The last 24 hours perfectly summed up President Trump's first month
in office. In a 77-minute news conference Thursday to voice a series of
grievances, Trump declared that his administration was running "like a
fine-tuned machine," saying: "I turn on the TV, open the newspapers and I
see stories of chaos. Chaos! Yet it is the exact opposite. This
administration is running like a fine-tuned machine." Then, just a few
hours later, the frontrunner to replace his ousted national security
adviser declined to take the job.
Folks, that's anything but a fine-tuned machine
(though the White House did finally hire a communications director).
Indeed, perhaps the best way to describe Trump's first month is with
three Cs — conflict, chaos, and constant. The conflict, of course, has
involved the courts, the news media, Mexico, Nordstrom, and even
Australia. The chaos? Try the travel ban, "alternative facts," and the
very slow start to Trump's government. And constant describes how
unrelenting the news and Trump's presence has been over the past month.
Sure, there have been good moments (the Gorsuch pick, the meetings with
business and union leaders). And, yes, all new White Houses have their
struggles. But we've never, ever seen a first month like this.
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