Donald Trump's headlong rush to impose tariffs, alienate American allies and allow billionaire Elon Musk to dismantle government services which have led to voter revolts in Republican districts has not only members of the GOP caucus nervous, but also some of the president's closest advisers.
According to a report from Axios founders Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, the Republican president's second term in the White House is "Trump on steroids" and that is raising concerns he may be pushing his luck.
According to their reporting coming after the president's abrasive 99-minute State of the Union address, the president is taking a more "extreme" approach at forcing through his policies with a White House staffers ignoring complaints coming from GOP members.
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"So far, Trump's White House shrugs at concerns and complaints. If anything, aides' collective confidence is on steroids, too. They admit few mistakes, express zero regrets, and believe wholeheartedly they're right and critics are wrong," the report notes before adding not everyone is on board with the unrestrained policy-making.
Speaking with Marc Caputo of Axios, one Trump adviser confided, "Of course I'm worried."
"We're still in the honeymoon phase here. But the stock market and that data and the noise from Elon [Musk] aren't great," they admitted before continuing, "He was so confident and at ease that I started to believe I shouldn't be bedwetting."
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