David Gergen actually said...

I think the White House feels he has been out a lot on television, as Maggie said, but crucially, he is not effective.

the way he's acting is making it worse not better, in my judgment for his command and leadership of the country.

It may be a joke to Republican senators, it is not being treated as a joke in China.

It's as if the President is trying to normalize a President of the United States asking a foreign power to do a political favor for him to h...