# The Trump 100-Day Agenda **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735 "2016-11-22T12:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/21 "2016-11-22T19:24:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The old “Any idea is better than no idea” fallacy-I never grow tired of it. He want to eliminate two regulations for every regulation proposed. How does this work in real life, again? Please give me an example. Old regulations: - No chewing gum in class. - No running in the halls. New regulation: - No chewing gum in class and/or running in the halls. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/22 "2016-11-22T19:32:22Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Old regulations: > > - No chewing gum in class. > - No running in the halls. > > New regulation: > > - No chewing gum in class and/or running in the halls. So we’ve established that Trump would make a mediocre elementary school president, at best. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/23 "2016-11-22T19:36:32Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Old regulations: > > - No chewing gum in class. > - No running in the halls. > > New regulation: > > - No chewing gum in class and/or running in the halls. I predict something like this: Gas workers are now required to wear striped socks, thus eliminating one provision of the Clean Air Act and one from the Occupational Safety and Health Act. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/24 "2016-11-22T19:45:19Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > I predict something like this: > > Gas workers are now required to wear striped socks, thus eliminating one provision of the Clean Air Act and one from the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Which is why I am asking for specifics for how it would work-would merely being the two regs attached to the new reg be enough to eliminate them without any vetting whatsoever of their own worth, or would we have to have three separate hearings on three different regs(two for elimination and one for proposal) with the whole shebang needing to go through as a whole if the new reg is to be approved? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/25 "2016-11-22T19:47:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So we’ve established that Trump would make a mediocre elementary school president, at best. Trump isn’t fit to shovel shit from one place to another. It won’t take very long for this to become self evident, even to those who voted for the orange buffoon elect. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/26 "2016-11-22T20:07:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Think about it. > > For good or bad, a normal practice for administration officials leaving office is to move into a lobbying position. Which means that hundreds of people in the Obama administration have been out planning their post-Obama careers. And Trump just announced he’s going to make it illegal for them to take those jobs. This is a “fuck you” to a bunch of Democrats. If a 5 year ban is bad, would a 2 year ban be okay? Who said this: “When I’m president of the United States, if you want to work for my administration, you can’t leave my administration and then go lobby.” [Or this:](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments) > [@](#): > > "2. Revolving Door Ban All Appointees Entering Government. I will not for a period of 2 years from the date of my appointment participate in any particular matter involving specific parties that is directly and substantially related to my former employer or former clients, including regulations and contracts. > > "3. Revolving Door Ban Lobbyists Entering Government. If I was a registered lobbyist within the 2 years before the date of my appointment, in addition to abiding by the limitations of paragraph 2, I will not for a period of 2 years after the date of my appointment: > > (a) participate in any particular matter on which I lobbied within the 2 years before the date of my appointment; > > (b) participate in the specific issue area in which that particular matter falls; or > > (c) seek or accept employment with any executive agency that I lobbied within the 2 years before the date of my appointment. > > "4. Revolving Door Ban Appointees Leaving Government. If, upon my departure from the Government, I am covered by the post employment restrictions on communicating with employees of my former executive agency set forth in section 207(c) of title 18, United States Code, I agree that I will abide by those restrictions for a period of 2 years following the end of my appointment. > > "5. Revolving Door Ban Appointees Leaving Government to Lobby. In addition to abiding by the limitations of paragraph 4, I also agree, upon leaving Government service, not to lobby any covered executive branch official or non career Senior Executive Service appointee for the remainder of the Administration. Not commenting on the other items, but maybe this policy would be alright on balance. There are definitely trade offs, but I don’t see this as automatically bad. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/27 "2016-11-23T00:18:32Z")
This article is somewhat encouraging, at least wrt to the parts of Trump’s agenda that require legislation. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-senate-republicans-opposition\_us\_583478b7e4b01ba68ac2e1b0](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-senate-republicans-opposition_us_583478b7e4b01ba68ac2e1b0) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/28 "2016-11-23T00:57:52Z")
