WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is puzzled by the dollar: Is it a powerful, economy-friendly one? Or weak?
So he called - except Trump brought any business leader, even from an old friend of his real estate. Instead, he called his National Security Advisor, Retired Lieutenant General Mike Flynn, based on two sources familiar with Flynn's event.
Flynn has a long record in counterintelligence, but not in macroeconomics. He told Trump that he did not know that it was not his area of expertise. Maybe Trump should ask an economist.
Trump was not happy with the reaction, but it could be a function of time in the day. Trump has called at 3 am, according to a restatement by Flynn, though neither the White House nor Flynn's office has responded to confirmation of the details.
For the Americans, they put their impressions of Trump on the competent and decisive tycoon who portrayed his "apprentice" television reality program, portraits of these and many other things that emerged from his administration May seem shocked: an impulsive, concerned about the state's support than the details of his own policies - and quick accusations when things do not go his way.
Unsurprisingly, Trump's turbulence created a mature environment for his executive, even in his White House leak. Although the leak usually involves staff destroying each other to improve their status or attempt to plunder policy ideas, they find that there is really a problem, Trump's 2-week old administration has a third category: the White House and agency officials leaked by the president's behavior was shocked.
"I've been in this town for 26 years, and I've never seen anything like this," said Eliot Cohen, president of President George W. Bush and a senior member of the National Security Council of the State Department. "I really do not think this is a mental health president.
For example, there is Trump's briefing material. The commander-in-chief did not like to read long memos, the White House helped those who asked to remain anonymous told the Huffington Post. Therefore, they are best not to exceed one page. They must have bullet points, but no more than nine per page.
Small things can bring him great joy or have a strong stimulus. Trump told the New York Times that he was fascinated by the telephone system in the White House. At the same time, he registered a complaint about the Air Force One Hand Towel, White House aides said, because they were not soft enough.
He has been particularly obsessed with his assistant's performance in cable television. Past presidents often do not have time to look at their press secretary and journalist's daily briefings, but Trump seems to have become part of his daily routine. His weekly management of "Saturday Night Live" is also on his must watch list - his reaction from shameless to boiling.
Information about Trump's personal contacts and internal workings of his administration came from HuffPost, the executive and the White House's own individual. They are talking about anonymous conditions because of fear of losing their jobs.
While some of the leaks were based on objections to his policies - such as travel bans for all refugees and tourists from seven major Muslim countries - many seem to be posing a real threat because of Trump's beliefs, behavior and tweaks.
When Trump issued information about North Korean missile technology three weeks before he took office, for example, then President Barack Obama's National Security Agency, which saw a challenge to an unstable young dictator Possess the risk of nuclear weapons.
Richard Nephew, an expert on the Obama sanctions issue at the State Department, said the leaks from some agencies might be to let the public know that their recommendations were not being followed if bad things happened on the road. "This, I think, is to show that these people are trying to do the right thing and only so much that they can do a hostile administration," Nephew said.
