The army of bureaucrats continue to crank out unreadable laws every year. In 2017, there were 61,949 pages published. This is the lowest amount since 1990. Does anyone know what these 61,949 pages contain? No.
These bureaucracies take on a life of their own. They do not care who the president is. The president is powerless to stop this. The only thing these bureaucracies understand is cutting funding. This is not happening. These bureaucracies can generate a lot more regulations than can be destroyed by executive order. Ignore the noise.