Several Trump allies and former aides acknowledge this is a sensitive time for the nation but remain unsure as to whether Trump can lead at this particular moment.

“This is more of a time for healing than anything else, and they need to figure out a way to take the tensions down,” said one former senior administration official.

“There are people around him who know that.

For the second night in a row chaos erupted outside the White House.

More Secret Service than usual could be seen pacing the roof of the White House as the president’s helicopter landed on the South Lawn, and just a few hundred yards away people yelled “F— Trump.”