I've given birth to four babies. It might sound strange, but electing a president is a lot like having a baby for the first time.

For nine months before I had my first son, I planned, plotted and made promises. Then I held my baby, took him home and, while he cried at 3 a.m., wondered, what now?

The incoming Trump administration finds themselves in a similar precarious position. They have planned, plotted and made promises. A new challenge now begins: Can they seize the opportunity to implement a conservative agenda that transforms the economy and the government and helps return stability to the world?

If Republicans are strategic, we could be at the beginning of a Trump-Vance era similar to the Reagan-Bush era from 1981 to 1992. But they must start strong, and they must stay on course.

To start, reelected President Donald Trump should resist the urge to issue a bevy of executive orders that pander to his conservative base. Executive orders are the DoorDash of presidential policies: lazy, expensive and temporary. They tend to cause chaos, and the next president, if from the opposing party, will undo them anyway.

Instead, Trump should focus on a handful of domestic and international policies and work with the Republican-controlled Congress to enact them into law. Following the legislative process would signal that Trump intends for meaningful, long-term change. Working through Congress is the Gramercy Tavern of dining: reputable, excellent and requires a........

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