As advisors leave one by one, will Trump be alone in the White House?

The White House "Advisory Mill"

According toNew York Times, up to this point, the rate of advisers fired by Mr. Trump or resigning themselves has reached a record high of 43%, following the latest statement by National Economic Advisor Gary D. Cohn.

According to experts, the above number may continue to increase rapidly in the context of US President Donald Trump increasingly showing that he wants to make important decisions himself without consulting close advisors.

The constant departure of Trump’s advisers not only reflects the divisions in the West Wing but also shows the US President’s inconsistent governing style. He constantly seeks out people with fresh voices but also does not hesitate to “abandon” these people if he feels they are no longer trustworthy.

While Mr. Trump has insisted that this will not lead to chaos in the West Wing but will instead keep his team of advisers in a constant state of innovation and better suggestions, many White House officials believe that the US President will quickly fall into a state of trusting only his instincts and personal judgment no matter what his advisers say.

“The truth is that no one can maintain good intuition forever,” said James K. Glassman, a senior State Department official under President George W. Bush. “Everyone needs a foundation of strong values ​​and beliefs and good advice to challenge themselves.”

According to Mr. Glassman, it seems that Mr. Trump has come to the conclusion that his predecessors made a mistake by listening to bad advice: “Mr. Trump looks at Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama and thinks, they made bad decisions on Iraq, Iran, and health care, so why should he follow in their footsteps?

Mr. Trump believes that he was right during the US presidential campaign to trust his instincts and will do so throughout his term in office.

Failure to create a shared vision

Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Schumer said that advisor Cohn's decision to leave shows that Mr. Trump has not been able to build a group of advisors with a common vision to help him overcome the political and policy challenges that a US President must face.

“One of the problems in the White House is that the number of people who can actually do their jobs is dwindling every day. The chaos we saw last week will continue to happen over and over again,” Schumer said.

In response, the White House accused Mr. Schumer's own Democratic lawmakers of blocking the appointment of many officials chosen by Mr. Trump for partisan reasons.

However, according to experts, the recent departures came from White House advisers appointed by Mr. Trump without Senate approval. Specifically, the reason Mr. Cohn gave for his resignation was internal disagreement over the US increasing tariffs on imported aluminum and steel products from abroad.

Mr. Cohn's decision to resign came shortly after White House Communications Director Hope Hicks and White House Secretary Rob Porter both resigned for different reasons.

The 43 percent rate of advisers fired or resigned under President Donald Trump is far greater than any previous administration over the past 40 years. That number will “jump up quickly” if rumors of further departures from White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, National Security Adviser HR McMaster and even Trump’s own son-in-law Jared Kushner are true.

Even if they have no intention of leaving, the constant media speculation makes it difficult for them to fully commit to their jobs, experts say. Few of the early Trump staffers are still in office.

Please Trump or go

Ms. Kellyanne Conway, one of the few remaining advisers from when Mr. Trump first took office, said she always reminded her colleagues that their job was to please the President.

“There are only two people who work in this building who are officially elected — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. If you’re not on this list, you know what to do,” Conway said.

According to advisers close to Mr. Trump, his style of running his work in the Oval Office is no different from how he ran his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower before.

According to Mr. Roger J. Stone Jr., one of Mr. Trump's "right-hand men" in politics, the constant change of advisers in the White House "is a good thing because it reflects Mr. Trump's strong spirit.

The people who have to go are the ones who told him we can't do this. That's going to be bad for the people who are on his advisory team."

According to Mr. Stone, those who want to work for Mr. Trump must understand that, “he is extremely tough. When he decides to do something, he will not pay attention to the advice of his advisers, but trust his own judgment.”

President Trump has also said he is happy with the constant hiring and firing of his advisers and that more will be leaving in the future. He has also dismissed criticism that he has a “hire problem” and said that the people working at the White House are “full of energy.”

“There are always people who want to change. Sometimes they want to leave and do other things, but everyone who works in the White House wants to be here for a long time. And the people who are coming in are thinking the same way. I have a lot of people who are leaving,” Trump said.

However, Mr. Trump still made many advisors wary when he joked about the "revolving door" at a recent annual dinner with politicians and media celebrities.

When asked about the personnel situation in the White House, Mr. Trump calmly said: "I like chaos" and did not hesitate to mention his wife in his rather obvious joke: "Who will have to go next? Steve Miller or my wife Melania?"./.