WASHINGTON Live by the Sharpie. Die by the ballpoint.

From the border wall with Mexico to the ban on transgender people in the military to travel prohibitions on majority-Muslim countries to the withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, many of former President Donald Trump s proudest accomplishments have been undone in just the first days of successor Joe Biden s administration.

Trumps failure to codify his preferred policies through legislation, relying instead on a black Sharpie marker to scrawl his signature onto executive actions and then show them off for the cameras, left them vulnerable to Bidens signature on countermanding orders. And so far, the new president has signed dozens of them albeit with a ballpoint pen and less flourish, but every bit as effective wiping out much of Trumps legacy in a matter of days.

Elections have consequences, said a former Trump adviser on condition of anonymity.