WASHINGTON, D.C. November 28, 2025 – In a bold post-Thanksgiving strike against what he branded the “Sleepy Joe” legacy, President Donald J. Trump declared the immediate termination of approximately 92% of former President Joe Biden’s executive orders, citing rampant use of an autopen signature device as grounds for illegitimacy. The dramatic announcement, issued via the official White House X account and attributed directly to Trump, arrives as the administration ramps up its deregulatory blitz, tying the move to broader vows of immigration crackdowns and fiscal reckoning amid the national grief over fallen National Guardsman Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.
The stark graphic shared on X—featuring Trump’s resolute image against the Oval Office curtains, overlaid with yellow highlighter text dissecting the order—lays bare the administration’s rationale: “Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect.” Trump lambasted the device as unauthorized without explicit presidential approval, accusing Biden’s inner circle of “Radical Left Lunatics” operating it illegally around the Resolute Desk. “The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States,” the statement thundered, threatening perjury charges against Biden if he claims personal involvement. “Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally.” The post, timestamped Friday evening, has exploded to over 44,000 likes, 9,900 reposts, and 1.2 million views, dominating feeds from MAGA heartlands to Beltway skeptics.
Legal eagles in the White House Counsel’s office, speaking anonymously, confirmed the purge targets hundreds of Biden-era directives on climate mandates, student debt relief, and DEI initiatives—many autopen-stamped during Biden’s reported cognitive lulls. “This isn’t retroactive chaos; it’s constitutional housekeeping,” one aide insisted, noting Trump’s own sparing use of the device, like for January 6 pardons, was always personally overseen. The move dovetails with Trump’s Thanksgiving immigration edicts—halting Third World inflows and slashing Somali aid—framing Biden’s “illegal admissions” via autopen as a national security sieve. “We’re undoing the deep state scribbles that flooded our borders and bloated our budgets,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News, linking it to Beckstrom’s death in the alleged Afghan-linked D.C. attack. “No more phantom signatures endangering heroes like Sarah.”
X erupted in a partisan frenzy, with supporters hoisting the purge as peak “America First” theater. Video whiz @mazemoore crowed, “Now the MSM is going to be forced to cover the autopen scandal. Perfect,” racking up 2,800 likes, while @ILA_NewsX quipped “Arrest the AutoPen!” alongside a handcuffed typewriter meme. Memes proliferated: @Crazyflix94’s collage of Biden “napping” while a rogue robot signs orders drew 60 reposts, and @iampiet’s Photoshop of Trump shredding papers hit 270 likes. Grassroots cheers flooded in—”Finally, draining the swamp one scribble at a time!” from Texas mom @OxfordFarr66929—echoing calls to extend the axe to “woke” agency rules.
Detractors, however, branded it a “coup by Sharpie,” dredging Trump’s history for hypocrisy. @TheRealThelmaJ1 snarked, “Fun fact, Trump signed the J6 pardons with an autopen,” netting 1,600 likes and sparking a thread war over selective outrage. Anti-Trump stalwart @Presger2015 jabbed, “Did you sign all 1500 J6 pardons?” while @IanMalcolm84 zeroed in on a preserved exception: “But not the executive order you signed to combat antisemitism, right?” Progressive firebrand @Emilia__writes posted a viral Biden-Trump side-by-side, captioned with dripping sarcasm, amassing 320 engagements. Democratic leaders pounced: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called it “executive vandalism” that risks “whipsawing” environmental protections, and ACLU attorneys vowed lawsuits, arguing the 92% figure inflates autopen use—historically routine since Eisenhower—for political theater.
Constitutional scholars offered split verdicts. Harvard’s Laurence Tribe dismissed it as “bluster with bite,” predicting courts will uphold targeted revocations but balk at blanket nullification, citing the Administrative Procedure Act’s “arbitrary and capricious” standard. Yet, Trump allies like Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts hailed it as “vindication,” urging Congress to codify autopen curbs in a “Presidential Integrity Act.” As Black Friday fades into Cyber Monday prep, the purge signals Trump’s 2026 playbook: rapid-fire reversals to turbocharge energy drilling, border walls, and tax cuts, unencumbered by Biden’s “ghost governance.”
For families still reeling from Beckstrom’s loss—echoed in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Friday prayer vigil for wounded comrade Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe—this feels like overdue armor against “imported chaos.” The White House closed with a mic-drop: “Thank you for your attention to this matter.” In Trump’s reloaded term, the Resolute Desk isn’t just for signing—it’s for striking back. Text “USA” to 45470 for Oval Office alerts. The golden age? It’s autopen-proof.
