JELL-O IN CHIEF. Welcome to Donald Trump's Gelatin Presidency

[DonViejo]

The humiliation of Nikki Haley is the latest sign that this president has a severe deficit in leadership skills.

MATT LEWIS
04.19.18 5:24 AM ET

This week brought yet another humiliation of a Trump cabinet official at the hands of the president himself.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley suffered the latest indignity when she claimed more sanctions on Russia would be coming shortly, only to have top White House officials say she was “confused” and—in a bit of damage control that really didn’t control much damage—out of the loop.

The flap is just the latest example of the Trump presidency eschewing the traditional presidential practices of leadership, communications, and management. Not only did President Trump fail to adequately communicate his shifting positions regarding the potential sanctions, he hung one of his most respected assets out to dry—and then publicly blamed her.

Why does this nonsense keep happening?

It would be easy to write off the Trump Administration as a chaotic joke, but the incompetence we are witnessing is Trump reaping what he has sown. When you elect an inexperienced, “norm-breaking” president, you don’t get to pick and choose the norms you want to break. Trump’s managerial style is so unorthodox that you would be hard-pressed to find any successful leader who would honestly endorse his approach. Rather than studying great servant leaders (Jesus, Washington, Lincoln, et al.) or business and leadership gurus (Dale Carnegie, John Maxwell, Peter Drucker, et al.), Trump’s guide to leadership appears to be the cynical and Machiavellian 48 Laws of Power—and it shows.

Let’s start at the beginning. A good leader must have a clear vision. Dr. Martin Luther King’s was a dream “that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” This was simple, inspirational, and motivational. What is Donald Trump’s vision?

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[notdarkyet]

1. Trumps only driving forces of philosophical and management style(or lack there of) are purely

Greed and ego. There is no desire to learn, read, listen or any other qualities to help his leadership. He doesn’t care and won’t change because he thinks he’s already great.