Jim Geraghty of National Review Online offers one solution for addressing chaos within the Trump administration.
Does the president walk around the White House, wondering why all these bad things keep happening to him through no fault of his own? Does he see himself as a lone, tortured strategic genius constantly held back by the incompetent staff around him? Or can he realize that some of the problems of his White House stem from his own behavior and decision-making?
If President Trump wants the rest of his presidency to be better and more productive than the first six months, he will have to make some changes — not to his staff, and not to his policies, but to himself.
The long and difficult road to repealing Obamacare demonstrates that the president had little familiarity with the details of the legislation and even fewer clear priorities; he wants to sign a bill and be able to boast that he did it. On tax reform and infrastructure, which the White House had called its next major goals, the president may need to spell out which provisions he thinks are high priorities. …
… The president might need to stop winging it in interviews. The communications director and press secretary could probably use a heads-up if the president feels like criticizing one of his own cabinet members in an interview with the New York Times.
The president’s Twitter account can be a powerful tool, one that is probably best not focused on the face of Mika Brzezinski or the question of who will replace Greta van Susteren on MSNBC.
