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Not Trump?

true_religion 10y ago
Trump appears to know what he wants, and has surrounded with people who believe in his vision of America. There might be some disagreement on the specifics of implementation, but in general they're all keeping the same goal.
- asveikau 10y ago
  Remember Trump supposedly offered Kasich the VP post, telling him that as VP he can run all the policy, to which Kasich asked "then what will you do?" and rejected the offer. I think a lot of Trump decisions we're seeing are Pence decisions, especially when he does things that get praise from establishment republicans. And we've seen he's delegated quite a bit to folks like Bannon and Miller, to the point where those two are writing executive orders and Trump has complained about being improperly briefed on them after signing.
  - true_religion 10y ago
    He has to delegate somethings. In a typical company you hire separately for different roles. In the executive branch, there's only one hiring decision---President. All power derives from the President, and thus cabinet, department heads, and various appointed positions exist only to accept delegated powers. Additionally, due to the way many laws are written, the President has wide latitude to determine policy at various government branches, but obviously cannot actually do all of those jobs personally. I think Trump is acting as the analogous 'visionary' CEO---he decides policy but is largely hands-off as to implementation. However if your actions blow up in his face, he'll fire you instantly. Some leaders are far more hands-on and even in large companies they cherry pick certain segments and micromanage them on occasion. Trump isn't that way. It's not good or bad, it's just his management style. In a way, due to his life as a public figure and businessman, we knew what Trump's management style was going to be long before he entered office. Obama on the other-hand was a dark horse candidate, and no one really knew how he was going to make the jump from teaching students to setting policy for a massive number of governmental departments.

Not Trump?

Trump appears to know what he wants, and has surrounded with people who believe in his vision of America. There might be some disagreement on the specifics of implementation, but in general they're all keeping the same goal.

asveikau 10y ago
Remember Trump supposedly offered Kasich the VP post, telling him that as VP he can run all the policy, to which Kasich asked "then what will you do?" and rejected the offer. I think a lot of Trump decisions we're seeing are Pence decisions, especially when he does things that get praise from establishment republicans. And we've seen he's delegated quite a bit to folks like Bannon and Miller, to the point where those two are writing executive orders and Trump has complained about being improperly briefed on them after signing.
- true_religion 10y ago
  He has to delegate somethings. In a typical company you hire separately for different roles. In the executive branch, there's only one hiring decision---President. All power derives from the President, and thus cabinet, department heads, and various appointed positions exist only to accept delegated powers. Additionally, due to the way many laws are written, the President has wide latitude to determine policy at various government branches, but obviously cannot actually do all of those jobs personally. I think Trump is acting as the analogous 'visionary' CEO---he decides policy but is largely hands-off as to implementation. However if your actions blow up in his face, he'll fire you instantly. Some leaders are far more hands-on and even in large companies they cherry pick certain segments and micromanage them on occasion. Trump isn't that way. It's not good or bad, it's just his management style. In a way, due to his life as a public figure and businessman, we knew what Trump's management style was going to be long before he entered office. Obama on the other-hand was a dark horse candidate, and no one really knew how he was going to make the jump from teaching students to setting policy for a massive number of governmental departments.