Lexington | Leading v cheerleading

摘要

DONALD TRUMP'S presidency contains a puzzle. Opinions of the new president are remarkably clear-cut. Nine in ten of those who voted for him last November say they approve of his performance. Interviewed face-to-face, Trump supporters hail him for that rarest of political feats-doing in power just what he said he would do when campaigning. He has staged daily shows of action and resolve; scolding silver-haired ceos to bring back jobs; signing executive orders to review and eventually repeal what he calls "job-killing" regulations, flanked by farmers or coal miners in hard hats. The heart of his first formal address to a joint session of Congress on February 28th was the line: "Above all else, we will keep our promises to the American people."