{"id":9623,"date":"2018-01-09T13:33:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2018-01-09T13:33:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:33:38","slug":"the-decline-of-anti-trumpism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-decline-of-anti-trumpism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Decline of Anti-Trumpism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Anti-Trump lowbrowism burst into full bloom with the new Michael Wolff book.<\/span> <\/em> Credit<\/span> Carlos Barria\/Reuters<\/em> <\/span><\/h6>\n

The New York Times<\/strong>
\nby David Brooks
\n1\/8\/2018<\/h3>\n

Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me start with three inconvenient observations, based on dozens of conversations around Washington over the past year:<\/em><\/p>\n

First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised. They find that Trump is not the raving madman they expected from his tweetstorms or the media coverage. They generally say that he is affable, if repetitive. He runs a normal, good meeting and seems well-informed enough to get by.<\/em><\/p>\n

Second, people who work in the Trump administration have wildly divergent views about their boss. Some think he is a deranged child, as Michael Wolff reported. But some think he is merely a distraction they can work around. Some think he is strange, but not impossible. Some genuinely admire Trump. Many filter out his crazy stuff and pretend it doesn\u2019t exist.<\/em><\/p>\n

My impression is that the Trump administration is an unhappy place to work, because there is a lot of infighting and often no direction from the top. But this is not an administration full of people itching to invoke the 25th Amendment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Third, the White House is getting more professional. Imagine if Trump didn\u2019t tweet. The craziness of the past weeks would be out of the way, and we\u2019d see a White House that is briskly pursuing its goals: the shift in our Pakistan policy, the shift in our offshore drilling policy, the fruition of our ISIS policy, the nomination for judgeships and the formation of policies on infrastructure, DACA, North Korea and trade.<\/em><\/p>\n

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View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/08\/opinion\/anti-trump-opposition.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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