Faces hurdles as Congress returns
David Smith and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
He has gone from The Art of the Deal to How to Lose Friends and Alienate People ...
... the coming week puts him back .. behind a desk, haggling over policy, juggling egos, playing politics, dealing with details and trying to do what he has not managed in seven months by getting some significant legislation passed. And he must do so in the teeth of a hostile headwind of his own making.
Trump has united Democrats and activists in opposition, burned bridges with many Republicans, lost some White House allies, such as chief strategist Steve Bannon, and angered others, such as chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, strained relations with cabinet members, including attorney general Jeff Sessions and secretary of state Rex Tillerson, clashed with the judiciary, squandered goodwill in the business community – he was forced to abandon three advisory panels as CEOs fled – and provoked a fierce backlash from many in the media, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. No man is an island, but the US president has become a uniquely toxic figure.
“Trump’s residual support among his base is the only prop holding him up in Washington, where he demonstrated no competence and no strength in governing,” said Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior adviser to Bill Clinton. “He is seen by the Republican leadership as a profoundly destructive factor they haven’t figured out how to contain ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/02/a-uniquely-toxic-figure-donald-trump-faces-extra-hurdles-as-congress-returns
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