His closest aide stepped down, his son-in-law lost his interim security clearance, his economics adviser threatened to quit and his national security adviser is said to be leaving.
His daughter's business dealings - like his son-in-law's - are under scrutiny by investigators.
His conflicting comments on gun safety reform have stalled work on bipartisan legislation, and his off-the-cuff, random revelation about tariffs left his economic advisers shocked and sent the stock market into a spin.
And that was all in just one week - all before the weekend - in the Donald Trump White House.
Here's the eternal question: Is Trump's chaos a series of self-inflicted wounds borne of ignorance, or is it an ever-running shell game? Is he the useful idiot not just of Vladimir Putin but of everyone he's ever known? Or is he the master manipulator, leading the other useful idiots?
For just one example, look at his use of his son-in-law Jared Kushner - an inexperienced, ineffective and unsuccessful real estate developer who from nearly Moment One in the White House seemed to treat personal business as though it was a requisite extension of official governmental work.
The New York Times, in an editorial titled "Jared Kushner Flames Out," sagely notes that Trump's Middle East negotiator could have been "a seasoned envoy trusted by all stakeholders, and fluent in the region's nuance. Instead he appointed the heir to an opaque Manhattan real estate empire with deep ties to Israel who boasts that, as a businessman, 'I don't care about the past.'"
To lead his initiative on government innovation, Trump could have named a dynamic authority on technology and entrepreneurship. "Instead he chose someone who failed in an expensive effort to bring a New York newspaper into the digital age," the Times writes.
And when selecting his closest adviser, Trump "could have chosen from among seasoned and wise strategists. Instead, he picked a political novice with no experience in government."
Why? Our bottom line is that these men are two peas in a pod. Kushner is just like Trump, and the quality Trump most valued about him is that he really is interested only in what benefits himself. Because of family loyalty Trump believed he could control him.
Middle East peace has not been secured. Government innovation is so broken that Russians were able to, and continue to, meddle in it. There seems little doubt but that Kushner's mixing of personal and government business will lead investigators to places Trump won't like.
The Washington Post reports that American officials have intercepted conversations in which at least four countries, including China and the United Arab Emirates, discussed ways to take advantage of Kushner's indebtedness, naïveté and ignorance of foreign policy to further their interests.
The Times reports that Kushner Cos. received hundreds of millions of dollars in loans through American companies, including Citigroup and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management, after their top executives met with Kushner in the White House. The Qatari government's investment fund was a major investor in Apollo's real estate trust.
And from the beginning, Kushner kept conveniently forgetting to disclose his financial interests and foreign contacts.
Follow the money.
Did we mention that Kushner owes billions on a skyscraper at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York - one for which he sought investments from the Chinese. You may recall that his sister dropped his and Trump's name as she tried to score $150 million in financing for a Jersey City housing development through the EB-5 visa program. The venture eventually was dubbed "U.S. citizenship for sale" because it awards foreigners who invest at least $500,000 in American enterprises with a path to citizenship.
The Times notes that Kusher held a private meeting with Sergey Gorkov, who runs a Kremlin-connected Moscow bank under sanctions by the United States. The White House said it was part of the presidential transition. The Russians said Kushner was acting in his capacity as head of Kushner Cos. Federal and congressional investigators say the meeting may have been part of an effort by Kushner to establish a direct line to President Vladimir Putin of Russia outside established diplomatic channels.
Kushner advocated for the hiring of Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, despite what should have been concerning contacts with Russia. He also backed Michael Flynn - who took money from Russia and Turkey - as national security adviser.
Kushner was at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Manafort and Kremlin-linked Russians who promised "dirt" on Hillary Clinton.
Then there is Ivanka Trump. Her appointment as senior Trump adviser gives her a global platform for her private clothing and beauty products business and personal brand in books and social media streams.
CNN reported last week that the FBI now is investigating one of her business deals in Vancouver, and The New York Times reports that other Ivanka projects, from Azerbaijan to Manhattan, have also raised legal questions.
With advisers like these, who needs enemies?
But Kushner and Ivanka have had one major achievement.
They advised President Trump, who knew his campaign was under investigation in the connection with Russian hacking and election meddling - to fire the lead investigator, FBI Chief Jim Comey, leading to the appointment of a special counsel for the Russian Probe.
It was a move profoundly stupid for the Trumps - but possibly the saving grace for our country.