Webster Tarpley lists the issues that have led to disarray and chaos in the Trump administration -
- Moslem ban - shot down once as unconstitutional, now shot down again
- Trump/Ryan Healthcare - bogged down, doing poorly
- The Budget - DOA, under heavy fire
- Conflicts of Interest - ongoing
- Russia-gate - Flynn, Sessions
- Wiretapping Accusations
- Tax Return issue
Tarpley says that with so many problems and such a hostile media, Trump's advisors decided to 'scandal hop', meaning they would purposely bring forth something less damaging to take the media coverage away from the more serious scandals. For example, the release of the tax returns was timed to reduce media coverage of Russia-gate.
While this tactic moves attention from the most negative to the less negative, it's still a net negative and tends to just perpetuate the negative slide. So Trump ends up just juggling the negatives. If things continue to deteriorate, scandal hopping can become 'crisis hopping', which looks like where we're heading.
A lot of Republicans in Congress could look to distance themselves from the administration in preparation for the mid-term elections.
So looks like a long 4 years folks.
