"A DOWNWARD SPIRAL"

Trump pulls everyone else down with him 

http://www.salon.com/2017/05/17/the-white-house-is-overwhelmed-with-the-russia-scandal/
Trump apparently retreated to the White House residence within an hour-and-a-quarter of the [Comey] story being published, leaving staffers to fend for themselves. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/white-house-staff.html
The president’s appetite for chaos,