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President Donald Trump is not having an easy time adjusting to the White House.

Trump and his aides are frustrated by everything from figuring out how to use the cabinet rooms light switches to not letting the constant anti-Trump protests bother them, according to a report by The New York Times on Sunday. The article, which interviewed dozens of government officials, congressional aides, former staff members and other observers of the new administration, also described how Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is concerned by the growing influence of Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, although that may be somewhat offset by Trumps reported frustration at feeling like he hadnt been fully apprised of what his executive order allowing Bannon to sit on the National Security Council would entail indicating that he had not read the executive order before signing it.

As other reports have also indicated, Trump spends a great deal of time watching television, even installing an updated TV in one of the White House rooms so he can follow the news broadcasts while eating his lunch. At the end of the day, when he isnt exploring the White House, he watches TV in his bathrobe, which combined with his regular TV-watching throughout the day has caused some aides to feel his TV-watching is excessive. Trump also seems to be asconcerned with the look of his new White House as its actual policymaking, reportedly poring through a list of 17 window covering options for the Oval Office and ordering his staff to arrange as many televised events in that room as possible.

One friend of Trump, Newsmax Media CEO Chris Ruddy, criticized the presidents staff, telling The Times, I personally think that theyre missing the big picture here. Now hes so caught up, the administration is so caught up in turmoil, perceived chaos, that the Democrats smell blood, the protesters, the media smell blood.

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Donald Trump's White House is plagued with dysfunction: reports - Salon

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Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman have a deeply reported story today about the first two weeks of the Trump presidency, filled with lots of juicy little details. But here's what leaped out at me. See if you can figure out what ties together these five excerpts:

Trump watches lots of cable; he monitors Sean Spicer's press briefing every day; and he fills up time between meetings by showing off the decor of the White House. He doesn't seem to be very busy with actual work, does he? And yet, he wasn't fully briefed on a simple executive order, something that would have taken no more than a few minutes. What's more, it's pretty obvious that he's also signed other executive orders that he barely understands.

This is pretty much what we all expected from Trump, but it's still jarring to see it confirmed. He spends a lot of time in front of the television, he obsesses about polls, he keeps an eye on the daily press briefing, he seethes with anger at criticism, and he putters around whenever there are no meetings scheduled. In other words, he still thinks he's the star of a reality TV show. He cares about his image and his ratings, but that's about it. When it comes to making America great again, he expects his staff to take care of things.

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Here is Trump's truly jaw-dropping tweet from Saturday morning: "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!" Why is this so concerning? It's OK to argue about whether the judge should or shouldn't have issued this order. But Trump is apparently attempting to delegitimize our federal judiciary by calling Judge James Robart, a George W. Bush-appointed judge, a "so-called" judge while arguing that his decision is "ridiculous."

Let's be blunt, because the stakes demand it: An independent federal judiciary is our last, best hope at preventing Trump from violating the US Constitution and illegally grabbing power. And Trump has to understand that, hence his attempt to undermine it.

The President truly appears to be leading a master class in transforming the United States into a dictatorship. Trump -- and it's fair to assume it is by design -- has sought to undermine anyone or anything that tries to counter him.

Trump has clearly begun the process of destroying their credibility so if they come forward in the future to oppose his views or offer facts to undermine his position, he will tell his followers they also aren't to be believed.

And now Trump, who attacked a judge during his campaign, citing his Mexican heritage, has turned on our judiciary again. But this time it's far more disturbing given Trump is not a candidate, but president of the United States. The rationale must be assumed to be the same, namely that Trump wants to delegitimize the judiciary so that court decisions Trump disagrees with will be viewed by his followers as at the least horribly partisan, or at worst invalid.

Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had refused to follow the Court's decision and instead surrounded an all-white high school in his state with National Guard troops to prevent its integration. Eisenhower responded by federalizing the Arkansas National Guard to enforce the Supreme Court's seminal decision and allow black students to attend the school.

Would Trump do the same if he had passionately disagreed with the Court's decision or would he simply ignore it while attacking the legitimacy of our judiciary, sparking a constitutional crisis? And would certain Trump-supporting federal agency heads, or even federal officers, refuse to follow court orders (or at least do it very slowly) because Trump has convinced them the federal judiciary's decisions cannot be trusted?

The Founding Fathers enshrined a separation of powers in our Constitution so that there would be inherent checks and balances to avoid a situation where a president could become a king. After all, the Founders had just risked life and limb rebelling against the King of England.

Trump's concerted attacks to delegitimize our media, our intelligence community and now our federal judiciary would have no doubt alarmed them. And it should be terrifying to every American who truly believes in our Constitution and in the promise of America.

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Sunday, February 5, 2017, 1:04 AM

A bored Donald Trump ignited baseless wars with U.S. allies but cowered during a failed attempt to belittle Zimbabwe on the latest Saturday Night Live.

Alec Baldwin returned to SNL's cold open as the President after a weeks-long hiatus. He was flanked by White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, as the Grim Reaper, who was the mastermind behind Trump's late night dialing.

The results was a testy phone call that appeared to mirror the real moment that sparked a diplomatic fissure with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

"America first. Australia sucks. Your reef is failing. Prepare to go to war," Baldwin's Trump said, hanging up on Beck Bennett as Turnbull as he urged Trump to honor President Obamas decision to accept more than 1,000 of their refugees.

In his next cold call, Baldwin attempted an Abbott and Costello comedy routine with the shows depiction of Mexico President Pea Nieto.

Trump says, Hola? Guy whos going to pay for the wall says what?

Que, Pea Nieto responds, confusing the U.S. leader by taking Trump at his word and speaking in Spanish.

He calls Germanys Angela Merkel only to learn the chancellor still yearns for her "Barach" Obama.

He faltered as Bannon inspired him to call Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and "show them who's boss."

"I will rip out your spine and drink from your skull," said Kenan Thompson as the 92-year-old Mugabe. "You can not even walk downstairs you little white b----."

"Don't ever call Zimbabwe again."

The show packed a world of political satire in the first 30 minutes with actress Melissa McCarthy spoofing Sean Spicer. Next week, Alec Baldwin is slated to return not as SNLs guest Trump, but as host.

Host and actress Kristen Stewart detailed a history of each time Trump offered dating advice to her ex-boyfriend and former "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson.

"I don't think he hated me, I think he's in love with Robert," she said.

If Trump was watching, she had a message for the commander-in-chief.

"I am like so gay, dude." said Stewart, before mistakenly dropping an f-bomb during the opening monologue.

McCarthy made her surprise visit to Saturday Night Live and imagined herself as Spicer delivering a raucous White House press briefing where diaper-clad CNN correspondents are caged for reporting on fake news and journalists are soaked with "soapy water" for daring to call out the Trump administrations lies.

One such reporter was sprayed while asking about the White Houses decision to omit Jewish victims from a statement on Holocaust remembrance.

"I'm washing that filthy lie out of your mouth," said McCarthy.

McCarthys Spicer demanded reporters depict Trumps Supreme Court nomination in a particular fashion their own.

The crowd greeted him with a standing ovation for a full 15 minutes. You can check the tape, she said as Spicer. Everyone was smiling, everyone was happy. The men all had erections and every single one of the women was ovulating.

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