If you thought it was crazy before, the White House just had a month unlike anything we've ever seen

February proved to be one of the most bizarre months in President Donald Trump's White House.
The month was headlined by weeks of some of the most tumultuous internal drama yet.
The end results of that drama have rattled the administration, and no one knows what comes next.

As January wound down to a close, The Washington Post's Ashley Parker wrote how the month "felt like a year and the pilot episode for the 12-part series to come."

February did not disappoint as the series' second episode.

Consider the 28th and final day:

The theme of the month was one of strife at the White House — arguably, its most tumultuous month internally yet.

The Rob Porter scandal

The month went off the rails after Rob Porter, a top White House aide, was accused by his two ex-wives of physical and emotional abuse.

At the time, Porter, who strongly denied the allegations, was dating Hicks. Top White House officials, including Kelly, immediately stood by Porter, defending him publicly even after his resignation was reported. Kelly soon came under fire for his initial response, which Hicks helped craft.

The scandal quickly snowballed
admitted the administration could have done better
while others pointed
White House counsel Donald McGahn
wished
Porter well and said he hopes his post-White House career will be "wonderful."
FBI Director Christopher Wray tossed a wrench
into the White House's narrative about how it handled the scandal, signaling the FBI alerted the administration to problems with Porter's background check months ago.

The knives were out for Kelly at this point.

Amid the Porter scandal, former top Trump staffers came back into the public conscience.

began her stint on the
admitted he facilitated
a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election.
That payment was the center of a controversy over whether Trump was involved in paying off Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, prior to the 2016 presidential election to stay quiet about an alleged 2006 affair.

"As Trump's personal attorney, Cohen was an agent of then-candidate Trump. The timing and circumstances of the $130,000 payment to Daniels make it appear that the hush money was paid to Daniels in an effort to influence the election,"

Trump unleashes on Presidents Day weekend

Trump went off with one of his wildest weekends as president. Within the span of a few days on the Presidents Day holiday weekend, Trump ranted at length about everything from those indictments to Oprah Winfrey.

If you thought it was crazy before, the White House just had a month unlike anything we've ever seen

The Rob Porter scandal

Trump unleashes on Presidents Day weekend

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