A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that President Donald Trump, in recent months, has begun to turn on some of his own people. 

The outlet just published a report titled, "Trump is starting to turn on the people he handpicked."

While there is truth to this, it is also true that there is more to the story than what appears on the surface.

In fact, there is likely more to the story than has thus far been made public.

The WSJ report

The Journal starts off writing, "After months of pushing out career government officials and Democratic holdovers, President Trump is starting to turn on some of his own picks."

It goes on to provide multiple examples, including Trump's recent firing of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Per the Journal:

On Wednesday, the White House said it was firing Trump’s director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a top public health agency, one month after she was confirmed by the Senate. The White House said she wasn’t aligned with the president. Several other top officials at the agency resigned in response.

The Journal also calls attention to Trump's replacement of the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the acting FEMA administrator, and others.

The big question, of course, is what is going on here. Is the problem with these people, or with Trump?

Background

Perhaps the firing that has received the most news coverage has been the Trump administration's termination of the head of the CDC.

According to the Associated Press, "The White House has only said that Monarez was 'not aligned with' President Donald Trump’s agenda." Further specifics have not been provided, although some reports are claiming that Monarez was at odds with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's approach to vaccines. It is unclear if there is any truth to this.

"Not aligned with" the Trump administration would appear to be a justifiable reason to fire an official, and it appears that it is a similar story with the others whom Trump has let go.

The Journal, though, appears to have an agenda, namely, to make the Trump administration seem chaotic and Trump to seem like a bad guy.

It quotes Max Stier, the leader of Partnership for Public Service, as saying, "No administration has seen more chaos in its leadership ranks than the Trump administration other than Trump one. He begins by being right, and if anyone challenges his worldview, they need to go away."