White House anarchy
about 8 hours ago
David Smith
... There has been disarray in the White House before, but this time, observers said, the checks and balances that have provided a modicum of restraint appear to be crumbling, leaving Trump isolated, angry and ready to lash out. It is, they fear, not inconceivable that the world’s most powerful country is now being guided by instinct, by impulse, by whim and by mood swing.
"This feels like it's turned a corner and not for the better for the White House," said Rich Galen .. once press secretary to Vice-President Dan Quayle. "As layers of this onion – the people who have seniority, who he listens to and who, hopefully, can talk him down – unpeel, there are fewer and fewer people to do that, which means he can operate on his gut, and he doesn't have the experience to do that" ...
Rick Tyler <a former spokesman for senator Cruz> .. said: "It's appalling that anyone would leverage their time in government to enrich themselves or do personal business, and Jared Kushner appears to have been doing that consistently. He ought to leave immediately. They are nothing but grifters" ...
... Bill Galston, who worked on policy in the Bill Clinton administration, said: "If you value your reputation you now should have learnt that you can't serve in this White House and emerge untarred" ...
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/call-it-chaos-trump-adrift-amid-white-house-anarchy-1.3414360
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