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In Trump’s White House, Everything’s Coming in ‘Two Weeks’

Trump’s penchant for casually announcing short deadlines without a plan to make good on them underscores his improvisational approach to the presidency, said Barbara Perry, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.
Barbara Perry
Newsweek

Here's how Donald Trump could actually be impeached

"The president stirs up a lot of emotions in people," Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, a James Monroe distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia and senior fellow at the Miller Center, tells Newsweek. "You're going to find a lot of people will go into Comey's testimony who hate Trump, and are inclined to think he’s already committed an impeachable offense, while others who love Trump will try to find falsities left and right in what he says."
Saikrishna Prakash
CNN

Trump has yet to formally nominate ambassador picks

The former director of President Barack Obama's transition, Christopher Lu, who was also a deputy secretary in the Department of Labor, said that before the 2008 election, that transition already had slates of individuals they wanted nominated for key positions, including ambassadorships. Without that kind of planning, there are key gaps left, he said.
Chris Lu
WP

Trump reacts to London terror by stoking fear and renewing feud with mayor

Chris Lu, who served as White House Cabinet secretary under President Barack Obama, was aghast. “The fact that the White House social media director is commenting before the national security leadership has spoken is yet another example of Trump’s ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ attitude towards handling international incidents,” Lu said.
Chris Lu
Istoe

The Lessons of the King of Camelot

"His defense of equality between men, freedom, America's openness to immigrants and religious freedom is part of the legacy he left us," said Barbara Perry, ethics professor at the Miller Center and one of the largest scholars of the Kennedy legacy.
Barbara Perry