What Increasing Isolation Could Mean For Presidency

[struggle4progress]

August 19, 2017
7:00 AM ET
Domenico Montanaro

... Republican elected officials have broken with him post-Charlottesville, from Bob Corker in Tennessee questioning his "stability" and "competence" to South Carolina's Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the Senate, saying the president's "moral authority is compromised" ...

When a president has his back against the wall, his loyal White House team is often what he has left. In most presidents' cases, those aides are also key campaign aides. Ousting them could have real consequences for a president's re-election ...

A president needs a staff of professionals to help shape messaging, so he can lead on policy and running the government. But what if the president winds up not being the traditional driver of policy? What if his influence winds up being limited to Twitter? That wasn't enough to sell health care, something Republicans had run on for years and years ...

... Nothing is normal. So don't be surprised if in another seven months, the country is looking at a completely new White House again — though Trump is running out of people who will take jobs in his administration.

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/19/544580016/what-trumps-increasing-isolation-could-mean-for-his-presidency

[rock]

1. I was going to say, "Isolation could mean brain rot."

But then realized what would be required for that.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Here's the problem....

"A president needs a staff of professionals to help shape messaging...."

Especially THIS president, because he has NO message! He has no clue, no idea, no vision, no nothing!
He did not want this job - the campaign was a game - he knew he couldn't win - and, "oops!" - he did.

Now what?

He has NO F**KING CLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlexSFCA]

3. all he does is campaigning

[TeamPooka]

4. He's only going to be isolated until Labor Day. When the GOP come back to town

they will all sing kumbaya and talk about moving forward with him and their plans.