I’m reluctantly on the Trump team but, I worry about:
- him turning into another “Arnold”
- his supreme court appointments
Well, Arnold's following in Trump's footsteps and taking on the Celebrity Apprentice ('cause Arnold's such a business powerhouse? Man, NBC has fallen into the dumps if that's the best they can do...)
As for your concerns, Arnold had little executive experience, and pretty poor business skills, so I'm not surprised that Kennedy influences pretty much ruled the roost. Credit to Arnold, he fought back against just about every gun control bill that came to his desk.
As for Trump's court appointments - I'd imagine he'd pick appointments which wouldn't come back to bite him in the rump. Choosing pro-government (and other liberal ideologies) would likely hurt him in the long run, so they at worst would be Kennedy style, but far more likely to run the gambit of Thomas & Scalia.
Oh, and as for the thoughts of others that he'd run things just through executive fiat - I will note that there are already laws on the books for physical border control (just no one bothers to follow them), laws against illegal aliens, laws regarding deportation - Less a need to run by fiat, and far more a case of a president actually following the laws that are already there. Should be interesting, if this is what comes to pass, to see how it goes.