What would it take?

[CRedskinsRule]

I don't think - this close to the transition - that you can ignore the state of affairs the last President left the current administration. Just like in the beginning of Pres. Obama's administration the economy and surrounding travesties were direct consequences of the Bush administration.

I also think the major foot dragging in the senate hasn't enabled Trump to have his full team in place nearly a month into his administration, and that leaves more empty positions to be filled.

That said, I don't think Trump's campaign transition was good. I think his focus on pushing out executive orders every other day prevented some groundwork to be laid down, and for as radical as he wanted to change many departments he didn't account for the natural inertia of bureaucracies.

And even though he knows the media is, in general, against a non-liberal agenda, he failed to account for the sway it has over the day to day mood of the country. And he gave too much value to those who thought alternative media methods could counterbalance a heavyweight like CNN when it marshall's it's resources against your agenda.