Trump tries to master the art of the tiny

[DonViejo]

Facing multiple investigations and a stalled reform agenda, the president is shifting to smaller proposals to generate concrete wins.

By NANCY COOK and ANDREW RESTUCCIA 06/14/2017 05:18 AM EDT

Bill Clinton salvaged his presidency by focusing on small-ball policy wins. Now Team Trump is trying to master the art of thinking tiny.

Faced with a rising drumbeat of scandal stemming from ongoing Russia probes, President Donald Trump is continuing to pursue a big, complicated legislative agenda — repealing Obamacare, reforming the tax system and passing an infrastructure package.

Any of those would be hard to achieve in perfect circumstances, but with the GOP ideologically fragmented and the White House distracted by legal trouble, it’s increasingly difficult to imagine Trump landing a big win. Veterans of past White Houses say if the president wants to keep Republican voters on his side, it’s time to turn his attention to putting forward discrete, achievable policy proposals that he can actually get done.

“It is the only strategy,” said Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush. “Trump will never be able to land a knockdown punch with policy until he has a Rose Garden signing ceremony, but he can at least keep delivering jabs.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/14/trump-policy-scandals-struggles-239518

[Gothmog]

1. Tiny hands and tiny accomplishments

[dalton99a]

2. He could start by renaming rural post offices after himself

One separate bill for each post office - that ought to rack up the count

[peggysue2]

3. One thing he can do . . .

is move out of the WH and build his own 'tiny' house, preferably with bars on the windows.

This is something I would support.

[displacedtexan]

4. The Bill Clinton slam is a lie.

Take a look at what he managed to accomplish, despite constant attacks from republican wingnuts:

https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-02.html