Potentially Deeper Problem In White House

[struggle4progress]

February 15, 20172:38 PM ET
RON ELVING

... Among the contestants in the level below Trump are his son-in-law, Jared Kushner; his senior adviser Steve Bannon; his chief of staff, Reince Priebus; and various counselors and assistants including Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Miller (who appeared on four Sunday morning talk shows last weekend).

While loyal to the boss, the top people are not loyal to each other. Magazines and websites, fed by leaked information, blare stories about which of the principal courtiers is up or down or on the way out.

All presidential transitions have stumbles at the start, moments when they lose their balance. This White House has yet to develop a sense of balance to lose. You could say the new Trump team is not coming apart because it has yet to come together ...

Through it all, there persists a sense of the surreal. Who is actually speaking for the president when several officially do — and at times contradict each other? ...

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/15/515389709/in-flynns-fall-signs-of-potentially-deeper-problem-in-trumps-white-house

[leftstreet]

1. He campaigned as if his kids would be running the country

I remember the pundits being all over that

But after the election they just disappeared

[Angry Dragon]

2. It is a circus and only clowns are under the big top

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Great article

Thanks you!

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Typical conservative business owner.

Hover over employees, make them fear constantly for their jobs.

Most of you work for someone like this, it is a wonder we dont all completely lose our collective fucking mind and go off fully cocked.