Donald Trump: CEO-in-Chief
| DOI | 10.1177/2041905819891370 |
| Published date | 01 December 2019 |
| Date | 01 December 2019 |
26 POLITICAL INSIGHT • DECEMBER 2019
Every American presidency faces
moments of introspection and
reection, occasions to consider
what has been achieved and what
remains to be done. Thanks to FDR there is the
routine assessment after the rst 100 days in
oce. Less observed, but perhaps more telling,
is the benchmark of the rst 1000 days as
established by John F. Kennedy in his inaugural
address. This, of course, became all the more
apt due to JFK’s abridged tenure in oce.
One thousand days is an apt time
to consider the status of a presidential
administration. One hundred days is unfair,
since most presidents in the modern era will
not have secured congressional conrmation
for many of its personnel by that stage. It is
also a benchmark established during a time of
national emergency as FDR engaged in an era
of unprecedented legislative action. Kennedy’s
benchmark is an altogether more appropriate
moment to reect upon what has been
achieved and what remains to be addressed
as a chief executive prepares to embark upon
a campaign for re-election. It is at such a
moment that we currently nd ourselves in
Donald Trump –
CEO-in-Chief
As the US gears up for the 2020 presidential election, James D.
Boys looks back at 1000 of Donald Trump’s administration and
finds few significant achievements but plenty of headline-grabbing
controversies.
regard to Donald J. Trump.
Looking back over the past three years it
seems that every week brought about new
outrages, new revelations, and new outbursts
that would have dominated and potentially
doomed any previous administration. The
President’s unprecedented use of Twitter as
a tool of policymaking, as well as a form of
communication, has provided a remarkable
insight into the unique workings of this
administration, for good and for bad. The
turnover in personnel at the highest level
of government and ensuing publication of
damning memoirs has revealed the inner
turmoil at the heart of this White House. The
rollercoaster presidency of Donald Trump
has given whiplash to all who seek to discern
meaning from what has transpired to date,
and perhaps most painfully, to those who
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