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In May 2017, StGeorgeGazette.com published an article which appeared to report that President Trump had signed an executive order allowing people to hunt bald eagles: The article included a video to add legitimacy to the claim, showing Trump signing something (although it wasn't legislation allowing Americans to hunt bald eagles) The story is not real, although the many links and the video included did add something of a veneer of respectability to an entirely fake article. The site used February 2017 footage of Trump signing an executive order to create regulatory reform task forces, and then added audio about a fictional bald eagle order and a fake tweet from a hoax account to further bolster the claim. A list of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump since he took office in January 2017 can be found on the official White House web site. Trump did not sign any executive orders at all on 8 May 2017, let alone one that would permit the hunting of the national bird of the United States. Although bald eagles are no longer endangered or even threatened, they are protected by federal law, which prohibits buying, selling, harming, disturbing, or killing bald (or golden) eagles without the proper permits.
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