Donald Trump's first three weeks in the White House have done nothing to assuage the deep sense of unease that surrounded his negative and divisive campaign and subsequent election as president of the United States.
His political inexperience and immature approach to his responsibilities unfortunately does not appear to have been balanced by a team of seasoned advisers, skilled at steering him through the pitfalls of the job and keeping him on a steady course.
For all we know, there are officials giving him good advice which is being ignored but the performance of some of those speaking on his behalf would tend to suggest otherwise.
It is clear that key figures in his administration are firmly wedded to the notion of `alternative facts' and are creating their own narrative which bears little relation to the reality.
For instance, last week President Trump claimed there were terror attacks `all over Europe' that the ``very dishonest press doesn't want to report.''
That is a serious charge but it is also baseless. When the White House spokesman produced a list of incidents that were supposedly not reported, they included the attacks in Paris, Nice, Berlin.
Mr Trump also appears to have little regard for the dignity of his office, lambasting a retailer which had dropped his daughter's fashion line while his close adviser Kellyanne Conway was accused of breaching ethical standards by promoting Ivanka Trump's clothing during a television appearance.
There is also a deepening concern that Mr Trump is ill-prepared for the rigour and attention to detail required of a president.
It has been widely reported that when Vladimir Putin raised the prospect of extending a 2010 treaty limiting the deployment of nuclear warheads, Mr Trump had to ask aides what it was before denouncing the deal.
It is that superficial grasp of important issues, such as nuclear treaties, that many people will find quite frightening.
What is also disturbing is not just the nature of the ban imposed on people from seven mainly-Muslim countries, but the vitriol behind the attacks on judges who dared issue rulings the president did not like.
The latest onslaught on the judiciary came after a San Francisco-based appeals court refused to reinstate the ban which had been suspended as a result of a lower court decision.
Mr Trump called the latest ruling a `political decision' and `disgraceful', once again calling into question the independence of the judiciary.
There is no doubt that Donald Trump is an unusual president. His first few weeks have been chaotic, unsettling, unpredictable and at times farcical.
Mr Trump is presenting himself as a radical and outsider. What is more difficult is convincing people he is a serious figure who is a credible holder of high office.
