Meacham: Trump ‘Creates His Own Dramas’

‘He selectively challenges some cultural convention then gets mad when people like us talk about it’

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MEACHAM: "There’s a couple norms breaking down. One is the press secretary role. The other is the White House counsel itself which used to represent the office of the president institutionally and now it seems to be representing the president and his personal capacity whether there are nuances there. But clearly I heard somebody say this weekend a wonderful line, there’s the West Wing and then there’s Donald Trump. And one of the mysteries of the era to me is why he doesn’t do what is self evidently in his own interest? What you’re saying about setting up a Lanny Davis-like operation outside -- outside the White House. The other thing, is -- this is a more general point, but he creates his own dramas, right? So he says something. He electively challenges some cultural convention then gets mad when people like us talk about it. And it’s the self defeating cycle. And it doesn’t — we used to say it doesn’t have to be this way. Maybe it just does. Maybe there’s no capacity to learn or grow."

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