We need to be careful to distinguish "panic", "debacle", "hysteria", "terror", "thrashing", "hysteria", "frenzy", "rout" and "charlie foxtrot".
Any (or all) could apply to the Obama White House at any point in time.
Or all concurrently.
You left out the main descriptor- malignant narcissist.
“Malignant narcissism is a psychological syndrome comprising an extreme mix of narcissism, antisocial personality disorder, aggression, and sadism.[1] Often grandiose, and always ready to raise hostility levels, the malignant narcissist undermines organisations he/she is involved in, as well dehumanising the people he/she associates with.[2]”
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Continued here-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_narcissism
Bunch of drama “queens” to be sure.