CNN’s Gergen: ‘Absolutely’ Trump Can Turn His Presidency Around But ‘Shows No Signs of Wanting to Change’

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GERGEN: "Listen, first, typically a president gets big things done in the first year of his presidency and indeed before the August recess. Those are the critical months to get big things done. And for many Republicans, it's been a time of disappointment, sharp disappointment, because they haven't gotten anything significant done through the legislative process, you know, fulfilling promises. And time is running out in this first year to get the big things done. That said, can a president turn his administration around? Can Donald Trump turn his administration around? It is possible, yes, absolutely. That's what Bill Clinton did. But there's an old - you know, there's an old joke about - that I think applies here, and that is, how many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer. Only one. The light bulb must want to change. And the big difference between Clinton and Trump is that Bill Clinton realized and understood that he needed help and he wanted to change. He wanted to get it right. He was - when he talked to me, he was, look, I'm out of position. This is not what I want. This is not the White House I wanted. Help me get things right. And so he worked very hard and he did that. Donald Trump shows no signs of wanting to change. If anything, he seems more set in his patterns. It's very difficult to change the - to turn the ship around when the president himself, you know, wants to keep going in the same direction."