So everything that's happened until now is just the stuff that they had to let slide?

The "Muslim ban," the calls to maybe break up the 9th Circuit, the getting-his-ass-handed-to-him-by-Mexico, the feud with Canada, the tax "plan" consisting of a one-page dream journal, the revisitation of the "Muslim ban"—these are the non-crazy things that passed muster with his crack team of Trump confidantes?

What the flying hell must his confidants be nixing? What counts as too crazy for them—given the stuff that actually makes it through? Sending troops to occupy the Supreme Court? Parachuting Navy SEALs into North Korea to personally replace all of Kim Jong-un's snacks with ones past the expiration dates? Attempting to sell Hawaii to a Nigerian prince he met on Twitter? What sorts of stories are going to come out about Donald Trump, after he leaves the Oval Office and all the staffers are finally free to truly dish?

“Everyone is concerned that things are not running that well,” said one senior official. “There should be more structure in place so we know who is working on what and who is responsible for what, instead of everyone freelancing on everything.”

And yet there's freakin' not, and there's not going to be, because Trump's "management style" is to not give a damn about managing things. Or even think about things!

White House aides have figured out that it’s best not to present Trump with too many competing options when it comes to matters of policy or strategy. Instead, the way to win Trump over, they say, is to present him a single preferred course of action and then walk him through what the outcome could be – and especially how it will play in the press.

Why stop there? Why not give him a coloring book depicting his yes-or-no possible choices and select what to do based on which page he's colored the most on? Are we afraid he won't get past the first page? Is he allowed crayons, in the Oval Office?

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has developed a ritual of sorts: Just before going onstage for his televised briefings, he usually walks down the hall to the Oval Office to ask Trump what he wants to hear on TV that day.

And then no matter how stupid it is, he goes out and says it. Whether it's true or false or patently insane or the ravings of a lunatic mind don't enter into it, the only television screen Sean Spicer cares about is the one permanently lodged in front of his boss's eyeballs. We've given up entirely on the press briefings being either informative or tethered to reality—they are a one-man puppet show dedicated to soothing a pompous lout's ego for another 24 hours.

[Trump] often seems personally stung by negative coverage, cursing and yelling at the TV.

They CANNOT HEAR YOU. They are NOT ACTUALLY INSIDE THE TV.

Behind the scenes, Trump – who beneath his confident veneer can be deeply sensitive to criticism – has been jolted when lawmakers took to TV to jab the president.

The man dedicated himself toward supposedly proving the last sitting president was secretly not even an American citizen; now he's baffled that he's president and people are not being nice to him.

All right, fine—we mustn't dwell. Let's just focus on the key takeaway here: Donald Trump is surrounded, supposedly, by confidants who have tasked themselves with talking Trump out of "doing crazy things." Meaning everything that's happened until now is just the stuff that got through the filter.

What the hell must really be going on in that room?