Hes increasingly isolated
By Abby Phillip and Robert Costa
April 2 at 12:53 PM
... “He seems both politically and personally isolated these days,” said David Gergen, a former adviser to Democratic and Republican presidents dating back to Richard Nixon. “He’s flailing because he doesn’t know where to find his natural allies.”
The result has been a presidency lacking in significant victories, beset by major stumbles — including the downfall of the Republicans’ health-care bill and his travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries ...
... Already, congressional Republicans have balked at his proposed budget, and the White House’s insistence on increased spending for the military and wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could imperil a spending bill needed to keep the government running past the end of April ...
“That’s what happens when you have an unpopular president … popularity scares people,” said Ari Fleischer a former adviser to President George W. Bush. “Lack of popularity emboldens them” ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-remains-the-center-of-attention-but-hes-increasingly-isolated-politically/2017/04/02/126041e6-1648-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html?utm_term=.929283aacf24