{"id":2160116,"date":"2024-01-26T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-chief-makes-case-for-five-year-presidency-starting-with-year-zero-2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:28:10","slug":"ex-trump-chief-makes-case-for-five-year-presidency-starting-with-year-zero-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-chief-makes-case-for-five-year-presidency-starting-with-year-zero-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump chief advocates for a five-year presidency, commencing from Year Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-trump-chief-makes-case-for-five-year-presidency-starting-with-year-zero-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2160116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump&#8217;s Troubled Presidential Transition<\/h2>\n<p>In the history \u2063of troubled presidential transitions and first years, it\u2019s hard to \u200cignore \u2062former President Donald Trump\u2019s start in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>First, he\u200d fired his \u200btransition\u200d director, former New Jersey Gov. Chris \u200bChristie, and then\u200c once in office, \u200che failed\u2062 to push\u2063 through\u2064 promised changes to Obamacare. His\u200c travel ban on suspected\u2063 terrorist-supporting\u200c nations faced \u2064several court challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Just as bad, some of his Cabinet and picks for top aides flopped.<\/p>\n<p>But as he looks at a\u2063 possible second try should he beat President Joe Biden \u200bin November, expectations are\u2063 high that he will better \u200dprepare to manage the Oval\u200c Office, begin the transition sooner, and \u200ctest his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-trump-chief-makes-case-for-five-year-presidency-starting-with-year-zero\/\" title=\"Former Trump chief advocates for a five-year presidency, commencing from Year Zero\">initial policy moves<\/a>\u2063 way\u200b before Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n<h3>High Expectations for Trump&#8217;s Second Try<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDo not underestimate Trump,\u201d said Christopher Liddell, \u2063Trump\u2019s former deputy\u200b chief of staff. \u201cCertainly when you look at the way he\u2019s running his campaign this time compared to\u200b the 2016 version, it\u2019s a lot more professional and structured and\u2062 considered. So that\u2019s a leading indicator,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s team will also be able to tap transition efforts\u2063 underway in\u2064 Washington, notably the\u2062 Heritage Foundation\u2019s Project \u20622025 and\u2063 Liddell\u2019s new\u2062 book and road map to smooth transitions, <strong>Year Zero: The Five-Year \u200cPresidency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Liddell is recognized as an expert administrator, \u200cconsidered a fine\u2062 art in Washington. He was Mitt Romney\u2019s transition\u200c chief \u200bin 2012,\u200c handled the $20 billion initial \u200cpublic offering for \u2063General Motors in 2010, and was the Trump point person for Biden\u2019s transition in\u2062 2021.<\/p>\n<p>What he is proposing in\u2062 his book, published by the\u2063 University of Virginia Press,\u200c is a transition that runs in parallel with a presidential campaign. He is calling on candidates to set \u200bup a small shop initially to consider who to hire, map out a first-year\u200b agenda, and \u2064propose the legacy that \u200dthe candidate \u200dwants to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, the candidate needs to win, but that doesn\u2019t mean that the\u200b team can\u2019t be working \u2063away in the background on all\u2062 of \u2064these ideas,\u201d \u200dLiddell said,\u200c adding, \u200b\u201cYou \u2064can save yourself an enormous amount of time by doing what most administrations \u200bdo during the first\u200c six months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Typically, a transition team\u200c isn\u2019t formed\u200c until after the nominating\u2062 conventions, but Liddell said that\u2019s when the\u200c candidate\u2063 should already be \u200dthinking about \u2064who to \u2064name to top jobs and what executive order and \u2062legislation he plans to push out on \u2063Day 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYear Zero starts now,\u201d he \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<h3>Better Planning\u200d for the First Year<\/h3>\n<p>In his book, Liddell grades\u200d recent transitions, \u2064calling the one between \u2063former Presidents\u200c George W. \u200dBush and Barack Obama\u200d the \u201cgold standard\u201d and the Trump-Biden \u2063handoff \u201cexceptionally challenging,\u201d\u2064 given \u2062that Trump thought Biden cheated to win.<\/p>\n<p>David \u200cMarchick, who helped Biden\u2019s transition as the\u2064 director \u200bof\u200c the \u200bCenter for Presidential Transition at the\u2063 nonprofit \u200borganization Partnership for Public Service, said that Liddell\u2063 shared several transition scenarios in 2020, including a \u201cnightmare\u201d plan where Trump would deny he \u2063lost in a close\u2064 election.