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Assessing the Trump White House
Author(s) -
Hult Karen M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/psq.12700
Subject(s) - presidency , presidential system , executive branch , public administration , white paper , administration (probate law) , political science , white (mutation) , divided government , government (linguistics) , corporate governance , law , politics , management , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , linguistics , philosophy
This essay examines and assesses the dynamics of the White House and broader executive branch under President Donald J. Trump. It probes the performance of key institutional responsibilities, focusing on selected areas of policy and of administration. Evaluated on the effectiveness of achieving the administration's goals and on implications for governance, the Trump presidency receives at best a mixed review. Its accomplishments included boosting conservative presence on the federal courts and moving from multilateral to more dyadic relations in international affairs. Yet, it achieved considerably fewer of its deregulatory goals while neglecting pressing problems and reinforcing concerns with presidential capacity and loss of trust in government.