Wayne gives Trump an F for being dishonest and failing to unify voters. “I think people were hungry for seeing our flaws and saying that we’re not perfect.”įrom the Democratic side, Rep. “He makes me nervous because you now that he’s kind of winging it, but also there’s something so American about that,” Smith says. But Smith admits that Trump’s off-the-cuff style can have its disadvantages. He says voters in his southeastern Kentucky district appreciate how the president doesn’t talk like a polished politician and doesn’t pretend to be one either. Smith says Trump is inspiring more optimism and confidence among American citizens and businesses. Jennings says Trump “has signed twice as many bills into law in his first 100 days in office as former President Obama did.” He contends Trump would have had even more legislative victories were it not for the differences between mainline and Tea Party Republicans in the House. Supreme Court, and using the Congressional Review Act to roll back a number of Obama Administration regulations that Republicans opposed. He gives Trump an A grade for making America stronger on the world stage, nominating Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Scott Jennings says the president has gotten off to a “pretty good” start. Bush and Democratic campaign consultant Mike Ward, a former Congressman and state representative. Jim Wayne (D-Louisville) Republican strategist Scott Jennings, a former deputy White House political director and special assistant to President George W. KET’s Kentucky Tonight convened a panel of state lawmakers and political operatives to review Trump’s achievements from the perspective of how they resonate among Kentuckians. So how has the Republican performed so far, especially on issues like coal, immigration, and health care? President Donald Trump cleared his 100-day hurdle last weekend. The entire event is available to watch here.Whether it’s fair or not, the accomplishments of the first 100 days of a presidency have become a milestone against which many Americans judge their national leader. He declared a national banking holiday, signed bills that provided government relief for farmers and the unemployed, and pushed for new federal jobs programs. For every president since, the challenge remains to top the many early accomplishments Roosevelt. Roosevelt had begun to reshape government’s role in the American economy. “It is clear to me that this new administration is determined to do something truly monumental with regard to rule-making.”īy his 100th day in office, Franklin D. “How a president manages rule-making will determine, to some great extent, his or her success in managing the policy initiatives that they think are important,” said Kerwin. He’s shown he’s willing to throw out the playbook.” “If we think we can compare to the past, we’re in trouble. “President Trump creates his own measuring stick,” said Lachance. Bush and Barack Obama issued memoranda reversing the previous administration’s rules about abortion funding and international aid shortly after taking office. Just two weeks in, President Trump has followed suit. New presidents regularly take advantage of their unilateral power to direct the executive branch. Within this context, they also pointed out that legislation is not the only yardstick of presidential outcomes. The panel members discussed everything from rule-making to environmental policy, and from science and technology policymaking, to predicting the unpredictable. Fiorino, director of SPA’s Center for Environmental Policy Martha Joynt Kumar, director of the White House Transition Project Janice Lachance, president-elect of the American Society for Public Administration and Howard McCurdy, SPA professor.
Panelists included Neil Kerwin, president of American University Daniel J. Thurber, SPA distinguished professor moderated the event. “The first two weeks of the Trump Administration have already shown unprecedented use of presidential power.” “Things happen rapidly in the first days of a presidency and it’s important to help people unpack what it means,” said Candy Nelson, interim director of CCPS. The event was held after executive orders were signed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to institute a sweeping federal hiring freeze, just to name a few. SPA’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS) hosted an event on January 24 to review what the 100 days typically means for a new administration and examine President Trump’s approach to executive power. Roosevelt’s presidency, has been extended to President Donald Trump, who laid out a 100-day action plan in October. The tradition, which dates back to Franklin D. The accomplishments of a president’s first 100 days have become the measure of a successful start.
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