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Year Zero: The Five Year Presidency\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KvRxNxv8Gwk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Two days after the election, when Trump was starting to say\u2062 he \u200dwas cheated out\u200d of victory, Marchick said Liddell called \u2064to\u2063 say \u2064the \u201cnightmare scenario\u201d was unfolding. \u200bStill,\u200c despite all the turmoil, Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, \u20632021.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing with\u2063 Liddell \u200bat a\u2063 University\u2064 of \u200dVirginia conference on presidential transitions this week, Marchick said, \u201cThankfully for the country, \u2062Chris Liddell was in the White House. \u2063Because \u2063amid all the chaos, Chris\u2064 was quietly working away to ensure the peaceful transfer of power, and not that\u2062 many \u200cpeople\u200d know about that. This \u2062is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-gen-colin-powell-dies-at-84-of-covid-19-complications\/\" title=\"DEVELOPING: Gen. Colin Powell dies at 84 of COVID-19 complications\">great public servant<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, \u200cLiddell will tell everyone he can that\u200d preparation for the critical \u2062first year of a presidency can\u2019t happen soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy contention is that it is never too early \u2063to \u2018measure\u200b the drapes\u2019 \u2062\u2014 not to become enamored \u200bwith the trappings of power, but to plan for \u200cdoing the work \u2064of holding presidential office. A \u2018Year Zero\u2019 \u2063approach \u2014 functionally, adding a\u200b year\u2019s worth of planning\u2063 and \u200bdesign work to a four-year presidential term \u200c\u2014 will allow new presidents to enact their\u2063 campaign promises faster, thus delivering outcomes more effectively, in particular \u200cin their first\u2063 year,\u201d \u2064he said.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can a well-prepared transition team\u200b contribute to the success of an incoming \u2064president?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Challenged.&#8221; He\u2063\u2062 emphasizes that a smooth transition\u200c is crucial for the incoming president to effectively govern and \u2062bring about meaningful change. <\/p>\n<p>Liddell highlights that\u200c a \u2062well-prepared transition team should be in place even before the candidate secures the \u200cnomination. This team should focus on\u2063 planning the first \u200cyear&#8217;s agenda, identifying top\u2063 appointees, and outlining the candidate&#8217;s desired legacy. By doing so, the \u200cnew administration can hit the ground running and save valuable time during the early months of their term.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cauthor points to his\u200d own experiences as evidence \u2063that \u2062proper planning leads to successful transitions. As Mitt Romney&#8217;s transition chief in\u200d 2012 and the Trump representative for Biden&#8217;s transition in 2021, Liddell witnessed firsthand \u200bthe benefits\u200b of meticulous preparation. He also draws \u2063on his expertise as an administrator, including his role in the General Motors IPO, to \u200doffer insights into effective transition \u2062management.<\/p>\n<p>To \u2063support his argument,\u2063 Liddell references ongoing transition efforts in Washington, notably the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Project 2025. These initiatives provide valuable resources and guidance to \u200bincoming administrations. \u2062Liddell&#8217;s own book, &#8220;Year \u2064Zero: The Five-Year Presidency,&#8221; published by the University\u2063 of Virginia Press, acts as a comprehensive roadmap \u200bfor\u200d achieving a smooth and successful transition.<\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, the expectations for Trump&#8217;s second presidential transition will be high. Critics argue that his first transition was marred by missteps and inadequate preparation. However, Trump&#8217;s former deputy chief of staff, Christopher Liddell, believes that the 2024 campaign is \u200bshowing \u200bsigns\u200d of improvement. He points to a\u2064 more professional and structured approach as evidence that Trump is committed to better preparation and management of the Oval \u200dOffice.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Trump&#8217;s troubled presidential \u200dtransition in 2017 serves as a lesson for future candidates and administrations. The importance of early planning, setting up a transition team, and mapping out \u2062a clear agenda cannot be underestimated. Liddell&#8217;s book, &#8220;Year \u200dZero,&#8221; \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/davos-elites-told-bidens-so-called-inflation-reduction-act-is-the-new-paris-climate-deal\/\" title=\"Davos Elites Told Biden's So-Called \"Inflation Reduction Act\" Is the New Paris Climate Deal\">offers valuable insights<\/a> and recommendations for a successful \u2064transition. By learning from past experiences \u2062and implementing effective transition strategies, future presidents \u2064can\u2062 overcome challenges and lead more effectively\u200c from day one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the realm of challenging presidential transitions and initial years, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2017 beginning stands out. He dismissed his transition director, ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and later struggled to implement pledged Obamacare modifications. 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