Future presidents will learn from Trump's fast start

Advance planning has enabled President Donald Trump to move quickly and ruthlessly at the start of his second term

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  • Preparing for power
  • Party control
  • Entrenching his base
  • Creating a clear policy agenda
  • Congressional Republicans
  • Media engagement
  • Establishing narratives
  • Dual track governance
  • Elon Musk and Stephen Miller
  • Power of the president
  • Unitary executive theory
  • Personnel cuts
  • Limiting opposition
  • Foreign policy
  • Outlook

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