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"This book reveals the widespread effects of the Trump administration's efforts to unsettle and reshape American governance. The chapters focus on the major fronts of conflict evident during Trump's presidency: in public opinion, party politics, media coverage, Congressional relations, executive branch management, judicial appointments, foreign policy and domestic policy. The guiding focus of the chapters concerns the successes and failures of the administration's transformative aspirations during Trump's years in the White House"--

Trump's victory and media strategy -- Trump in the president's office -- Trump and Congress -- Trump and domestic policy -- Trump's foreign policy -- Trump's prospects

Popular distrust and the entrenchment of government by professionals lie at the root of America's most pressing political problems. How did U.S. politics get to this point? Contemporary American politics got much of its shape from the transformations brought about from the 1950s to the 1980s. Presidential and congressional behavior, voting behavior, public opinion, public policy and federalism were all reconfigured during that time and many of those changes persist to this day and structure the political environment in the early twenty-first century.Throughout American history, parti

America's current national political system got much of its shape from transformations engendered between 1960 and 1980. Owing to the rise in education levels among all Americans and the need for professional legislators, bureaucrats, legislative and professional staff, judges, and lobbyists, America witnessed the rise of "professional government" to carry out ever-growing governmental responsibilities. These governing professionals are an elite built on merit through occupational accomplishment, and many of them seek to rule regardless of voter participation. This has furthered the sense of disconnect among the public and created a self-reinforcing chain. Popular discontent and professional government are central and related features of the contemporary American political system. Adapted from the source document.