And the White House says Trump’s executive actions should be viewed as initial moves to enact his agenda. “I have no doubt these things are going to happen.”[In his first major TV interview as president, Trump is endlessly obsessed with his popularity]But the reality is far more complicated. On trade, Trump can withdraw from and renegotiate trade agreements, as he promised during the campaign. The epiphany scrambled aides to draft an executive order requiring that they be constructed with solely American-made materials. Steinzor, who is also a member of the Center for Progressive Reform, added that the language in many of Trump’s executive orders explicitly acknowledges that they can only be done in accordance with the law.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 11:01 UTC