In a struggle to fulfill an economic agenda, administrations, both Democratic and Republican, have attempted to cajole our nation into the moral acceptance of war as just.
But when some truly independent science comes along to threaten that agenda, the administration often ignores or minimizes it.
"George W. Bush is his own man with his own agenda and administration that has nothing to do with what his father did," he said.
Yet unlike areas such as trade, health care or foreign policy, where Trump has moderated his extreme campaign positions or failed to advance his agenda, the administration has systematically sought to check off the president's immigration promises.
He talked about invoking Section 201 during the campaign, and a trade agenda his administration presented to Congress signaled that Trump intended to be far more aggressive than his predecessors in using it to slow imports.
A trade agenda the administration presented to Congress in March calls it a "vital tool". Trump has not often been swayed by the kind of bipartisan pressure he now faces to reject such tariffs.
Fuel-subsidy reform has long been on the government's agenda, but no administration has dared to take more than small steps to implement it.
Its pretty confusing and circular logic that Nelson contends he wouldn't represent the administrations agenda, when he was nominated by the administration, twice".
"There is no such hidden agenda," said an administration official.
In the fight against President Trump's agenda, the new administration's incompetence is their friend.
In pursuit of its aggressive pro-life agenda, the Trump administration has released a new proposal on Title X funding.
