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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums9 days later, Trump hasn't changed. Neither has Washington
9 days later, Trump hasn't changed. Neither has Washington
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/politics/trump-hasnt-changed-neither-has-washington/?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion
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Trump returned from his nine-day trip and immediately began tweeting about the press
Trump is under pressure to stabilize a White House that was spiraling further out of control by the hour
(CNN)Donald Trump's global statesman act lasted all of 12 hours back in the United States.
Hours after getting home from a trip to Europe and the Middle East, the President unleashed a Twitter blast that felt like a pent-up release of fury that had been simmering over the nine days of his debut foreign tour.
Facing a political situation that further deteriorated in his absence, with questions now swirling over his son-in-law and indispensable aide Jared Kushner, Trump is under pressure to stabilize a White House that was spiraling further out of control by the hour when he flew overseas.
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The volley of tweets represented Trump at his most authentic and defiant, lashing out when he feels he is under attack, and appeared to reflect a belief that only he, and not his staff, is qualified to speak in his own defense.
It was a side of the President that had not been much in evidence in his swing through Europe and the Middle East.
While the Russia controversy deepened back home, Trump had remained unusually disciplined -- even if his performance at NATO in Brussels deeply alarmed European leaders who already doubted his commitment to the alliance.
In some ways, he proved doubters wrong on his swing through Saudi Arabia, Israel, Belgium and Italy, advancing his goals, delivering on a pre-planned strategy and avoiding self-harming controversies.
A senior administration official told reporters on Air Force One returning from Sicily this weekend that Trump had established an "extraordinary rapport" with his fellow leaders, and that his foreign tour "will shape, I think, history for generations to come."
But it's one thing to show restraint and self possession during a locked-in string of meetings, photo ops and summits abroad that limit the off-the-cuff moments that often undermine Trump's fortunes.
It will be another to drag his White House free of the political controversy whipped up by the multiple strands of the Russia controversy and endless damaging leaks feeding an extraordinary string of news coverage about it -- not to mention get moving with Congress on health care, tax reform and budget priorities.
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9 days later, Trump hasn't changed. Neither has Washington (Original Post)
riversedge
May 2017
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shraby
(21,946 posts)1. What a g-d bunch of drivel turned into "news".
RKP5637
(67,101 posts)2. Trump, has now cemented himself as a fool across the world! n/t
is the headline that should be on all papers and news broadcasts (and it's NOT fake!).