In the last couple of years, how often have you read a news story slamming Trump for not taking the advice of one of his advisors? In many cases, there's no indication that the advisor was even asked for advice. Yet, whenever Trump does not take the advice that has been offered him, the media's take is that he is acting irresponsibly and that there is something obviously wrong about not taking advice, the idea being that pretty much anyone off the street knows more than Trump, therefore he should do whatever anyone else tells him he should do. I have a couple of things to say about that. First of all, the role of an advisor is to give advice, not to give commands to the person he is advising. It is perfectly acceptable for someone to disregard the advice of others, even when that person is paid to give advice. Most of the stories that we read in the newspaper aren't about people who are paid to advise. Rather, they are often bureaucrats or generals who disagree with something that Trump wants to do. When Trump doesn't agree with them, they go running to the media to complain. That leads to the other thing I wanted to say. Someone who would go running the media to complain because Trump isn't doing what they say is not someone who wishes the best for him, therefore he was probably wise not to take their advice.
It has been clear for the longest time - whatever Trump does will be criticized, unless it's undeniably beneficial, then it's ignored. Finding someone to offer good advice to consider, someone he can trust, what with all the non-stop hysteria and open hostility, is extremely difficult. The never-ending chipping away at anyone takes its toll. It's a constant distraction, whatever he does, wherever he goes. It's really dumb to do this to the person running the country, week after month after year... his haters would rather anything happen than for him to succeed.