I agree. He’s a synthesizer of themes and ideas, with a belief system on economics. But he’s not a policy wonk. He’s not someone who understands the ins and outs of the budget reconciliation process and what aspects of Obamacare repeal and replace can be passed via that mechanism and which ones not. He is going to use the bully pulpit to command the senate and house to do his bidding, but that may not always go well. Yes he can beat individuals, but that might be at the expense of his agenda.
Knowing the ins and outs of the budget reconciliation process is not paramount—he has others to know that.
Heck, even the GOP doesn’t understand it, or they would have acted on it in the past two years, whether Obama would veto or not.
The GOP is finally acting because of Trump, not in spite of him.
I think we can agree that Trump is a force of nature, and anathema to the corruption stranglehold in DC. I care less about how much he knows and more about how much he will accomplish.
Other,lesser lights can deal with the details. But Trump knows details as well, and they will not be able to buffalo him like they think..
You can hire any number of advisors for little money who understand how the process works. Those who recognize the forest for the trees and can effectively communicate the same are much more rare.
Trump has, in the language of communication, "set an anchor." This is Trump's opening shot to define real unemployment.
Liesman and his intellectual brotherhood say the unemployment rate is below 5%. At the end of the day, those with any intellectual independence and some grasp of economics will understand the fact that 62% workforce participation is a much better indicator of unemployment than 4.7%, the 'official' number.