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That gosh darned Constitution.
Some other things to mull over.
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Related: In an interview with Fox News that aired Friday night, Trump dismissed the ”archaic" rules of the House and Senate — using that word four times — and suggested they needed to be streamlined for the good of the country. WaPo
He blamed the constitutional checks and balances built in to US governance. ”It's a very rough system," he said. ”It's an archaic system ... It's really a bad thing for the country."
Some other things to mull over.
He has failed to get any of his priorities turned into legislation in the face of party disunity, and his attempt to rule by executive order has been largely hollow. His decrees have been either meaningless, like his one-page, detail-free tax reform plan, or have been blocked by the courts, such as his travel ban for Muslim countries and refugees.
Trump's approval ratings have remained mired at historic lows for a presidency in what is supposed to be a honeymoon period, hovering around – and frequently below – the 40% mark, well below his recent predecessors at this stage in their presidencies.
The gap between the extreme bravado of Trump's claims and the daily realities of governing has deepened public cynicism. In a new Gallup poll, just 36% declared him honest and trustworthy, down from 42% in early February. His general approval rating stood at 40%.
There is strong evidence, however, that the fact-checking of presidential claims is having a small and dwindling impact on true Trump loyalists. His support remains strong in traditional blue collar areas and evangelical strongholds, where there is more trust in the president than the mainstream media. The president has relentlessly assaulted the media, launching an attack per day on average since he took office, denouncing negative news as fake news, and there are signs the relentless offensive has inflicted wounds. One poll released on Friday found that more people trusted the White House than political journalists.
Bannon was also said to have drafted an executive order withdrawing the US from the North American Free Trade Area (Nafta), but on Thursday Trump decided simply to issue a call for its renegotiation reportedly after having been shown a map showing it would cost the most jobs in states that had supported him in the election. The battle between countervailing factions in the Trump White House continues to ebb and flow, but the president's reflexes in times of adversity lead him to fall back on the ”America First" narrative that got him elected in the first place.
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Related: In an interview with Fox News that aired Friday night, Trump dismissed the ”archaic" rules of the House and Senate — using that word four times — and suggested they needed to be streamlined for the good of the country. WaPo
”You can't go through a process like this. It's not fair. It forces you to make bad decisions. I mean, you're really forced into doing things that you would normally not do except for these archaic rules."