The <strong>Pittsburgh</strong> <strong>Patrika</strong>, Vol, 22, No. 4, <strong>July</strong> <strong>2017</strong> The Quarterly Magazine (Jan, Apr, Jul, and Oct) for the Indian Diaspora Vol. 22 No. 4 www.pittsburghpatrika.com <strong>July</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Phone/Fax: (724) 327 0953 2 e-mail: The<strong>Patrika</strong>@aol.com Unsettling Early Days of Trump’s Presidency People are incapable of rationally responding to frequent, erratic changes even in their personal lives — in their careers, health, marriages … — all occurring around the same time. They become numb and focus on how to get through the day. When these changes do not immediately affect them, people ignore them even when these changes have long-term consequences for them personally. That is what is happening since Donald Trump became the president. Ordinary folks — not people in the news business, politicians, partisan types or news junkies — simply have withdrawn, as if this is happening in some other country far away. But late-night comedy shows are having a field day with grains of hard truths underneath the supposedly humorous quips in these shows. Trump’s harshest critics are not only liberal writers of the New York Times and the Washington Post, but also traditional conservatives like the Wall Street Journal’s editors, David Brooks, Bill Kristol, and many others. GOP members of Congress are adrift, thinking about their own survival in next year’s mid-term elections. Only right-wing radio and TV talk shows are singing the paeans of praise for Trump. With his erratic management style, Trump’s White House staff work under fear, insecurity, and embarrassment. These are the most loyal people willing to be the fall guys for their boss. When they try to shield their erratic boss — we understand this is in their job description — they contradict themselves often within the same day and become caricatures. Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer is one example. His Secretaries of State and Defense are in the dark on key foreign policy decisions till they see them in the media. With Trump’s obsession over not getting favorable news coverage, he runs his administration by nocturnal tweeting. His staff wake up each day wondering which bizarre comments of their boss they need to defend. Nearing his six months in office, thousands of jobs in the Trump administration are vacant, many needing Senate approval, including ambassadorships, usually given as return favors to big donors in the election. Many offices of federal prosecutors are also vacant. People have
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