The trade war with China, negotiations with the Taliban, response to Iran after two attacks on oil refineries in Saudi Arabia, gun control, new tax laws and a long list of other issues await
More specifically, Mr. Trump is in complete command and is at the center of all actions.
After replacing 4 national security advisors, 3 chiefs of staff, 3 Oval Office executives and 5 communications directors, the White House now operates according to Trump’s personality.
`The government is operating like the Trump Organization. During his first year in office, President Trump was new to the job, so it was easy for him to listen to his advisors. Many people urged caution or tried to direct him to comply with regulations.`
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Mr. Trump is entering the election year with the enthusiastic support of campaign staff and White House aides.
The transformation of the White House, from the traditional model to Mr. Trump’s model, has greatly affected the staff here.
`It’s really easy to work with me. You know why? Because I make all the decisions. They don’t have to do anything,` Trump told reporters last Friday, as he explained
Former officials who left the White House said that after a series of senior personnel there were fired.
`Let Trump be Trump,` Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney commented.
Over the past three years, a number of Trump’s close aides have left.
These people include former bodyguards Keith Schiller and John McEntee, former Communications Director Hope Hicks, and former Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
To outsiders, Donald Trump appears to be a solitary and unattached president.
This is even more evident now that the president has received little resistance from staff and advisers.
`To me, Trump now is the same Trump he has been for the past 50 years. That’s how he has rolled in the business world. The only difference now is that he is doing it on a global stage.
The White House has many issues to resolve, from relationships with Iran, North Korea, and China to economic and trade issues.
`The economy is not simply turned on or off immediately. It is a massive and slow-moving machine. He operates under the great fallacy that he can make the market change immediately. There are people who believe in it.
However, there are also other perspectives.
`No president has had more success in his first 2 1/2 years than President Donald J. Trump. Despite 93% negative news coverage, he has built a safer, stronger, and more resilient America.
In the early days of his administration, Mr. Trump did not clearly understand the extent to which he could interfere in national security or foreign policy.
He also did not understand the breadth of the federal government, in terms of presidential power vis-à-vis Congress or the courts.
But over the next three years, Trump became more comfortable and established his own relationships with world leaders.
Now, the White House operates the way he likes.