(CNN) Watching from Europe, it's hard to tell if we are playing audience to a farce, a tragedy, or both unfolding simultaneously in the White House. His ludicrously quick attempts to deliver on campaign promises from the moment he stepped inside the White House seems at odds with the four-year term he has been handed. Within an hour, White House press secretary Sean Spicer contradicted her, saying that Flynn's situation was under review. The confidence in the Kremlin a few days ago -- with Flynn in place at the White House -- that they had a finger on the President's pulse is gone. All round, certainty is going to be in short supply; the divisions manifesting at the White House are only part of it.

Source: CNN February 17, 2017 09:45 UTC