What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[CountDeMoney]

He just had to get that off his chest

Yes.  Again. 

You do realize that for the next 4 years we're all going to be reliving this election, don't you?

[grumbler]

He just had to get that off his chest

Yes.  Again. 

You do realize that for the next 4 years we're all going to be reliving this election, don't you?

He's like the HS basketball player who took the winning shot in the state championship game:  that's all he wants to talk about, forever after.

[MadImmortalMan]

[Zanza]

Gingrich said that Trump has given up on "drain the swamp".

[Valmy]

Gingrich said that Trump has given up on "drain the swamp".

What? Link?

[Zanza]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/21/newt-gingrich-says-trump-is-done-with-drain-the-swamp/

[Valmy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/21/newt-gingrich-says-trump-is-done-with-drain-the-swamp/

Ah. I see. He is just done with the slogan.

[Eddie Teach]

I was expecting Newt to be bitching about corruption because he was on the out.

[MadImmortalMan]

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- China critic Peter Navarro will run a new White House effort on trade in the Trump administration, the Financial Times reported. Navarro will head what's called the National Trade Council that would aim to boost job creation in infrastructure and defense and work with the National Security Council, the National Economic Council and the Domestic Policy Council. The report said it would mark the first time there was an office dedicated to manufacturing inside the White House. Navarro co-authored a white paper -- along with Commerce Secretary nominee Wilbur Ross -- on the trade, regulatory and energy policy impact of the Trump economic plan.

Works by Peter Navarro:

Death by China: Confronting the Dragon – A Global Call to Action, 2011

Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World, 2015

The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought, How They Can Be Won, 2006

[CountDeMoney]

You'd prefer more Gingrich alt-hist?

[Zanza]

What's the relation of those various councils and the federal departments that fulfill similar roles, e.g. this trade council and the department of commerce? Who actually makes policy? I assume all the administrative tasks are handled by the department.

[Valmy]

What's the relation of those various councils and the federal departments that fulfill similar roles, e.g. this trade council and the department of commerce? Who actually makes policy? I assume all the administrative tasks are handled by the department.

The relation is who the President listens to. I think Yi pointed out that the team around the President is the part that holds the power, and the department secretaries often are sidelined. So this being a White House initiative means it is going to be directing policy through the President.

That is my understanding anyway.

[Admiral Yi]

What's the relation of those various councils and the federal departments that fulfill similar roles, e.g. this trade council and the department of commerce? Who actually makes policy? I assume all the administrative tasks are handled by the department.

The Trade Rep negotiates trade treaties.

Commerce processes dumping and countervailing duty (i.e. foreign subsidy) claims.

Foreign Trade Commission, AFAICT, only assesses damage from dumping and subsidies.

I wouldn't say that any of these make policy, in the way that, say, Education and Treasury do.

[derspiess]

You do realize that for the next 4 years we're all going to be reliving this election, don't you?

If the losing side can't accept it and move on, we certainly will.

[Valmy]

You do realize that for the next 4 years we're all going to be reliving this election, don't you?

If the losing side can't accept it and move on, we certainly will.

I don't see how they have much choice.