So executive orders are more just instructions? They don't hold any real power, or is it just more the fact that it can be openly fought by anyone? Guessing I don't fully understand how the executive order system works.

It seems like you want to be angry at Trump no matter what he does without actually understanding what the actual problem is and when someone asks you to explain you treat them with hostility. So here is what is dangerous about Trumps Pharma tariffs (so you can actually articulate your rage). The order proposes that the US be given Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status – meaning drug companies would be asked to match the lowest price for a drug abroad when selling to US consumers. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trumps-order-on-us-drug-prices-whats-in-it-and-will-it-work/ar-AA1EDZ1S The thorn in that rose is that Big Pharma will simply raise their prices abroad to compensate for the loss of profit in America - essentially f^cking over every other nation on earth who will now have to pay more for life saving drugs, that includes nations who are so poor that drugs are heavily subsidized just so people don't die in the thousands. There will now epidemics because there will be no one who can afford basic medicine. In the end Covid19 may end up being a holiday compared to what we might yet see.