(NewsNation) — The debate around whether President Trump is wielding executive power differently from his predecessors has become a hot topic.

Recently, Trump has initiated the federal government's takeover of Washington D.C., said he wants to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War," and directed 40 states, five U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., to remove all references to transgender people from their sex education programs or risk losing funding.

So, is he trying to control too much? Allan Lichtman, presidential historian at American University, tells "On Balance" that Trump has been a major contrast from how past presidents in that department.

"You can point to various examples of possible presidential overreach, but the depth and consequences of what Trump is d

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