I joined BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to lay out the significance of the latest drama of Donald Trump — the embrace of Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci and the consequent dismissal of Chief of Staff Priebus.
Preceded by an overview by the BBC’s NOrth Peter Bowes, the discussion explains Trump’s dive into the bunker — amid domestic paralysis, foreign policy uncertainty, and the Trump-Russia investigation — as he surrounds himself with family, New York contacts, and military commanders.
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But that is only likely to add to his troubles: the effect — marked by the dismissal of Priebus, the former head of the Republican National Committee — is to distance himself from the base of the Republican Party.
In response to the question, “What does this mean?”, my answer: “Chaos”.
