Trump's whiplash weekend heightens questions over leadership

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Trump's whiplash weekend heightens questions over leadership

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/01/politics/donald-trump-price-hurricane-golf-weekend/index.html


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By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer

Updated 6:07 PM ET, Sun October 1, 2017


(CNN)In the span of seventy-two hours, President Donald Trump has fumed and fired a health chief with a penchant for taxpayer-funded private jets, bragged about a recovery process in Puerto Rico that bears little resemblance to reality on the ground, lashed the mayor of the island's capital city for questioning the federal response, and viewed a golf tournament from the "commissioner's suite" at a country club that costs $500,000 to join.

The whiplash weekend just past the eight-month mark of Trump's presidency reflects an administration still dictated by the personal whims of the President, who aides and friends describe as continually agitated by a series of unfulfilled campaign promises and convinced the counsel from his hired hands has steered him woefully off course.

As Trump settled into another weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, the questions about his competence as leader grew louder. Widespread suffering on Puerto Rico has been unmatched by the rhetoric coming from the White House, where the recovery effort is described in far rosier terms.

Questions about Trump's leadership are not new, but the unmet needs of Puerto Rico — the majority of the island is without power, while drinking water and fuel remain scarce — have placed his shirking of presidential norms into sharper relief than ever.

Trump, watching cable news coverage of the devastated island, has grown progressively more angry at depictions of a botched federal response, which he believes contradict the accounts of coordination and aid delivery that have been included in his regular briefings. Over the weekend, he aimed his frustration at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, .................................

[marybourg]

1. There are "questions over leadership"?

I don't know what questions there still can be. It seems pretty clear to me that the person who's supposed to lead is completely incompetent to do so.

[BlueMTexpat]

2. Exactly!

Apparently there are still some in the media who believe that Trump can somehow "pivot" to leadership.

They are idiots.

[tikka]

3. trump's disconnect with reality

is made worse by his staff providing only good news or slanted news of bad situations. There is no excuse for babying this narcissist.

[SergeStorms]

4. When in doubt.....

go golfing. It's not like there was anything more important to do!

Sure, Trump is "convinced the counsel from his hired hands has steered him woefully off course". Of course it might help if he showed the slightest interest in finding out what the hell he's supposed to be DOING!

Always blaming others, never taking personal responsibility for anything he does or doesn't do. What a fucking asshole!