President Donald Trump has begun his America First overhaul of government, signing scores of executive orders in his first weeks back in office. Some are muscular power grabs, while others amount to little more than press releases. Together, they channel his MAGA vision and move to create a federal government accountable to the president.

More than two weeks later, at the White House, Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. This time, a crowd of schoolgirls in sports uniforms and adult women applauded and thanked him for ending “the war on women’s sports.”