‘In a Dark Place’: A President Increasingly Angry and Isolated

By Rebecca Ballhaus Close Rebecca Ballhaus and Andrew Restuccia Close Andrew Restuccia Updated Jan. 8, 2021 8:40 am ET WASHINGTON—President Trump late Thursday called the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters a “heinous attack” and said he would leave office peacefully Jan. 20, after facing bipartisan criticism for his reaction to the riot and increasing pressure for his removal.

Members of his inner circle, including chief of staff Mark Meadows, senior adviser Stephen Miller, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Mr. Cipollone, and the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, urged him to put out another statement Thursday, aides said, telling him Americans needed to hear directly from the president.

Mr. Trump had planned to spend the weekend at Camp David, but a White House official said those plans had been scrapped. Officials were also making plans for a possible presidential trip to Texas next week for an event at the border, a White House aide said. On Wednesday, shortly before the president left the White House to deliver remarks to supporters, Mr. Pence told him that he lacked the constitutional authority to block certain electors from being counted, which the president had been pushing him to do, according to people familiar with the conversation. Mr. Pence said it would set a bad precedent if he veered off course, according to one of the people.

Meanwhile, the ranks around the president have thinned in the 24 hours since the riot at the Capitol. On Thursday, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao became the first cabinet secretary to resign, citing the “entirely avoidable” storming of the Capitol. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday evening, saying in a letter to the president there was “no mistake the impact your rhetoric had” on Wednesday’s events.

The president’s inner circle is the smallest it has ever been, people close to him said. He is increasingly communicating largely with devoted advisers Mr. Miller, John McEntee and Dan Scavino. Even some of Mr. Trump’s staunchest defenders have distanced themselves. Sen. Lindsey Graham said on the Senate floor Wednesday night: “Count me out. Enough is enough.”

Like a spoiled child who didn’t get his way, and mad at the world: who holds the nuclear launch codes.

If it is the fact that some in administration staying around to contain president, then this is all the more reason to impeach him. Those around him knows he is mentally unstable and potentially of grave dangerous consequences in this situation. You cannot not take action!

Yes, all his hopes were dashed.

I trust the people and istitution of USA. No mercy for nobody in that circle

Angry and isolated is exactly what he has done to our Nation.

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