Economic Promises a President Trump Could (and Couldn’t) Keep
Much of what Donald Trump vows to accomplish in his first 100 days, if elected,
is not feasible. But that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have room to maneuver.“It’s going to happen fast,” Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, recently told a cheering crowd in Charleston, W.Va. “This is so easy.”
.. If only that were true.
For all of the appeal his message might have for residents there (Mr. Trump captured almost 90 percent of the vote in Mingo County), much of what he is promising to do — on his own, and through congressional legislation — couldn’t be accomplished in the first 1,000 days of a Trump administration, much less the first 100.
.. But King Coal is unlikely to ever recapture market share lost in recent years to natural gas made cheap by the fracking boom, not to mention fast-growing alternative energy sources like wind and solar.
.. Nor could Mr. Trump, a billionaire businessman, force steel makers to buy coal from Appalachia to heat furnaces in Asia, Europe and North America that have been idled by weak demand.
.. Like much of his speechifying, Mr. Trump’s economic and business agenda is a mixture of opening bids and dog-whistle messages ..
.. There’s a reason why so many of Trump’s proposals revolve around the idea of denying visas to people,” said William A. Stock, a lawyer in Philadelphia who is the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “That’s where the president’s power is least restricted, if he asserts it.”
.. There’s a reason why so many of Trump’s proposals revolve around the idea of denying visas to people,” said William A. Stock, a lawyer in Philadelphia who is the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “That’s where the president’s power is least restricted, if he asserts it.”
.. There’s a reason why so many of Trump’s proposals revolve around the idea of denying visas to people,” said William A. Stock, a lawyer in Philadelphia who is the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “That’s where the president’s power is least restricted, if he asserts it.”
.. imposing tariffs on competitors abroad could have serious economic consequences at home by sharply raising prices on imported goods.
.. the lawyers and lobbyists who are now trying to gauge a Trump presidency are already emerging as winners. Mr. Trump’s much-talked-about unpredictability, Mr. Korologos said, is proving to be a boon for Washington’s legions of lobbyists.