A White House where no one is in charge
In early January, House Speaker Paul Ryan met on the issue of tax reform with a delegation from the president-elect. Attending were future chief strategist and senior counselor Stephen K. Bannon, future chief of staff Reince Priebus, future senior adviser Jared Kushner, future counselor Kellyanne Conway and future senior policy adviser Stephen Miller. As the meeting began, Ryan pointedly asked, Whos in charge?
Silence.
It is still the right question. Former officials with deep knowledge of the presidency describe Donald Trumps White House staff as top-heavy, with five or six power centers and little vertical structure. The desire to be a big shot is overrunning any sense of team, says one experienced Republican. This will cause terrible dysfunction, distraction, disloyalty and leaks.
Trump has run a family business but never a large organization. Nor has he seen such an organization as an employee. Trump, says another former official, is ill-suited to appreciate the importance of a coherent chain of command and decision-making process. On the contrary, his instincts run instead toward multiple mini power centers, which rewards competing aggressively for Trumps favor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-white-house-where-no-one-is-in-charge/2017/02/13/7718a5ec-f217-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.b1ebb7474866&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Timmygoat
(779 posts)Now that Russia has launched a missile in spite of agreements made to end the cold war, will Trump, as Spicer has said 'Get tough
on Russia. Your move Mr Trump!
murielm99
(30,656 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)if nobody is officially in charge and there's no hierarchy, then everybody can keep endlessly passing the blame off on each other...