The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve was posted on the Washington Post website March 8, 2018:
THE BIG IDEA: If you don’t like President Trump’s position on a particular issue, just wait a day. It may change.
It’s always suspicious when a federal agency quietly makes a major policy change and does not put out a news release about it. That’s what the Interior Department did last week.
Handing another win to the National Rifle Association, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service withdrew a ban related to importing elephant trophies from Africa. A March 1 memorandum, written in dense legalese, said the government will now allow hunters to receive permits on “a case-by-case basis” to bring tusks and other body parts back to this country. Continue reading “The Daily 202: Trump reversal of elephant trophy ban underscores the need to watch what he does, not what he says”