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    Trump Challenges Cabinet Member's IQ, Fights Senator He Needs. What Is Going On?

    The president seems intent on keeping everyone on their toes, but it's not at all clear that there's a strategy behind it all.
    by Mara Liasson Oct 11, 2017 5 minutes
    President Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday. / Shawn Thew / Getty Images

    The past few days have been particularly chaotic, even for a president who seems to thrive on self-created chaos.

    There's been a feud with a key Republican senator, a flare up at a professional football game with President Trump instructing his vice president to walk out when players (on the most activist team in the NFL) knelt during the national anthem, and he even questioned the IQ of his secretary of state.

    It also comes on the heels of Trump's spat with the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as his odd and mysterious threat about a "calm before the storm" while meeting with military leaders. (Mostly, that seemed to be a tease, to build drama, and, frankly, mess with the media. Cable news outlets were obsessing over the comment for hours. Could something

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