There are reports that
Reince Priebus, former chair of the Republican National Committee and currently
Donald Trump’s chief of staff, may be on his way out. This follows months of
maneuvering and jockeying for power among the upper levels of Trump’s White
House staff, which in turn followed the well-documented power struggles within
the staff of Trump’s presidential campaign.
Many have argued that this behavior,
implicitly encouraged by Trump, is no way to run a country. But it wouldn’t be
so bad if it actually got results. If the Trump administration at this point,
more than one hundred days in, was an unqualified success, if Obamacare repeal
had passed Congress and tax reform was on its way to becoming law, then the
power plays and shifting allegiances would be a worthy price for getting
results. But the fact is that those goals are nowhere close to being met, and
it seems improbable that the current mode of administration is particularly
well-suited to meeting them in the near future.
The current system simply isn’t working.
The White House needs to get rid of the infighting, build a team consensus, and
get to work.
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