Academic experts have enriched presidential administrations by discouraging bad policies from gaining traction beyond the corridors of the White House. Unfortunately, based on his forming a policy staff led by twenty-one Fox News or Fox Business alumni, President Trump has shown little interest in academic experts.
Fortunately, academic experts are free to assess the administration’s policies and to educate the public about them. Thus, despite Trump’s disregard for intellectual expertise, the ability of scholars and practitioners outside of government to analyze proposed administration policies can crystalize their flaws for the public and can possibly influence even the Trump administration to reconsider some of its worst policies.
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