The Trump Presidency

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Donald F. Kettl. The Trump Presidency

The Trump Presidency

Contents

A Presidency Like No Other

Immigration: The Wall, Religious Tests, and Extreme Vetting

Making America Great Again

The Battle over the Travel Ban

The Resistance and the Tweets

Health Insurance: Coverage and Costs

Obamacare Basics

The Congressional Repeal Campaign Collapses

The Freedom Caucus Resurrects Health Reform

Climate Change: Science and Federalism

Trump’s Case against Paris

The Road to Paris

Domestic Politics

Federalism: States, Cities, and Companies Push Back

Ethics and Leadership: Fake News and Polarization

Trump and Twitter

Fake News and Alternative Facts

Where Do We Get Our News?

Conclusion: Lessons for Public Policy and Politics

Notes

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Implications for Policy and Politics

2018 Edition

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The countries were Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen. Trump said that the order was part of the “extreme vetting” he had promised to prevent “radical Islamist terrorists” from entering the country. And he created a two-tier screening process, which allowed Christians and those of other religions priority in entering the country over Muslims. At a ceremony in the Pentagon to sign the order, Trump said bluntly, “We don’t want them here.” He continued, “We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country, and love deeply our people.”8 During the presidential campaign, Trump had repeatedly pledged to combat what he called “radical Islamic terrorism,” and he called out Hillary Clinton for refusing to use the term. The travel ban marked his first effort to make good on his campaign promise. When the president visited Saudi Arabia in May 2017, however, he did not utter the phrase.

The travel ban caused massive chaos at airports. Trump acted quickly to release the policy, but he had not warned members of his administration that the executive order was coming. Officials in the Department of Homeland Security, especially its agencies for customs and immigration, had no time to prepare—or to answer important questions about the ban. Were Muslims from these seven countries who were in airplanes, en route to the United States, banned from entering the country? (The decision: yes. Travelers were stopped in airports and put on planes back to the countries from which they had departed.) How about flight crews who were working on flights on their way to the United States when the travel ban was announced? (Yes. They could not leave the airport.) And what about those holding “green cards” (individuals from foreign countries whose backgrounds have been rigorously checked and have been given approval by the federal government to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis)? (Yes. They were not allowed to enter the country, even though they held official government documents. See Figure 2.) Adding to the confusion was the discovery by some travelers that officials at some airports were more lenient in implementing the ban than others, and some flyers changed their plans in the hope of finding an easier road through the process.

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