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On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > - > *http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/03/how-trump-would-govern/126415/?oref=govexec_today_nl > > <http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/03/how-trump-would-govern/126415/?oref=govexec_today_nl>* > > How Trump Would Manage the Federal Government > > - By Eric Katz <http://www.govexec.com/voices/eric-katz/6739/> > - *March 3, 2016* > > [image: Description: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks > on Super Tuesday.]Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks > on Super Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/AP > > Donald Trump has received significant criticism for failing to disclose > details on how he would implement his policy proposals, especially when it > comes to deporting millions of undocumented individuals living in the > United States and building a wall along the Mexican border. > > Trump, however, has a simple response. > > “It’s called management,” Trump said on > <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-donald-trump/story?id=33203713>*This > Week > <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-donald-trump/story?id=33203713> > *in October. “It's called good management and it's called great people.” > > The Republican frontrunner for president has not elaborated on who those > people are, but his career in private enterprise, an array of books and > statements from the campaign trail paint a rough outline of how he would > likely govern. > > Some of the “great people” Trump would bring in, according to his > campaign’s immigration plan, would be career employees. The real estate > mogul would hire 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, a > more than 50 percent increase of the agency’s workforce. He would also give > ICE far greater resources to enforce immigration laws and find > people residing in the country without legal status. > > Trump has also alluded to making personnel changes at a more senior level. > > “My specifics are very simple,” Trump said on *This Week*. “I'm going to > get great people that know what they're doing, not a bunch of political > hacks that have no idea what they're doing, appointed by President Obama, > that doesn't have a clue.” > > Trump has floated the names of some prominent businessmen he would like to > bring on board his theoretical administration, but in his private sector > experience he has historically maintained a very close-knit group of top > aides and executives. > > His top people “tend to be people who have stayed with him for a very long > time,” said Mike D’Antonio, author of the recent biography *Never Enough: > Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success*. “Or they’re people he’s related > to.” > > At the rank-and-file level, the 22,000 employees in Trump Organization see > their top boss as a figurehead. > > “He leads by inspiring or projecting a image,” D’Antonio said, likening > him to a president. “He’s accustomed to that ceremonial authority.” > > As an executive, Trump has developed a reputation as a micromanager -- an > approach that could prove difficult to continue when dealing with a > workforce of more than 2 million civilians performing the wide range of > day-to-day operations occurring across federal agencies. > > In a *Bloomberg Business *profile > <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2015-how-trump-invented-trump/>, > Max Abelson described that predicament: > > It’s hard to imagine how Trump’s management style would or could translate > to government, where hierarchies are impenetrable, micromanagement > ineffective, and expensive urns [such as those in his office] susceptible > to congressional scrutiny. > > D’Antonio clarified, however, Trump is not a “strong operations > executive.” His high-profile failures -- his airline, some of his casinos > -- were 24-hour businesses that required constant attention, much like the > government. > > “He’s someone who wants to make the key decisions,” D’Antonio said, though > he added, “The management task is quite different from making a deal.” The > federal government, he said, “requires very effective operating > experience…and that’s not his strong point.” > > Trump has intimated where he would turn to get that sort of experience: > his vice president. “I would want somebody that could help me with > government,” Trump has said > <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/02/24/trump_will_pick_someone_political_for_vp_somebody_that_can_help_pass_legislation.html>, > when asked about the qualities he would look for in his running mate. > > As a candidate, Trump has laid out some of the priorities of his > administration. He has vowed to eliminate > <http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/fedblog/2016/02/donald-trumps-plan-cutting-government/126242/> > the Education Department and dramatically cut the Environmental Protection > Agency. He also promised to take on the age-old trio of boogeymen: > > Waste, fraud and abuse all over the place. Waste, fraud and abuse. You > look at what's happening with Social Security, you look -- look at what's > happening with every agency -- waste, fraud and abuse. We will cut so much, > your head will spin. > > In addition to ICE, Trump has taken a liking to the General Services > Administration, with which he recently negotiated to purchase and develop > the Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. (which Trump describes as > “the hottest job they’ve ever put out”). > > “The GSA people are tremendous people,” Trump said at a rally in Portland, > Maine, on Thursday. “This was in the Obama administration,” he bragged of > his ability to win the contract. “I wouldn’t exactly say I had an > advantage.” > > GSA itself said at a recent congressional hearing Trump’s building was > under budget and ahead of schedule. Trump often brings up that contracting > experience, saying “under budget and ahead of schedule” is a phrase > Americans would be hearing more often from government in his presidency. > > Before entering the race, Trump made clear in his writings he saw room > only for a limited government. He laid out his views in his 2000 book *The > America We Deserve*: > > First: Get government out of activities it can’t do well. (A list of > things government doesn’t do well is a very long list.) Second: Get > government back in the business of providing for public convenience > (transportation, public works) and safety (police and firefighters), and > make sure it does so efficiently. Then judge its efforts by visible, > definable results and fine-tune as needed. > > One fundamental governmental responsibility, according to Trump, is that > fulfilled by the Veterans Affairs Department. In a white paper > <https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/veterans-administration-reforms> > on VA reform, the businessman promised to reward, not punish, employees who > expose inefficiencies. He also vowed to use his signature phrase on > “incompetent” VA executives: “They’re fired.” > > Trump would not likely feel inclined to bring that firing authority to > rank-and-file federal employees -- a reform that has been pushed recently > by congressional Republicans and other presidential contenders -- D’Antonio > said. His tendency is to keep his attention on the top managers, to whom he > typically maintains an intense loyalty. > > The developer never apologizes, however, and told D’Antonio, “It’s a good > idea to be a little bit paranoid.” That philosophy would likely influence > his management style, according to the biographer, which could spell short > tenures for his Cabinet members. > > “Those people are the ones that are likely to draw his ire,” D’Antonio > said. “If they’re shown to be in the wrong, and corrupt, he would probably > want to exercise his authority to fire them quite quickly.” > > In dealing with the more front-line feds, a Trump administration > would have to interact with federal employee unions. While his company has > fought > <http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/caucuses-2016/union-plans-contract-talk-trump-las-vegas-during-donald-trump-rally> > every step of the way as his Las Vegas, Nev., casino employees attempted to > unionize, Trump is no stranger to organized labor. > > “I have great relationships with unions,” he told > <http://www.newsweek.com/five-minutes-donald-trump-349979> *Newsweek* > last year. “New York is mostly unionized.” > > Trump is still in the process of settling his Las Vegas labor dispute with > the National Labor Relations Board, which ruled against him in an initial > decision. Trump has maintained good relations with at least one federal > union, however; Chris Crane, a president of the National ICE Council -- a > component of the American Federation of Government Employees -- is a Trump > supporter who spoke at the candidate’s Alabama rally last week. Trump > called the union leader, who has a long history > <http://www.govexec.com/magazine/briefing/2013/08/going-script/67766/> of > speaking out on controversial immigration issues, a “national hero.” > > And therein lies the paradox that could likely accompany a Trump > presidency: he is loyal to his deputies, except when he needs to avoid > admitting wrongdoing; he disparages his rivals at every turn, except when > he has the opportunity to strike a deal with them; and he is anti-union, > except when union leaders espouse his views. Ultimately, this could result > in Trump not rocking the boat as much as his turbulent campaign and > bombastic personality might suggest. > > While Trump at virtually every chance he gets decries the “stupid people” > who run the U.S. government -- the aforementioned people who have “no idea > what they’re doing” -- D’Antonio does not expect him to attempt to upend > the core functioning of government. 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