Commander in Chaos
DAVID A. GRAHAM
AUG 25, 2017
... The hiring of Anthony Scaramucci and resignation of Sean Spicer happened on a Friday; Reince Priebus was pushed out the following Friday; and a few Fridays later, so was his old antagonist Steve Bannon.
... In a span of just a few hours on Friday, President Trump signed a directive barring transgender troops from the military, pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and bid farewell to Sebastian Gorka, one of his more flamboyant aides. Meanwhile, North Korea launched several ballistic missiles and the hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast was upgraded to a category 4 storm.
... It is difficult to imagine even the most smoothly operating White House juggling so many crises at once, and this White House is nowhere near smooth operation ...
... The White House has reportedly researched the limitations of Trump’s pardoning power in relation to the growing investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia. In another nugget .. likely to be overlooked .. NBC .. reported that .. Robert Mueller has compelled testimony from associates of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The president has reportedly clashed with several GOP senators in recent week over that investigation ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/trump-news-dump-transgender-arpaio-gorka-harvey/538116/
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