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virtual policy, it has also been more open to the media than any White House in recent memory. In the beginning, I sought a level of formal access to this White House, something of a fly-on- the-wall status. The president himself encouraged this idea. But, given the many fiefdoms in the Trump White House that came

heeding Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s prescription that “this president will sign whatever is put in front of him,” while also taking advantage of the White House’s lack of political and legislative experience and outsourcing as much policy as possible to Capitol Hill. In the early weeks of the administration, P

om he had never met before, for positions whose importance Trump did not particularly understand. Ailes, a veteran of the Nixon, Reagan, and Bush 41 White Houses, was growing worried by the president-elect’s lack of immediate focus on a White House structure that could serve and protect him. He tried to impres

cific ideas about how to turn his themes and vitriol into policy, nor a team that could reasonably unite behind him. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019969 In most White Houses, policy and action flow down, with staff trying to implement what the president wants—or, at the very least, what the chief of staff says the preside

forward. The next day Trump tweeted: “The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers ...” And he continued in the next tweet ... “of jobs and companies lost. If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall

lic enemy; they expected nothing of him. But Priebus and Spicer HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020089 they regarded as functionaries, and their job was to support the White House’s goals, which included their goals and interests. Spicer, ever ridiculed in the media for his cockamamie defense of the White House and a seeming dum

ce his exit from the White House six weeks before—he was on a crash all-sushi diet. “That building,” said his friend David Bossie, speaking about all White Houses but especially the Trump White House, “takes perfectly healthy people and turns them into old, unhealthy people.” But Bannon, who Bossie had declared

7, 257, 259-60, 266, 271, 277 Nixon, Richard M., 2, 8, 26-27, 41, 54, 90, 93, 212-13, 222 Nooyi, Indra, 88-89 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 77 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 99 North Korea, 291-93, 297 Nunberg, Sam, 11, 13, 16, 22, 144, 237-38, 248, 282, 291, 300 Nunes,

elligence.corn/70118727c83e4565a9e85ab6e00allb7? pubid=fbi> (9/22, lead story, 3:55, O'Donnell, 4.31 M) reported, "One of the leading models used by the White House now projects that by the end of the year, the death toll nationwide may nearly double to 378,000." Meanwhile, "confirmed cases in the US are also in

e country went from $25 to $50 to $100 billion to $200 billion to $440 billion, literally millions of jobs, 60,000 plants wiped out between that and NAFTA." Lighthizer said, "This President, for the first time, basically took it on," with tariffs "in order to change the relationship, in order to get th

have a hearing that would allow the nominee to be submitted before Election Day. ... Following the precedents of the Senate I think we can do that." White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany also "said Trump is confident that the confirmation can be completed before the election." Politico (9/22, Everett

e country went from $25 to $50 to $100 billion to $200 billion to $440 billion, literally millions of jobs, 60,000 plants wiped out between that and NAFTA." Lighthizer said, "This President, for the first time, basically took it on," with tariffs "in order to change the relationship, in order to get t

thereby "creat[ing] the perception of the military involved in domestic politics" (?-221 Trump and group of officials and advisors on the way from White House complex to St. John's Church Immigration Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter and contentious debate during the campaign.

for the alt-right"—as his campaign CEO [- Trump's campaign platform emphasized renegotiating U.S.-China relations and free trade agreements such as NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, strongly enforcing immigration laws, and building a new wall along the U.S.—Mexico border. Other campaign positio

have a hearing that would allow the nominee to be submitted before Election Day. ... Following the precedents of the Senate I think we can do that." White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany also "said Trump is confident that the confirmation can be completed before the election." Politico (9/22, Everett

e country went from $25 to $50 to $100 billion to $200 billion to $440 billion, literally millions of jobs, 60,000 plants wiped out between that and NAFTA." Lighthizer said, "This President, for the first time, basically took it on," with tariffs "in order to change the relationship, in order to get t