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Underestimated is that this is hard stuff, legislation and governing. these are big bills that the house and the senate were trying to pass, and you need an engaged and alert president to get them through in the best of times. not only was donald trump not there to help them, he was actively hurting them. it was to the point that if you talked to republicans on the hill, they wanted him out of the meetings because he would set back their agenda. so, look, the republican party legislatively is at sea. they've passed virtually nothing at all, but that is the least of their problems right now bec...

Council of business leaders is falling apart. at least two-thirds of donald trump's digital economy advisory board has resigned according to politico. two other trump advisory boards, as you know, dissolved this week. the business community is now abandoned donald trump, leaving him isolated and undermining his central campaign argument that his business relationships and success would make him an effective president. >> i'm really rich. i know the best people. i know the best managers. i know the best deal makers. i'm a world-class business guy. i have to get along with everybody. i get along...

Psychologically and emotionally unhinged donald trump is and the radiating effects of that on his agenda and on everything else. the other thing that they underestimated is that this is hard stuff, legislation and governing. these are big bills that the house and the senate were trying to pass, and you need an engaged and alert president to get them through in the best of times. not only was donald trump not there to help them, he was actively hurting them. it was to the point that if you talked to republicans on the hill, they wanted him out of the meetings because he would set back their age...

This malignancy will continue. >> having bannon out of the picture will either prove that to be true or false in the coming days. john, you guys at the economist are unabashed capitalists. but what peter was getting at is there is an inability now regardless of whether you're a democrat or republican in america, there's an inability at the moment for the president to get things done, get those things on his legislative agenda accomplished because the president has no allies. he has been, as my colleague stephanie ruhle said, donkey kicking republicans in congress. he's going to be fighting wit...

100% to blame for the murder and violence in charlottesville. that comes as another trump council of business leaders is falling apart. at least two-thirds of donald trump's digital economy advisory board has resigned according to politico. two other trump advisory boards, as you know, dissolved this week. the business community is now abandoned donald trump, leaving him isolated and undermining his central campaign argument that his business relationships and success would make him an effective president. >> i'm really rich. i know the best people. i know the best managers. i know the best de...