Trump’s policies: campaign promises and the realities of governance
The surprising electoral victory by Donald Trump (and his loss in the popular vote) has the media intensely speculating on the likely domestic and international polices of the incoming Administration. The pre-campaign rhetoric is being searched for relevant inferences on the new Administration’s likely policy agenda of economics and international policies. That is likely to be misleading precisely because Trump’s election campaign was so different from traditional Presidential campaigns. What it took to win might be quite different than what it will take to govern.