NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to shift the focus away from the rocky launch of his administration Friday, getting out of Washington for campaign-style events to energize supporters and talk up factory jobs.

Trump flew to South Carolina, where Boeing is rolling out the first 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft from its assembly line. From there, he’ll continue to Florida, spending time at his estate in Palm Beach and holding one of his signature rallies Saturday in central Florida.

The trip follows a marathon news conference Thursday that appeared to be the start of an effort to galvanize a White House that has been buffeted by crisis and paralyzed by dysfunction.

Trump said Friday on Twitter that he was going to South Carolina “in order to spend time with Boeing and talk jobs!” President Barack Obama made a similar trip in 2012, visiting a Boeing plant in Washington state to view some of the 787s under assembly.

At the raucous news conference, Trump denounced the “criminal” leaks that took down his top national security adviser and revived questions about his own ties to Russia.

He is still trying to stabilize his national security team. On Monday, he demanded the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn following revelations that Flynn had misled Vice President Mike Pence about Flynn’s contacts with Russia. Trump’s first choice to replace Flynn — Vice Admiral Robert Harward — turned down the offer.

Trump also tweeted Friday that “General Keith Kellogg, who I have known for a long time, is very much in play for NSA — as are three others.” Kellogg, who is serving as the acting national security adviser, traveled to South Carolina with Trump aboard Air Force One.

Also on the trip were Trump daughter Ivanka; her husband Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to Trump; White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and strategist Steve Bannon.

The White House said Trump might interview national security candidates while at his estate.

He is holding a campaign-style rally Saturday in Florida, his first one as president. The event at an airport hangar in Melbourne will be 1,354 days before the 2020 election.

For those that are giddy with delight at the buffetings the President of the United states is subject to at the hands of the media and the progressive left, I highly recommend reading “Antifragile” by Talb (that guy that wrote black swan). This book talks about Fragile organisms that seek to centralize power, avoid chaos, unpredictability, and failures. However, when the failures do occur they are generally more catastrophic (black swan) because they never develop an ability to deal with them. Pres Obama is an example of a “fragile” leader…centralized control, take minimal action in order to keep everything as calm as possible, it is better not to act than to act and make a mistake, etc. His legacy is also fragile and the “black swan” of a trump presidency will be catastrophic to its long-term existence. The Policies Obama put in place were not the will of the majority of the people, they were forced on them through a centralization of power that makes it necessary to maintain that power in order to keep the legacy alive. Although Obama the man was wildly popular, his policies have been disastrous to his party and made it more “fragile”. We may very well be witnessing the disintegration of the democratic party as a viable political entity unless they can re-connect with American values….time will tell on that one….The “failure” of the presidential election from the perspective of progressives is the type of black swan event that is catastrophic to fragile entities. The election fractured the progressive power structure and put Obama’s entire legacy at risk. That is why he is coming back to Washington to lead the “shadow gov’t” and try to salvage as much as he can. Pres Trump on the other hand is the opposite of fragile, he is “Antifragile”. He thrives on conflict and “chaos” and is actually stronger because of them. As an antifragile entity, he will have more numerous failures than a fragile one, (more failures and chaos than Obama) but although the errors are more numerous they will have much less impact. As long as he can survive in Washington, the attacks against him only give him more exposure and ultimately make him stronger. Rather than sulk around the White House and only emerge to give the American people a condescending lecture as Obama did, Pres Trump is engaging DIRECTLY with the people that elected him. I expect he will continue to change the standard by which the POTUS communicates with the public. If that means he leads a 2+ hour press conference, or rally in Florida, it doesn’t really matter as long as he is communicating directly, surviving the attacks, and continuing to feed off the negative attention the establishment sends his way….like the first truly “Antifragile” POTUS I think he has the potential to prove he is, he will emerge from this still immensely unpopular with some groups, immensely more popular with others, and in the process could potentially incite the change this country desperately needs. Like a Hydra that grows two heads for every one that is chopped off, an Antifragile POTUS has the potential to turn turmoil, chaos, buffetings, and conflict into an overall positive outcome for the country. I remain optimistic as long as the POTUS continues to spar……his motto should be “Don’t Mess with Trump” for as they say in Texas, if you tangle with a bull, chances are you will get the horns.

Doc’s comments on the country are right on. I think that’s why so much of the electorate don’t waste time voting…………because it really doesn’t matter. Their lives never change, except for what they do individually. JMO

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Some crosses are golden.

There was another great news conference in Washington this week which no network or newspaper covered because they are all owned by the drug companies. It was the RFK, Jr and Robert DeNiro press conference concerning the vaccine holocaust. Go to youtube and hear it. The good thing is that RFK said he talked with Trump about this. Trump said it would cause a firestorm from the drug companies, but that he was not going to let that stop him. Trump really is for the children and people whose lives are being destroyed. Execs at Merck and the CDC should go to jail.

I hope that anyone thinking about getting a flu vaccine should listen to RFK, Jr first.
If you own MRK you would be wise to listen to the press conference.

Agreed excelsior. Some vaccines are certainly beneficial but there are many that are working a hidden business agenda with the pharmaceuticals. This of course is ably assisted by the abundant number of hypochondriacs in the world