US uneasy as president limps from crisis to crisis

With reports of nervous White House staff trying to hide from a screaming president who spends his day in front of the TV, Elizabeth Drew looks at the possible way forward.

ON BOTH sides of the White House fence, near-nervous breakdowns abound.

The White House staff is said to be in a state of near collapse — bouncing from one presidential crisis to another, trying all the while to hide from a screaming president.