Peggy Noonan: Trump ‘is the problem,’ not his staff

By Eddie Scarry

Published May 19, 2017 4:22pm ET

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Peggy Noonan: Trump ‘is the problem,’ not his staff — "It is absurd to think the president can solve his problems by firing his staff," she wrote. "They are not the problem. He is the problem." (Flickr)

Conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan said a White House staff shakeup that President Trump is reportedly considering is unlikely to fix his problems.

In an op-ed published Thursday night, Noonan said Trump is in need of an intervention by congressional Republicans and that White House dysfunction is Trump’s fault alone.

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