“The problem is no one is sure who’s in charge,” a senior official said. “Unless someone comes to u & says, ‘I was w/ the president 5 mins ago,’ & you know they’re telling the truth, getting irreversible direction is a little difficult.” washingtonpost.com/politics/infig…
“People just show up in the Oval and spout off ideas,” said a former senior administration official briefed on the coronavirus discussions. “He’ll either shoot down ideas or embrace ideas quickly. It’s an ad hoc free-for-all with different advisers just spitballing.”