Trump insiders unprepared for what comes next as president goes 'off his rocker': author

Trump administration insiders seem to be in denial about President Donald Trump going "off his rocker," which will make them unprepared for what comes next, according to an author.

Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, said on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast, that Trump administration insiders he's spoken with recognize Trump's recent "erratic behavior," but some don't seem to see it as a symptom of a broader issue. He pointed to Trump's recent threat to annihilate the Iranian civilization as one example.

"We have two and a half years left of this term and a president who ... there is every reason to believe — and for every reasonable person to believe — that something is seriously off here and dangerous," Wolff said.

Wolff noted that Trump's threat to end the Iranian civilization sparked calls for his removal from office, which he theorized could come from Republican leadership in Congress.

However, there are many in the administration who still deny Trump's mental decline, Wolff said, which will make it harder for them to deal with it effectively as former President Joe Biden's staff did.

"This is big," Wolff noted. "Even to people who are having relatively frank discussions with me, and these are people, again, who I've known for a long time. It's, you know, 'We're all in this together' sense. And everybody acknowledges that Trump is unique.
Let's put it that way."

But this goes a step further," he added. "To begin to accept that the country's president and, in this case, the country's strongman, the man who has put himself at the center of everything, is off his rocker, is a seriously new ball game."