What is going on?

What on earth is going on in this administration? I think that it can be safely stated that the theories out there claiming this is a deliberate tactic of the White House to control the narrative is blatantly false. Every passing day the administration only further damages its reputation by allowing such high levels of entropy to exist. Such a strategy could not be by intent, and only that of people who are complete neophytes to the political world and the micro universe that is modern Washington D.C. 

As the administration attempts to go about things as normal it is losing valuable political capital and the momentum garnered by being in the first 100 days of a new President. It has already been challenged in numerous ways. North Korea and Iran via ballistic missile test flights, Russia buzzed a US navy destroyer in the Black Sea and has a intelligence ship off the eastern US coast. 

The only nation yet to challenge Trump has been the one that may impose the greatest test, China.  China may be sitting back and biding its time, prepared to intentionally set off a crisis that could have the potential to extensively damage US credibility in Asia. For now the Chinese leadership may be sizing up Trump and determining how a crisis could unfold and how to use it to their domestic and international advantage. As most know almost everything China does on the international stage is for domestic consumption and propaganda. Thus if a large degree of ambiguity exists in a Chinese course of action it is more likely to be shelved.