Pretty typical for presidents in lame duck period make a flurry of wild executive orders. They aren't worried about political blowback since they're not up for election and don't need to worry about keeping congress "on good terms" to pass legislation since time has run out to utilize congress for anything, the orders are usually reversed when the incoming admin arrives, and they score some political points for their party with voters who think they're doing "the right thing" even though they spent the last 3.8 years not doing the thing they are now suddenly doing.