Donald Trump losing professional regard of the people who matter

Any US president’s influence is based on his reputation among Congress, bureaucrats, and other elites, and the White House incumbent has rapidly damaged his, says Jonathan Bernstein.

PERHAPS the White House is beginning to understand the folly of simply claiming that everything is going fantastically well.

A senior official tried a new approach last week: He framed the chaos as the kind of work in progress that Silicon Valley celebrates.