Posted on 02/15/2017 10:11:42 AM PST by TBP
Beyond fighting for his Cabinet appointments on Capitol Hill, everything Trump has done has relied solely on his executive power as president. At some point he'll have to move into a legislative phase, with the introduction of bills dealing with health care, taxes, immigration, and more.
But for now, Trump has a number of executive actions to point to: orders to 1) reduce the regulatory burdens of Obamacare; 2) freeze federal hiring; 3) pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; 4) approve the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines; 5) strengthen enforcement of the nation's immigration laws; 6) authorize planning for a U.S.-Mexico border wall; 7) tighten White House ethics rules; 8) reduce the number of federal regulations; 9) weaken Dodd-Frank financial regulations; and 10) temporarily suspend immigration from some terrorism-plagued nations.
It's a pretty solid list. The last, called a "Muslim ban" by detractors, has attracted the most attention — and litigation. But each item on Trump's list would be worth a White House rollout and promotion campaign.
Instead, Trump threw them out in a firehose of appearances, tweets, and controversy. And Trump regularly distracted from his own message by doing something to set off what might be called the Daily Agitation — the frenzy of media and opposition politicians reacting to whatever the president has said most recently.
Now, Trump is preparing more action. (And in the case of the immigration suspension, action to repair the first action.) If his first weeks in office have taught the new president anything, it is that far-reaching presidential directives are complicated things and need care and preparation. So Trump appears ready to slow the process of introducing new actions.
And while he is doing that, what would most benefit Trump would be to sell what he has already done.
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Think ole Byron had better explain how he had the content of the transcript of Gen. Flynn’s phone call, or his source of that content given up to Mr. Trump— before he instruct the President on a “campaign”. NRO needs to get conservative in the first place.. imho and just sayin’.
And, in any case, Trump is moving a crapload faster than the political commentator crowd. This isn’t checkers.
When was Byron York president?
He should and I would do it by making a “big” announcement. I am not sure I would do it with the campaign style rallies where radicals would be able to get in and make a big scene.
President Trump is hosting a rally in Melbourne, Florida this weekend!!!
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/schedule/register/melbourne-fl-2017/
He could hold a 15 minute skype chat every morning, explain what the media lied about the day before, and what he is planning to do that day
Do it at 6AM when the media is still drunk from the night before
[The Administration could do a better job of communicating their ideas]
This is clearly the result of a failure of responsibility of Priebus and Spicer. Both need to be replaced.
It’s time for us Deplorables to turn it to 11. We’ve been more than patient, giving the maniacs time to accept reality, and strive to work with President Trump.
To the extent that arenas filled with cheering supporters will cause RINOs on Capitol Hill to crap their pants, I love the idea.
He can start with the Mesabi Range of MN, where he didn’t do too well among those union die-hards.
Do a few rallies, why the hell not? A counterweight to the progtard protesters.
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