Even his shills think it was a train wreck

For LITD's money, the whole Europe trip was a disaster, but the Putin summit in particular made clear just how dangerous the absence of a filter between the VSG's mouth and brain is.

Yes, the Left went into firestorm mode with Pavlovian immediacy, but their throbbing hyperbole differs only a bit in degree, not in kind, from what those enthusiastic about, and sympathetic toward, the Trump phenomenon assess the situation to be.

Have you wondered how John Kelly felt about it? Well, like this:

White House chief of staff John Kelly reportedly gave GOP lawmakers the green light to rebuke President Trump's controversial remarks from his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Three sources told Vanity Fair on the condition of anonymity that Kelly was furious after Trump stood with Putin during their summit in Helsinki, Finland, and sided with his denial that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump sparked major backlash among U.S. lawmakers and the intelligence community by siding with Putin over the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia did intervene in an effort to help Trump win.Trump also blamed special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation for the poor relationship between the U.S. and Russia.

Kelly told Trump that his remarks might worsen the situation with Mueller, according to Vanity Fair, which reported that the chief of staff then called Republicans on Capitol Hill and told them they could publicly speak out against Trump's comments.

It's unclear who Vanity Fair's source for its report is, and the White House did not respond to a request for comment on the report.

And the Very Stable Genius doesn't seem to be learning anything from this since arriving back in Washington:

Trump on Tuesday tried to walk back his remarks, claiming he misspoke when he said he didn't see "any reason that it would be" Russia that interfered.

"I would like to clarify, in a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word 'would' instead of 'wouldn't,' " Trump said. "The sentence should have been, 'I don’t see any reason why it wouldn't be Russia.' " 

Trump also said Tuesday that he believes Russia interfered in the presidential election, but again muddied the waters by repeating a claim he has made previously that other parties could have also interfered. 

Which has some allies alarmed.

Such as Anthony Scaramucci:

"If he doesn't switch course on this, what will happen is he will eventually lose people that want to support him," Scaramucci says of Trump's embrace of Putin. "This is a major mistake"

And Laura Ingraham and Newt Gingrich:

Laura Ingraham: “Hint: Don’t use ‘strong and powerful’ to describe Putin’s denial re. election meddling. Use words ‘predictable and damaging to US-Russian relations’ to describe Russian meddling.” (In a subsequent interview with Sean Hannity, Trump instead repeated that description, saying that he “thought Putin was very, very strong.”)

Newt Gingrich: “President Trump must clarify his statements in Helsinki on our intelligence system and Putin. It is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected — immediately.”

And Micheal Goodwin:

Post columnist Michael Goodwin, another usually-friendly-to-Trump voice: “With Putin, Trump bordered on being deferential. He looked hunched over, as if trying to minimize their height differences . . . The wishy-washy “both parties” dodge serves to create a moral equivalency between Putin and Coats, and between Russia and America. What happened to America First?”

Because the VSG has not one subatomic particle of humility in his entire being, he'll heed none of this.

The most powerful man in the world causes chaos everywhere he goes, and is utterly convinced that he's doing great. If you've ever wondered how a spoiled brat gets to the age of 72 without ever once having had any kind of comeuppance that sank in, there he is.