How will Trump govern? Or will he even bother, while Pence and Flynn play two-headed Dick Cheney?

[DonViejo]

How will Donald Trump govern? Or will he even bother, while Pence and Flynn play two-headed Dick Cheney?

While the president tweets, Mike Pence and Michael Flynn will apparently split up the actual policy. Be afraid

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the upcoming Donald Trump administration is how the man will govern. There are many presidential styles, from the micro-managing types like Jimmy Carter to the big-picture types like Ronald Reagan to the organized disciplined approach of Barack Obama and the chaotic, brainstorming ways of Bill Clinton. Trump has really only run a rather small privately owned family business, at least compared to the scope of a major corporation, a state government or a federal agency. So we don’t really know how he’ll handle the job of running a giant bureaucracy.

Luckily for Trump, at this moment the other branches are all in the hands of his own party. So he can theoretically run the country like a CEO if he chooses. But the decisions he has to make are a bit more complicated than whether the hostesses at his golf courses are pretty enough, or if the label on his Trump-branded cologne, “Empire,” looks sufficiently regal. And since he has no serious understanding of policy and believes he can run the country based solely on instinct, curiosity about his governing style is more acute than usual.

One of the most famous anecdotes from the campaign, which I’ve referenced before, is this New York Times story about what Donald Trump Jr. allegedly told one of John Kasich’s aides when trying to persuade the Ohio governor to join the ticket:

Did he have any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history?

When Kasich’s adviser asked how this would be the case, Donald Jr. explained that his father’s vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.

Then what, the adviser asked, would Trump be in charge of?

“Making America great again” was the casual reply.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/01/10/how-will-donald-trump-govern-or-will-he-even-bother-while-pence-and-flynn-play-two-headed-dick-cheney/

[Arkansas Granny]

1. DT doesn't want the job of being President, just the title and the power.

He'll be content to let Pence, Kusher, Conway and others do the heavy lifting while he basks in the glory of being the most powerful man in the world due to the office he occupies.

[world wide wally]

2. He will let his minions do everything and then put his own finishing touches on it so he can

Claim all the credit and flatter himself.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Like a Chairman of the Board. He'll assemble his heads and sees who flatters him the most.

But unlike Dubya, he won't be content as a figurehead, even though he'll demand they do all the legwork.

Mike Pence might do all the work but Trump's going to demand he gets all the credit. Only when things go south will credit go where its due.

[librechik]

4. dang that sounds too much like sex act--my eyes!

playing two headed Dick Cheney

[Wounded Bear]

5. He won't....Repubs don't govern, they rule...nt