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Today’s must-read: Trump’s team is savvy and has been planning to remake the federal government for years.
 

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Under the new Trump administration, those who oppose his actions “do not have an incompetent opponent,” writes Paul Rosenzweig. “Trump’s team is savvy and has been planning for this for years. They came ready.”

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The first 10 days of Donald Trump’s presidency have seen such an onslaught of executive orders and implementing actions that Steve Bannon’s strategy to “flood the zone with shit” seems apt. But that characterization is incomplete, and it obscures a more frightening truth: The Trump administration’s actions have been not just voluminous but efficient and effective. Though Trump himself may not appreciate the depth of detail that has gone into these early days, his allies do appear to understand what they are doing, and they seem to have his unquestioning consent to do whatever they like.

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