Is President Trump's shock and awe campaign already over?

In just his second week back in office, Trump is on the defensive and casting blame widely

after a terrible tragedy in the air over Washington and a chaotic week in politics.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.

It was, of course, a tragedy when an army helicopter collided with a passenger jet Wednesday night over the Potomac.

In situations like this one, it has traditionally been the role of a president to publicly mourn the dead,

promise a full and transparent investigation, and withhold judgment about the cause of the accident,

all while calming the public.

President Trump, of course, reads from a different playbook.

Tonight, I'll discuss the aftermath of the crash, as well as the frenetic week that was,

with Peter Baker, the Chief White House correspondent at the New York Times.

Mark Liebevich is my colleague and a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Ali Vitale is the host of way too early on MSNBC.

And Nancy Yusuf is a national security correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.

Thank you all for being here.

I want to start by playing a brief clip of Donald Trump talking about the crash, if we could.

Do you have a plan to go visit the site or meet with any of the first responders?

I have a plan to visit not the site because you tell me what's the site to order?

Or to meet with the first responders?

I just want to note in watching that and absorbing that that previous presidents might have said

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