Green writes Candidate Trump seemed indifferent but changed his mind when he tried it out in a speech in January Of 2015 and the place went nuts. The u. S. Economy may hinge now on a throwaway catch phrase that just happened to catch on. More from cnns sarah mur rich. Has the white house offered any more information following the president s threat about shutting down the government . Aside from what you saw from Sarah Huckabee sanders today, they havent really given us an indication of why the president decided this is something he would be willing to shut down the government over. They also didnt offer any real explanation as to how he squares and acts like this with what you showed was a regular campaign promise. A notion that this wall was going to be built and american taxpayers wouldnt be on the hook for. Since he became president , the president of mexico has made one
thing very clear to President Trump. Theyre not paying for that wall. The last time the government shut down was
the president still wants to access his smartphone, twitter feed and news reports. a white house reporter who wrote the story, nancy, is general kelly s new system a way to get the president to conform to tradition or the staff to conform to tradition, or both? really, it s both. this idea of having a clear policy-making process is not new. it really dates back to both democratic and republican administrations. the thing is, it s just taken the trump administration seven months to get to this point of setting up a process to get all the ideas to the president, to make all the make sure all the stakeholders are heard. and that wasn t something that kelly s predecessor reince priebus was able to do. it was something reince priebus tried to do, but didn t have the power. it seems general kelly just commands more respect in the white house. i think he s also instituted some things that priebus wasn t able to institute, like access
and reports before they get to the president. the president still wants to access his smartphone, twitter feed and news reports. a white house reporter who wrote the story, nancy, is general kelly s new system a way to get the president to conform to tradition or the staff to conform to tradition, or both? really, it s both. this idea of having a clear policy-making process is not new. it really dates back to both democratic and republican administrations. the thing is, it s just taken the trump administration seven months to get to this point of setting up a process to get all the ideas to the president, to make all the make sure all the stakeholders are heard. and that wasn t something that kelly s predecessor reince priebus was able to do. it was something reince priebus tried to do, but didn t have the power. it seems general kelly just commands more respect in the white house. i think he s also instituted some things that priebus wasn t able to institute, like access to th
to do that. but i look, it sounds like you and i remain skeptical. well, i think that healthy skepticism is called for, and if you read the wall street journal s editorial page, shelby, here s the headline. priebus wasn t the problem. over the weekend. the reason mr. priebus wasn t as effective as he could have been was because mr. trump wouldn t listen to him and let him establish a decision-making process. perhaps he ll listen more to mr. kelly. he had better, because on president s course, his presidency is careening toward a historic reputation where names like jimmy carter and richard nixon reside. ouch. can he make the turn? i think trump can say that, you know, it s all smooth-sailing and nothing is wrong here. but the fact that he is putting general kelly in as chief of staff is an acknowledgment that things need to change. that he has not been successful, his approval ratings are low. he s had legislative disappointment after legislative
do on day one to set the tone in terms of his tenure. the key question is will he be empowered in a way priebus wasn t. the definition of insanity would be for john kelly to take this job with the same authority that priebus had. he lasted about a month. one of the is gerald ford had a model very much like donald trump s. aum of his senior add visors were coming and going willy nilly. hague was unable to control the chaos. ford wound up begging rumsfeld to come in. you have to wonder why would anybody, especially john kelly,