I am guessing that the team that Trump has gathered around him are not the sort of slick political unit that Obama obviously had.
I dare say that some have been chosen because they remind Trump of his own values and ideals. Which may not make them the most competent people to be guiding the world's most powerful politician and his wife on cultivating the sort of public image expected of them.
Of course Chomsky could be correct, and this could all be a convenient sideshow to divert attention away from what should be the real news. While the press is focusing on Trump's latest outrageous statement, Trump's latest gaffe, or Melania's plagiarised speeches and inappropriate jacket, nobody is paying attention to what is really going on.
......Or de-escalation and nuclear disarmament of North Korea (vs I guess "Slick" Obama giving pallets of cash to Iran)
I mean sure. I agree that much of any import is being ignored in a mad attempt to make the President look as bad as possible.
But let's be real. Trump is a braggart. Trump is inarticulate, full of bluster and bullshit and lacks any grace, poise or finesse.
Surely concentrating on dumb shit and worse still deliberately misrepresenting and using selective outrage and the like is not entirely playing into anyone's hands but Trump.
The truth is that the people that are going to vote in the mid terms are likely to be around around 40-45% Trump Supporters and about 40-45% Democrat Supporters with the 10-20% left being independent. Trump does not have to be popular. He does not need to increase his base.
Democrats have to win back a shit load of seats. In order to impeach him they need 66% majority and they do not even have 50% at the moment. The blue wave they were counting on seems to be drying up.
But worse still Trump solidifies his position with his hard on immigration policies that match what he campaigned on. His base will see this as him doing what he said, independents are likely to be too swayed by him doing what he says (there may be a tiny amount of movement) HOWEVER on the other side, the Democrats and Liberals calling for harassment of his staff and making threats to his family and the like is NOT a winner. This will distance the independent vote and may even cause a few in the Democrat camp to distance themselves from the ballot.
I do think the big things like the tax cuts and the Nuclear treaty and the like will be a matter of "what have you done for me lately?". So he will need a few big things and he has a bit of time. But in all honesty if the Mueller thing is a bust, and I think it is, and the liberals and Democrats keep doing dumb shit, and he drops a few things to make people feel good and happy about him JUST before the Midterms, things are going to be very bad for the next two years for the Democrats.
They need to fight better, get a proper plan and platform and a couple of decent leaders and then they may be able to get some momentum before November. They have to stop being reactive and petty.