Tensions and chaos rattle US National Security Council
Many working there have been disturbed by displays of overt partisanship
Washington
THESE are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional centre of management for a US president's dealings with an uncertain world.
Three weeks into the Trump administration, council staff members get up in the morning, read President Donald Trump's Twitter posts and struggle to make policy to fit them. Most are kept in the dark about what Mr Trump tells foreign leaders in his phone calls.
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