Could President Trump Benefit From a Board of Directors?

May 13, 2017

President Trump’s great strength is his steadfastness of purpose, but he could benefit from more advance reflection. One possibility is that his Cabinet, now that it is starting to be formed, could meet with some regularity, and effectively serve like a board of directors, with the President as the CEO. Trump is more apt to follow the advice of these individuals, who are his peers, than if he has a staff. The President cherishes his Twitter time, because he feels this is his way to communicate directly—but there needs to be some review, because more of these reflect poorly than they do positively. It will be difficult to take Trump’s megaphone away from him.

As Trump’s first term goes forward, some staff changes and possibly even Cabinet changes will occur. As attention turns to international affairs, as it will shortly, the Russian interference story will die of its own weight. That story has three parts: first, was there Russian interference—and obviously there was—and the tools available probably took it to a higher level than in prior years. The second, which will prove to be false, is—are any persons linked in some fashion to Donald Trump duplicitous in their dealings with the Russians? This is the sore point for Trump, as the narrative is totally inaccurate. The third piece is—who in the government has been leaking Trump’s conversations? Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates gave a very slick performance as she pushed an unbelievable narrative of Lt. Gen (Ret.) Mike Flynn being blackmail-able, without ever stating a crime that he committed.

President Trump’s effectiveness is shown to the extent to which his actions have drawn blood from the Democrats, and their liberal press compatriots.