Trump stages drama and tries to control the narrative so he can get his work done behind the scenes. The MSM really isn't paying attention to anything substantial that he is doing. They are just responding to the inconsequential bones that Trump keeps throwing them. It is better that they aren't interfering in policy.
Russia collusion is a total hoax. Trump is a red-blooded American. You may be too young to know what that means. We used to be very Patriotic and we used to believe in ourselves.
Did you miss the following statement in the article in the NY Times which reveals Trump's true achievements which you may feel are his real work behind the scenes?
"There are bright spots... effective deregulation, historic tax reform, a more robust military and more."
Put another way: effectively letting industry foul the air, water, and ground, let bosses run wild to crush workers, destroy unions... historic robbery by the very rich of everyone else...putting billions more $ into supporting a murderous American empire dedicated to surveilling and controlling every nation and person on the planet...
That much this article is a public service in revealing the attitude of "good" restrained self-righteous Republicans as opposed to wild cards such as Trump. It is like a rapist excusing himself and claiming superiority to those rapists who murder their victims.
I despise Trump, and it is good his worst impulses are being contained, but this NYT opinion piece shows the great evils the whole Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress and the right-wing justices on the Supreme "Court," are trying to carry out. If anything we should use this article to be more determined than ever to take away the power of Trump, Republicans, and whenever possible, their corporate Democratic accomplices.