Kevin D. Roberts, PhD
In his first Cabinet meeting after winning reelection in a landslide, Ronald Reagan urged his team to be more aggressive in taking on government’s ever-increasing size and scope. “We came here to dam the river,” he said. “Let’s start throwing in the rocks.”
That was November 1984. Unfortunately, despite Reagan’s best effort, 40 years later that river is raging more than ever.
Today, a newly reelected President Donald Trump has a chance to succeed where his predecessor fell short. And his Cabinet appointments reflect the fact that he’s aware of this mandate for disruption.
What sort of leadership should we expect from Trump and this Cabinet of Washington outsiders? How can they combat a corrupt, inefficient and ever-expanding government that even Reagan couldn’t defeat?
The answer must be more than piecemeal policy reforms. “You’re fired,” a phrase Trump made famous, should be his second Cabinet’s motto.
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