Donald Trump's presidency is being likened to a 'Weekend at Bernie's' farce by some of his own party's insiders in Washington, who say the administration now resembles a zombie government staggering on while aides desperately pretend everything is normal. That unflattering comparison, detailed by Salon's White House correspondent Brian Karem, has fuelled talk on Capitol Hill that 'Trump fever is breaking' as Republicans privately vent their frustration and brace for a future without the 80‑year‑old president.
Karem's reporting is based on conversations with a mix of officials in the White House and members of Congress, including Republicans who say they are watching their own party's agenda being repeatedly blown off course by the man meant to deliver it. It is not an official diagnosis of the administration so much as a portrait of mood and anxiety within the Republican ranks, drawn from people who are still, at least publicly, supposed to be in Trump's corner.