Someone needs to buy Trump a copy of _Being the President Of the US for Dummies_. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/29 "2016-11-23T02:03:00Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > …Any bets on how long Trump will last before he resigns or is impeached? I give him a maximum of two years. My bet is Trump leaves office feet first; heart attack and/or stroke, not assassination. Maybe he lingers on for a few weeks afterward ala Generalissimo Franco. Next year might even be a year of 3 presidents. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/30 "2016-11-23T02:13:36Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > Withdrawing from the TPP is a bad idea. It would be good for them to have more markets and good for us to have more cheap stuff. TPP would also increase our exports and is projected to create 128,000 American jobs. > [@Bone](#): > > If a 5 year ban is bad, would a 2 year ban be okay? > > Who said this: > “When I’m president of the United States, if you want to work for my administration, you can’t leave my administration and then go lobby.” > > [Or this:](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments) > > Not commenting on the other items, but maybe this policy would be alright on balance. There are definitely trade offs, but I don’t see this as automatically bad. Yeah, Obama banned lobbyists from his administration and banned former officials from becoming lobbyists for two years. The result was that people just changed their title from “lobbyist” to “policy advocate” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/31 "2016-11-23T16:51:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The old “Any idea is better than no idea” fallacy-I never grow tired of it. He want to eliminate two regulations for every regulation proposed. How does this work in real life, again? Please give me an example. The way it would work is every time an agency submits a rule for public comment they would also submit two rules that would be revoked for public comment. For example say the FDA wants to have a regulation that says only food that meets certain standards can be labeled humanely raised. They would bundle that with a proposal to eliminate the regulation that makes it illegal to call Turkey Ham, Ham Turkey and the regulation that makes it illegal to sell onion rings made with diced onions without a proper label. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/32 "2016-11-23T16:56:14Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Trump’s followers are already turning on him about not prosecuting Clinton, and he’s not even in office yet. > > When they realize that he can’t deliver on most of his promises - and he won’t be able to - they’ll probably tear him limb from limb like a pack of wolves. There’s nothing so vicious as extreme right-wingers “betrayed”. > > I can see a time coming when Trump will regret that he ever ran for president. Be careful what you wish for… and how many lies you tell to get it. > > Any bets on how long Trump will last before he resigns or is impeached? I give him a maximum of two years. This is going to go over well too: > [@](#): > > “I had a great meeting with President Obama,” Trump told the Times. “I really liked him a lot.” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/33 "2016-11-23T16:58:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Someone needs to buy Trump a copy of _Being the President Of the US for Dummies_. He wouldn’t read it unless it was 140 characters or less. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/34 "2016-11-23T17:59:02Z")
I’m sure he’d get to it as soon as he finishes _All Quiet on the Western Front_. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/35 "2016-11-23T18:35:16Z")
Lobbying ban is a skin show. Hardly anyone even bothers to register as a lobbyist. They’re just consultants or policy advisors these days. Rules on lobbyists are already fine as they are, the problem - which neither party considers a problem - is that they’re not enforced whatsoever. No matter who’s elected, there will never be significant regulations on lobbying in the US. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/36 "2016-11-23T21:09:57Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > Lobbying ban is a skin show. Hardly anyone even bothers to register as a lobbyist. They’re just consultants or policy advisors these days. Rules on lobbyists are already fine as they are, the problem - which neither party considers a problem - is that they’re not enforced whatsoever. > > **No matter who’s elected, there will never be significant regulations on lobbying in the US.** Maybe it’s because the anti-lobbying faction has no one to make their case to Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/37 "2016-11-23T21:26:07Z")
Lobbyists lobbyists lobby, lobby lobbyists lobbies. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/38 "2016-11-23T21:34:18Z")
What a bunch of Bu[sub]ffa[/sub]ll[sub]o[/sub] Shit. 🙂 Bravo Sir, well played. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/39 "2016-11-24T02:45:35Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > If a 5 year ban is bad, would a 2 year ban be okay? > > Who said this: > “When I’m president of the United States, if you want to work for my administration, you can’t leave my administration and then go lobby.” The difference is what I’ve already explained - and what you quoted. Obama was establishing a rule that would only apply to people seeking jobs in his administration. He wasn’t targeting people in the outgoing Bush administration. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735/40 "2016-11-24T02:54:01Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > The way it would work is every time an agency submits a rule for public comment they would also submit two rules that would be revoked for public comment. For example say the FDA wants to have a regulation that says only food that meets certain standards can be labeled humanely raised. They would bundle that with a proposal to eliminate the regulation that makes it illegal to call Turkey Ham, Ham Turkey and the regulation that makes it illegal to sell onion rings made with diced onions without a proper label. If the FDA bans a drug because testing reveals it has harmful side-effects, does it have to balance this new ban by removing the bans of two existing drugs that have harmful side-effects? When the Air Force buys a new airplane, will it have to scrap two existing airplanes? When the FBI catches a criminal, will it have to release two criminals already in custody? When the Border Patrol catches one illegal immigrant crossing the border, will it have to let two others enter the country? When Congress lowers one tax, will it have to raise two other taxes? I’m just trying to figure out how this “one step forward, two steps back” principle will be applied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-100-day-agenda/772735.md?page=3)