TRUMP'S WAY. For Trump, A Year of Reinventing the Presidency

[DonViejo]

In ways that were once unimaginable, President Trump has discarded the conventions and
norms established by his predecessors. Will that change the institution permanently?

By PETER BAKERDEC. 31, 2017

WASHINGTON — When President Trump meets with aides to discuss policy or prepare for a speech, he may ask about the pros and cons of a new proposal. He may inquire about its possible effect. He may explore the best way to frame his case.

But there is one thing he almost never does. “He very seldom asks how other presidents did this,” said John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff.

Mr. Trump is the 45th president of the United States, but he has spent much of his first year in office defying the conventions and norms established by the previous 44, and transforming the presidency in ways that were once unimaginable.

Under Mr. Trump, it has become a blunt instrument to advance personal, policy and political goals. He has revolutionized the way presidents deal with the world beyond 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, dispensing with the carefully modulated messaging of past chief executives in favor of no-holds-barred, crystal-breaking, us-against-them, damn-the-consequences blasts borne out of gut and grievance.

He has kept a business on the side; attacked the F.B.I., C.I.A. and other institutions he oversees; threatened to use his power against rivals; and waged war against members of his own party and even his own cabinet. He fired the man investigating his campaign and has not ruled out firing the one who took over. He has appealed to base instincts on race, religion and gender as no president has in generations. And he has rattled the nuclear saber more bombastically than it has been since the days of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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[Jim__]

1. Right. The first consideration of other presidents was not "How can I profit from this?"

That's not an improvement.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. He's just being the lazy degenetate fuck he always was. nt

[2naSalit]

3. K&R

[dalton99a]

4. "He's got a view of what's better for America,"

says the fascist asslicker Kelly