On economics in particular, it would be a policy mix unseen in the modern presidency, a fusion of supply-side conservatism and liberal populism. Trump's team promises it will deliver 25 million new jobs and up to 4 percent annual growth in the economy. Other economists predict it could stoke recession.

Perhaps the biggest question is whether the Republicans who control Congress would pass Trump's plans into law — or substitute their own, more doctrinaire plans instead.

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As president, Trump will be able to deliver some things without congressional approval. His Treasury Department could declare China a currency manipulator. He could pull the United States out of the North American Free Trade Agreement or even the World Trade Organization. He could cancel executive orders issued by President Obama, including ones that allow some immigrants to stay in the country without legal status, and ramp up deportation enforcement.

But he would need Congress to move to cut taxes and kill the Affordable Care Act. Congress could also attempt to block any trade restrictions he might try to impose. And GOP leaders could push Trump to adopt parts of their policy vision for the country that Trump has rejected explicitly, including curbs on the cost growth of safety-net programs such as Medicare.

Trump would also need Congress to fill in some of the trickier blanks he has left in his proposals, including key details on his tax plan and the full scope of a replacement for the health-care law. He would need the GOP to approve a massive infrastructure spending program, which his advisers promise will pay for itself through increased economic growth and, of course, to build the wall. (There's still the issue of how he'll get Mexico to pay for it.)

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Those efforts figure to cause friction between Trump, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), neither of whom share Trump's populist streak. Ryan and McConnell say they want balanced budgets and safety-net spending reform. They're free traders. Ryan has balked at other infrastructure spending plans. The House GOP tax plan includes a smaller corporate cut than Trump proposes, along with fewer benefits for the middle class.