The Go-It-Alone Presidency

Jonathan Swan: “Shortly after becoming President Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney conveyed a blunt message to several Cabinet secretaries. According to a senior White House official with direct knowledge and another source briefed on the private conversations, Mulvaney told the Cabinet officials that their ‘highest priority’ over the next year would be deregulation.”

Said one senior official: “We knew there was one thing we could do without legislation… Dereg is going to be top of the list.”