‘An unmitigated disaster’: Trump advisors dismayed by president’s continued botching of protest responses

In a report from the Washington Post, one advisor to Donald Trump who works outside the White House complained about the president’s actions relating to the anti-police brutality protests– from tweets to putting up a fence around the White House — and bluntly called his actions an “unmitigated disaster.”

According to the report, the administration is still reeling from reports that the president was whisked away to an underground bunker last Friday due to protests that reached the White House gates, believing the action made the image-conscious Trump look weak. Since that time, the president attempted a photo-op at a church adjacent from the White House that blew up in the administration’s face after peaceful protesters were gassed to clear a path for the president.

Now the White House has greatly expanded fencing around the White House to protect the president which some in the administration thinks projects even more weakness. Continue reading.