'Shambolic': Analyst bewildered as Trump sets up unnecessary 'embarrassment'

President-elect Donald Trump has thrown away what should have been the honeymoon period of his incoming presidency — and replaced it with a shambolic mess, MSNBC’s Steve Benen wrote Monday.

And he added that the chaos of Trump's pre-presidency is entirely of his own making — and could have easily been avoided.

Benen wrote that the weeks before inauguration are usually “a period of time in which an incoming American leader is able to bask in his or her victory, welcome congratulatory wishes...