It still sounds like your Chretien's communications guy.  However, every leader needs good cheerleaders.

However, the US problem is not ALL Trump's fault.  How would the John McCain vote have been accepted by Chretien.  He would have shot him on the spot.  So a large part of US disfunction is that the Republican party in NOT united.  They were split by the creation of the tea party and that rift has not healed.  They are the same people who offered no olive branch of cooperation on any issue to Obama.

The financial backers of the tea party hate Trump because he prevented either of their two boys (Cruz, Rubio) getting elected.  Trump chose Prebus to bridge that gap.  After the health bill failure it became apparent he could not do that so he is gone.  The showdown continues.