the $1.5 trillion tax cut bill on Friday at the White House, he made a bold claim — that his "legislative approvals" were off the charts. "No. 1 in the history of our country," he said, citing 88 as the number of bills he had signed into law. The actual number of laws Trump signed this year is 96. His claim of historic achievement isn't accurate, either. POLITICS Trump Accomplished A Lot In 2017, But At What Cost? But that didn't stop him from repeating the erroneous claim Wednesday during a visit with firefighters in West Palm Beach, Fla. "We have signed more legislation than anybody," Trump said. He hasn't. In sheer numbers of bills signed into law during a president's fir