Trump, chaos, competence, and a controversial Signal group chat

President Donald Trump has long argued he is more competent than his political opponents, while they, in turn, contend he is more chaotic, a debate likely to continue as his national security team’s communications in a Signal group chat come under scrutiny.

This has been true since the early days of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, when Trump contrasted his managerial experience with the politicians he was running against. Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, famously labeled Trump a “chaos candidate.”