Trump Is Creating a Dangerous Echo Chamber Around Himself

President Donald Trump is shaking things up once again. He is using his deep experience on “The Apprentice” to jettison some high-profile administration officials who are rubbing him the wrong way. Trump seems eager to orchestrate a purge — he said this week that there “will always be change.”

And a lot of change could be coming. CNN’s Jim Acosta reported a source close to the White House saying, “Everyone loves a season finale.”

The shake-up is the latest in a series of rapid-fire departures that have taken place over the past few weeks, including Gary Cohn (National Economic Council director), Hope Hicks (White House communications director), John McEntee (personal aide to the President) and Josh Raffel (White House communications aide).

And these come on top of a number of other high-profile exits such as Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, Anthony Scaramucci, Sean Spicer and Michael Flynn that have made this White House feel like a game of musical chairs.

The possible removal of McMaster, the firing of Tillerson and the resignation of Cohn are perhaps the most problematic. By ousting three voices who have been the most at odds with the style of the President and key parts of his policy agenda, Trump is in the process of creating a dangerous echo chamber. His inner circle will be filled with people who sound just like him or who are willing to carry out whatever he says.

Rather than broadening the range of voices who have a place at the table and who can provide him with diverse analysis about how to handle the crises that the nation faces, Trump seems instead to be getting rid of anyone who sings even a slightly different tune.

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