• by Philip Rosenstein , Staff Writer, December 30, 2016

Many questions about President Trump will be answered in 2017.

Donald Trump said many controversial things during the 2016 campaign and transition period about his priorities and how he might act as president.

Back in April, Trump said: “I’m going to be so presidential that you people will be so bored.” Now that he is the president-elect, we’ve seen fleeting glimpses of being “so presidential.” So far, his signature off-the-cuff statements could prove dangerous as president.

He appeared respectful when he met with President Obama at the White House, but quickly fell back into old habits, tweeting about China and Russia with seemingly little attention paid to the diplomatic outcomes or the State Department.

Next year, we will learn how impulsive Trump is — and if he can tame his bombastic impulses as president.

With U.S.-Russia relations and his family-business conflicts leading the news, Trump’s immigration policies have not been top of mind in recent weeks. But since it was a key campaign pledge, what will Trump’s wall look like? How will he enact his promise to deport up to 3 million illegal immigrants with criminal records? (Note: There aren’t that many illegal immigrants with criminal records.)

Also of consequence: How the Trump administration acts on its call to ban Muslims, whether partially or otherwise, from entering the United States. These policies will be particularly central should another terrorist attack shake the West.

The Trump transition’s approach to the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, has been uncoordinated at best. Though removing it entirely will put undue hardships on millions of Americans, Trump and his GOP supporters have pledged to repeal and replace, no easy task.

Crucial to the future of our country’s relationship with the White House is how Trump will interact with the national press.  Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer gave some hint, but the most we know concretely is that Trump’s press operation won’t be “business as usual.”

Neither, from all accounts, will his presidency.