I already did post on ole’ Donald ‘Hitting a Wall’ now today….
Here’s more on ‘The Donald’ that those from New York KNOW from ‘his’ past…..
The guy has ALWAYS been a failure that has money to get him thru ….
President Trump‘s penchant for chaos — overload the media, public and government with disorienting action and controversial figures — is mass-producing … chaos, everywhere.
Why it matters: As Trump’s 2.0 administration approaches its first 100 days, his less leaky, less back-stabby White House is starting to look more like the first-term one, with a surge in infighting and embarrassing public revelations.
- The promise of Elon Musk’s DOGE is fizzling out, and many administration officials want him out of the White House. (Musk said Tuesday he’ll “significantly” cut back on his government work.)
- Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is awash in firings, leaks and public warnings of internal ineptitude.
- Lots of officials are dumping on Trade Adviser Peter Navarro, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others for their tariff strategy that provoked a global market meltdown, even though it’s really Trump’s policy.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett is covering his own hide amid lots of leaks about him being the voice of sanity. Oddly, good press can be one way to end up on Trump’s bad side.
- And Trump has dumped on the Fed, juicing economic unease with his suggestions of firing Chairman Jerome Powell. He backed away from that Tuesday, a day after the stock market signaled its disapproval.
Zoom in: Trump’s 100-day report card next week also will include growing public concerns about DOGE’s slash-and-burn through federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration.
- And the fighting in Ukraine and Gaza — which Trump promised to end just before or just after taking office — continues. Trump’s hardline approach to Ukraine aid has rattled longtime NATO allies who say they no longer see the U.S. as a reliable security partner.
White House officials are shrugging it off. For now, at least.
- “None of it matters. It’s all noise,” one senior White House official said of the criticism of the administration.
- “People on the outside just have no clue how much incoming we absorb. This is part of the job. We ignore it.”
Driving the news: The administration’s biggest headache of the moment is at the Pentagon, which last week saw a series of senior-level departures.
- The turmoil has raised questions about the leadership capabilities of Hegseth, an ex-Fox News personality with no prior government experience who twice shared sensitive military plans on Signal group chats.
Things are just as unsettled on the tariffs front, where the White House has given contradictory statements on whether there will be exemptions for China-made consumer goods such as iPhones and laptops.
- Trump ratcheted up tariffs on China so high that it effectively halted some trade, horrified retailers and led him and Bessent on Tuesday to start slowly walking them back (albeit rhetorically, for now).
There’s also been mixed messaging on the administration’s handling of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
- During an angry Oval Office showdown with Volodymyr Zelensky in February, Trump had lambasted the Ukrainian president, questioning whether he wanted to end to the war.
- But now, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. could withdrawfrom the peace talks within “days” if there’s no deal between Ukraine and Russia.
- Amid all these unfinished deals, Trump reopened nuclear talks with Iran….
image…Vox
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