by Norman Halls, contributor
The Trump administration has dismissed any notion that the president doesn’t have the understanding of how to govern. There are many factors that are at play, global image, management style, democracy and working with congress. “America’s global image today is complicated. On balance, people around the world continue to give the United States favorable ratings and say it respects the individual liberties of its people. More countries also prefer the U.S. as the world’s leading power over China. “At the same time, many express frustrations about America’s role in the world and say they have little confidence in President Donald Trump to do the right thing in world affairs,” according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 25 nations.
“There’s no question that the institutions of our democracy are being tested every day in terms of the fundamental checks and balances built into our constitution,” said Leon Panetta, a former defense secretary and CIA director. “There are some days when you wonder whether the system is going to work well, but I think generally we’ve been able to survive. But presidencies ought to be about a hell of a lot more than just survival.”
In Presidency and the Political System, Michael Nelson wrote: “You could easily get the impression that Donald Trump is the entire government and that he’s completely unlike any other president in history. Certainly, he is one of a kind in many ways, including his lack of any experience in public office before becoming president and his use of Twitter as his main form of communication. But like all of his predecessors, Trump is forced by the Constitution to share power with the other branches of the federal government, with the states and cities, and with the right of the media to criticize and of grassroots critics to organize.”
Who does President Trump actually take advice from? That question is hard to response to. The easy response is that he doesn’t listen to anyone. “If he does listen, it must fit in with his predetermined notions – which pretty much describes his business career.” Steven Miller, age 34, senior adviser. Note: Mr. Miller has a secure an iron grip on Trump’s immigration policies, surviving blowups such as the initial blowback over the president’s travel ban and the more recent fracas over the migrant family separation policy. Mr. Miller’s grandparents found refuge in the US after escaping anti-Jewish persecution in Antopol, Belarus. Trump’s turnover of Cabinet members and top advisers has generated attention to his manage style. Trump resists being managed by his staff, he knows best and doesn’t like being told what to do. President Trump’s senior adviser Steven Miller on immigration went on “Fox News Sunday” and claimed that “we’ve had thousands of Americans die year after year after year because of threats crossing our southern border.” But there is no evidence these claims are true. In fact, the available evidence suggests they’re false. According to Fact Checker
“The laser focus on the wall, though, makes even some immigration hardliners nervous, because most don’t actually see it as the most important priority. And some who agree with Trump that immigration needs to be curbed worry that he’ll be willing to trade away things that are far more important in order to get his wall. I’ve always thought it created a danger that he would trade almost anything in order to get the wall,” said Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
There is: John Bolton’s abrasive style has criticized diplomats privately; Kellyanne Conway – Counsellor to the President and advocate; Mercedes Schlapp Strategic Communications; Andrew Bremberg for Domestic Policy; and Stephen Moore Economics to name a few key personnel. With the White House’s revolving-door staffing, approach to foreign and domestic policy, and Congress’s congestion over almost everything, you might assume there’s not a whole lot being accomplished in Washington DC.
“There’s no doubt that Donald Trump has said many things that would have been political suicide for any other Republican candidate. And almost every time he made one of these shocking statements, political analysts on both the left and the right predicted that he’d lose supporters because of it. But as we have clearly seen over the past year, they were dead wrong every time. Trump appears to be almost totally bulletproof.” Bobby Azarian Ph.D. Psychology Today. Trump has brought many problems on himself and the Republicans that support him. In the mid-term election voters did not vote for the Republicans.
