Trump: The First De Jure President.

The de facto reality is that the tail gets to wag the dog. Prepositioning is staked out and the de jure president must dutifully follow. That's how the agenda is bulldozed and how it ultimately rolls out. In theory, it's quite brilliant but Senate and House Republicans seem to have other ideas, or at least a plurality do. So, the strategy has a major flaw. Anyone who thinks this is a one-off is kidding themselves. 

And the other thing is about the possible separation of daylight between the two main components. Right now, there's none of it but can that last? Actions have consequences that can become political liabilities. No one wants in reality to be a lame duck from the get-go but the road less travelled is the only way to go to mitigate or reduce potential political damages. How do you contain this or reduce its influence? Like I said, in essence, Trump ends up as a de jure president. But for how long and at what cost? Privately, he must be fuming.