>> does the NYT or its readers think that Trump himself is analysing the meteorological data and coming up with his own weather forecasts and thus responsible for their veracity!? Ridiculous. His advisors will have come up with these forecasts and he would be only the mouthpiece for them. .

>>https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/06/noaa-backs-president-trump-alabama-hurricane-forecast-rebukes-weather-service-office-that-accurately-contradicted-him/?noredirect=on

I blame the Russians. Note the WAPO sting- rebuking people for "accurately" rebutting POTUS?

I once had the misfortune to visit an overseas customer where a newly employed insufferable know-all had undercut the IT firm's negotiating position by issuing what he thought was a reasonable and "accurate" rebuttal of his senior's communication. The result would have been a loss-making proposition. I tried to explain to him that there are more facts than the ones he thinks he sees clearly, so his job was to refer back to superiors and even if his view was accurate- his superiors get to decide how to handle it, not him. In the same way, Trump ought to have been given the opportunity to remedy if that was indicated. My expectation is that the person who fired off the rebuttal is another who thinks Trump is disgusting so common sense and business propriety goes out the window so you can land a virtuous hit.