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Special Assistant to the President for Appointee Affairs

Special Assistant to the President for Appointee Affairs

On Optimally Managing the President's Workforce

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Nov 09, 2024
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Word count: 2,449; twelve minutes to read.

This might be the most important newsletter I’ve written since starting this Substack. I need your help in forwarding it to everyone you know. Please do so!

It describes how President Trump can best manage appointees in the new admin to optimize appointee performance, which is essential to accomplishing his agenda, and avoiding many of the problems that hampered his first term.

It’s an outside-of-the-box idea, something that has never been done before in any admin.

I was going to paywall it, but I think it’s too critical not to share with everyone.

Please share it too.

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