And yet, the articles includes examples of an administration officials advocating it on July 24 and July 27.
So, now we have two different messages. One, directly from the president in public comments saying against it. One at a later date from an administration official in private to people tasked with taking actions in support of it.
We're back to the possible reasons for the disconnect.
- Official was out of sync with administration goals.
- Administration doesn't have a unified goal.
- Administration making public statements that are different from the actions being taken.
So, which do we think it is?
That the administration is incapable of having a unified goal and getting everyone in the administration on the same plan? Or, that they are trying to project one public message while implementing a different actual plan?
NONE of those are great look.