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Intent
This list non-exhaustive list attempts to summarize the categories of inclusions in the list articles found at The time line of the presidency of Donald Trump. The purpose of this list is to ad an RfC which in part is dealing with what does and does not belong on the list. The final aim is to create a summary which will be added to the lede of the above linked article. Each category includes several sub categories and comments on their suitability as list items. These can be edited by any editors who wish to be involved in the RfCs on the article's talk page

List Categories
Things listed in black should almost certainly be included. Things listed in red are also potentially OK for inclusion, but potentially open the article to forks, miscellany and other things which could weaken or confuse the subject of the list. A summary of what this list includes should loosely define what entails a list item, without overt restrictions, whilst clarifying what constitutes a potential entry.
 * STAFFING
 * staff changes hiring firing and resignation and white house staffing issues Jan 20 – James Mattis becomes Sec of D.
 * Proclamations (commemorative occasions) Jan 20 - National Day of Patriotic Devotion
 * POLICY
 * Alterations of policy, signing or enacting of bills, Sanctions, executive orders, budget announcements bans and appeals against aforementioned by other countries Jan 20 – Military retirement policy
 * Formal requests by whitehouse staff – Jan 20 Priebus calls for freeze on new Regs
 * Comments made in or by the Whitehouse in internal meetings or phone calls Jan 23 President Trump says 3–5 million illegal votes cost him the popular vote
 * Looks very very much like opportunity for clutter and coat racking
 * LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 * Inauguration and related oaths etc Jan 20 – inauguration
 * Lawsuits and accusations either as plaintiff or defendant – Jan 23 A federal-court lawsuit is filed accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause.
 * Court/legal intervention or interaction – Jan 29 Federal judges in the states of Massachusetts, Virginia, and Washington sign orders halting implementation of parts of Executive Order 13769
 * PUBLIC RELATIONS
 * Press Briefings – (If notable) Friday, February 24 The New York Times is barred from the White House press briefing along with the BBC, CNN, Politico, The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times and BuzzFeed News, prompting criticism from the White House Correspondents' Association.
 * Public speaking and presidential visitations Jan 21 – Trump Pence speak at CIA HQ
 * Protests and strikes : deserve scrutiny because
 * 1)They're outside of cabinet control
 * 2)It only matters to the list if the protests or stikes led to some kind of administrative effect
 * They should be here if
 * 1)The protests can be included in an item about the administration – for example, the poll tax riots occurring as a result of the passing of a taxation law by the conservative party led by Margret Thatcher. this is a good example because the protests led in part to the resignation of the Prime Minister Jan21 woman's day march is probably not a correct inclusion as it was not spurned by a specific action of the administration. Nor did it really have any effect on it
 * (Public announcements by either the president or staff. These deserve scrutiny
 * 1)how far down the ladder do we go?
 * 2)Should we rate according to long term effects of the announcement?
 * 3)An example is Jan 21 Sean Spicer's announcement. It is a very notable event, but it's implications and effects on the white house administration are debatable and vague.
 * Criticisms from notable figures – very definitely debatable Feb 27 - Former President George W. Bush offers implicit criticism of the Trump administration's handling the free press and religious freedom on the TODAY show. Notability guidelines beyond those normally prescribed apply here – what are they?
 * Notable public petitions (National or International) to or about the administration Jan 30 - A petition, launched Sunday to cancel President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom in October
 * Tweets - March 20 President Trump issues a tweet rejecting allegations of collusion with Russia as "fake news"
 * Press reports - e.g. The NYT report on the undisclosed Veselnitskaya meeting.
 * DIPLOMACY
 * Notable Diplomatic correspondences or meetings with national representatives or bodies outside of the administration (can be info regarding schedule attendance or cancellation) – Jan 22 President Trump speaks to Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal
 * Actions of other countries political administrations which are a direct result of U.S administrative decisions or actions – (Jan 22, Israel settlement approval)
 * Allegations and Denials and apologies - March 17 GCHQ denies all involvement in the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower,[283][284] prompting the Trump administration to issue a formal apology to the United Kingdom with assurances that the allegation will not be repeated.
 * THE MILITARY
 * Military actions – Jan 21 Drone Strikes
 * Again debatable: This list could potentially fill up very quick if interested parties came along and started noting every military action which had to be passed by the white house as part of a default chain of command involving the commander in chief