« on: March 13, 2017, 07:54:39 AM »
Definitely a different, better Presidential style.
Trump is doing what Obama didn’t do: reach out and listen
March 13, 2017 6:00 AM
President Donald Trump during a meeting on health care, Friday, March 10, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Trump, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.
By Andrew Malcolm
Special to McClatchy
Elements of Donald Trump’s presidential style are already emerging and they must be discouraging to his critics.
It’s easy to miss things that do not happen. But perhaps you too have noticed a decline of trivial Trump tweets, starting spats and news cycles many mornings.
Last week — are you sitting down? — Trump canceled a couple of media availabilities. He turned down ESPN’s invitation to provide his own NCAA tournament brackets, a free PR ride on basketball fever annually seized by President Barack Obama.
When reporters yell questions at Trump now, he usually goes deaf, turning away to converse with others. Avoiding opportunities to use or fight with media has not been a Trump trademark since he launched his hopeless presidential campaign 21 months ago, or his public persona decades ago, for that matter.
During the campaigns, Trump was quite successful creating media distractions to change the topic or detract from opponents’ successes and self-destructively some of his own. Not anymore.
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/opinion/article138103703.html#storylink=cpyI think that he's definitely growing into the office without being trapped by its' 'trappings.'
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Chase her.
Chase her even when she's yours.
That's the only way you'll be assured to never lose her.
