2. a. hit the ground running (exec orders, bang goes the NEA, etc) b. chaotic (all the unfilled posts, BHO officials staying on as stopgaps)
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3. and if the answer is: it's both (probable!), what will this mean? How will it play out and what should we be looking out for?
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It's clear Trump (and Bannon/Flynn) have an ambitious agenda. Not clear that they know how to enact it. So lots of theatre.
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Even at the cabinet level Trump has been forced to recruit people who disagree with big parts of his agenda. 4/4
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Yes, but I'll be surprised if he's prepared to forget protectionism and just content himself with admiring his new drapes
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He has some unilateral presidential power to impose tariffs but I think congressional GOP is working to restrict that.
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and then if he can't deliver his populist vision will his base really be distracted by symbolic aggression on international stage?
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Yup, the populist authoritarian playbook. But think deep-seated isolationism (enhanced by disenchantment w/GWB era) complicates it
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Isolationists are ok with occasional shows of force as long as they don't lead to anything long term. Say a Grenada style war.
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