>Most people see clips of him at rallies. Or yelling at
>reporters in front of a helicopter. This gives people a chance
>to see him really play president in front of the cameras.
>
>We might think he bungling everything, but I think the is
>value in just the image of the daily crisis briefing.
>
>>
>>I mean, I guess he is the president, so by default when the
>>camera is on him he looks "presidential."
>>
>


But he DID have week where it really looked like he was listening to the actually smart people in the room. He was starting the briefings and then getting out of the fucking way.

He clearly wasn't the focus and didn't make himself the focus.... it probably killed him, psychologically, but it actually WAS good leadership at that moment.

Of course he's back to his race-baiting, blame shifting ways so you know he probably perceived his actual best performance as him being weak. God forbid he makes decisions based on his actual impact rather than whether his ego is intact.

I also think what really unnerved him and put him on his back foot was the market tanking. He seems to really have tied his ego as president to the market.