Leavitt steps away, DJ Rubio wings it: Trump’s White House looks increasingly chaotic |
AN OFT-REPEATED REFRAIN, uttered daily by the world’s foremost power brokers and ordinary people in the street alike, is “what will Trump do next?”
His unpredictability, his propensity for saying the outrageous and his total disregard for the customs and precedents that effectively bound his predecessors at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, combine with other factors to render theirs an entirely legitimate question. This reality is quite vexing for those of us who endeavour in vain to analyse it cogently.
The highly unusual nature of President Donald Trump’s administration was captured in a chaotic media briefing featuring the man once nicknamed “Little Marco” by the commander-in-chief of the United States military and now serving as both the US Secretary of State and acting National Security Adviser.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to speak at a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo
In addition to those demanding jobs, he apparently also assumed, at least temporarily, the role of White House Press Secretary in the absence of the combative Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave.
At the press conference, Rubio’s lines included the bizarre and unexpected: “You’re not ready for my DJ name” and “I’m winging it, guys.”
Although it, again, represents a significant departure from the manner in which prior presidential spokespeople conducted themselves, some of the gathered journalists welcomed the break from the sharp ripostes of the undeniably capable Leavitt.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.Source: Alamy Stock Photo
More shortly on the tasks allocated to Rubio, his boss’s would-be successor, but let’s examine a few major happenings at the moment for the Trump regime and their import ahead of November’s midterm........