Trump Shocks—and Needs—the Establishment
The president-elect’s success will depend on his ability to sell GOP conservatives in Congress on his spending plans.
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The one safe prediction about Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president is that there will be brawls. Between Democrats and Republicans, of course, but also between conservative and moderate Republicans; between iconoclasts newly appointed to oversee federal agencies and the career civil servants who work under them; and among members of the cabinet, who disagree over issues ranging from budget deficits to Iran.
Emceeing the donnybrook: the president, grinning from ear to ear. Says Marc Sandalow, associate academic director of the University of California Washington Program: “If part of Trump’s agenda was to shock Washington and make the political establishment’s hair stand on end, he’s already accomplished his goal.”