No More Mr. Nice Trump

President Donald John Trump seems determined to get re-elected for a second time in 2024. I am not going to tell him how to campaign, because I am confident in his political abilities. My concern is about governance. He must learn from the mistakes of the first term.

He was too nice.

He was too trusting.

He was too dependent upon Republicans in Washington, who are too interested in enriching themselves than in serving the public. Republican Senators Richard Burr, James Imhofe, and Kelly Loeffler cashed in on the stock crash after the intelligence committee (which Burr headed) was told about covid 19.

In Term II, Trump needs to clean house and fire every political appointee, because they are unreliable lifers. Tony Fauci is the best example of these builders of bureaucracies that are insulated from accountability.

He must rid the government of all of them, even the ones he originally appointed, because they have all been in Washington for too long. U.S. attorneys and regional directors also should be shown the door.

Only loyalists need apply. Ric Grenell and Mike Pompeo proved themselves in the first term. Grenell would make a good chief of staff and Pompeo should go back to State.

In Term II. Trump must bring in outsiders. There are 27 Republican governors. Surely a dozen or so of them could be brought to Washington to run things. They would bring staff members to serve as deputies.

Likewise, his next attorney general should be a state attorney general. States have plenty of Republican treasurers, agriculture commissioners, and the like to provide loyal and experienced management of the federal government.

In Term II, Trump must forget the media entirely. They just lie. He must write them off completely.

Press briefings should replace press conferences with no questions asked of him or his press secretary.

Trump should limit his interviews to the Fox Four: Carlson, Hannity, Ingraham, and Bartiromo. If he wants to break news of a scandal, he should get the word out through Kane at Citizen Free Press. Drudge made his bones with the Lewinsky scandal -- and sold out 20 years later. I want Trump to give  Kane a shot because he won't sell out.

And oh, yes, there should be scandal. Donald Trump should invest in and maintain the Mother of All Opposition Research. He needs to know the name of every mistress, drug dealer, and Chinese contact of every congressman, lobbyist, and media executive in Washington.

This will help him in negotiations. When he meets with Congressman Blowhard to discuss the budget, he should do so over dinner with both their wives. Then he should casually drop the name of the congressman's girlfriend (or boyfriend).

But legislation is not where the action is. Promulgation is. The bureaucracy's interpretation of the law is where the fat cats lobby. All these new rules must be published in the Federal Register.

The president should stop the presses.

As the chief executive of the federal government, President Trump will have the authority to approve any and all promulgations. The last-minute rule-changing by Biden must be stopped. President Trump can call them all in for review saying he is checking them for their environmental impact, for their diversity, for their impact on the budget, and for their effect on sacred tribal lands.

He can halt them for 90 days of review. And then another 90 days. And for all the 90-day periods until the end of his term.

If the courts call on him to act, he should remind them that these really are legislative matters the administration should have nothing to do with. It is not enough to repeal regulations. We must stop creating new regulation by bureaucracy entirely.

The special counsel act should be ignored. Obama never allowed Holder or Lynch to appoint one. If an AG does, can him.

In Term II, riots should be met with force under the Insurrection Act. Biden set the precedent in making DC a military camp. Do it again with Regular Army troop. And any military officer who publicly complains should be court martialed, as he is at the top of their chain of command.

Finally, in Term II, there must be paybacks. Red China must pay for covid 19.

So should Fauci and all his friends in Washington.

There also must be investigations of Hunter, Hillary, and Obama.

No more Mister Nice Trump.