News analysis: Why does Trump frequently change people?

News analysis: Why does Trump frequently change people? News analysis: Why does Trump frequently change people? Xinhua News Agency, Washington, March 14 News analysis: Special...

News analysis: Why does Trump frequently change people?

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, March 14th News analysis: Why does Trump frequently change people?

Xinhua News Agency reporters Xu Jianmei and Liu Yang

The reasons for these people leaving are different. Some are due to political disagreements with Trump, such as Tillerson and Cohen; some are due to the "Russian collusion" investigation, such as Flynn and Comey; some are due to infighting in the White House, such as Priebus, Spicer, and Bannon; and some are due to personal scandals, such as Health Secretary Price who resigned due to the charter flight incident, and White House Secretary Rob Porter who resigned due to domestic violence accusations.

In this regard, the White House and most mainstream American media have polarized opinions. The latter has been criticizing that since Trump took office, chaos in the government's internal operations has become the norm; Trump insists that his governance is stable and effective.

Since the election, Trump has been fiercely exchanging blows with the mainstream American media, which has become a daily spectacle in American political life. What is more noteworthy this time is that in the face of the personnel uproar in the White House and Trump's unconventional way of handling personnel changes (announced Tillerson's resignation through Twitter, while Tillerson himself was still on his way back to the United States from Africa and was unaware of it), the Republican Party has shown increasing tolerance and acceptance. Some Republican congressmen lamented: "We have become numb to this." Former White House press secretary Spicer defended Trump, saying that the U.S. economy, stock market, and tax reform have been successful. Since everything is going well, what's the point of a little chaos within the government?

For more than a year, Trump has used social media to successfully isolate criticism from the mainstream American media from his base. He is obviously no longer as willing as he was when he took office to win over the Republican establishment, listen to its suggestions, and show goodwill and compromise. Among congressional Republicans, very few have publicly spoken out against Trump. Even Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Corker and others, who have "fallen apart" from Trump, have supported Trump at critical moments such as tax reform. In contrast, the Republican establishment is focused on the congressional midterm elections in November this year and is wary of Trump's control of the Republican base of voters.

This has made Trump increasingly aggressive towards the Republican Party for some time. US media have long commented that Trump trusts his own instincts far more than his own advisers. In fact, from the election to the present, his intuitive judgments on many events are more in line with the "local temperament" of the Republican base voters, and he is far better than the Republicans in Congress in this regard. Trump has so far been relatively successful in making intuitive judgments and using Twitter to maintain his base, and this success has also boosted his self-confidence, which may have a double-edged sword effect in the future.

Many signs indicate that Trump hopes to play the role of decision-maker, announcer and even spokesperson regardless of domestic affairs, foreign affairs, economic and trade fields. He continues to throw policy boulders through Twitter, arousing spectacular public opinion splashes. But announcing policy intentions is one thing, but who will implement it and how? Analysts believe that this shows that Trump may have a "reality show" mentality, or that he has an original intention to shift the focus of public opinion and public attention. In short, he often uses major policy announcements as a strategic means.

"Guess who won't come to dinner" has always been a hot topic in the American media. Analysts believe that personnel changes in the Trump administration may continue to occur.