Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll
From The New York Times
For 13 months in the Oval Office, and in an unorthodox business career before that, Donald J. Trump has thrived on chaos, using it as an organizing principle and even a management tool. Now the costs of that chaos are becoming starkly clear in the demoralized staff and policy disarray of a wayward White House.Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/trump-chaos-oval-office.htmlThe dysfunction was on vivid display on Thursday in the president’s introduction of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The previous day, Mr. Trump’s chief economic adviser, Gary D. Cohn, warned the chief of staff, John F. Kelly, that he might resign if the president went ahead with the plan, according to people briefed on the discussion. Mr. Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs president, had lobbied fiercely against the measures.
His threat to leave came during a tumultuous week in which Mr. Trump suffered the departure of his closest aide, Hope Hicks, and the effective demotion of his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who was stripped of his top-secret security clearance. Mr. Trump was forced to deny, through an aide, that he was about to fire his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster.
Mr. Kelly summed up the prevailing mood in the West Wing. “God punished me,” he joked of his move from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House during a discussion to mark the department’s 15th anniversary.
When White House aides arrived at work on Thursday, they had no clear idea of what Mr. Trump would say about trade. He had summoned steel and aluminum executives to a meeting, but when the White House said only that he would listen to their concerns, it seemed to signal that Mr. Cohn had held off the tariffs.
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People in Presidential cabinets leave all the time. The high-stress environment takes its toll on people. Whatever chaos there may or may not be in Trump's cabinet is IMO directly related to the liberal media and the chaos created by the Trump haters. People are rabid with hatred of him, and anything he tries to do. He could paint the world in gold, give every human on earth $1B in crypto, end world hunger and achieve world peace and the haters would still hate.
Thanks for the informative news article! upvoted
Trump is literally a double edged sword.
A fight fire with fire president.
Makes for potentially dangerous outcomes all round.
Considering the shape of the Govt when he inherited it, I think it's a good thing! I believe the status quo, especially if Hillary was prez., wouldve been much worse.
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