Honestly? They need Trump to set the tone because they're all scared witless by the idea of taking a step in a direction that Trump isn't willing to go and then getting both savaged by the left and getting a bad tweet from the president. And the White House just kind of seems confused and not sure of exactly what direction they want to take. Trump talked about sending in the Marines but the generals balked and Mattis peed on his shoes, so that went away. He talked about declaring Antifa a terrorist group but without a willing Congress to provide the legal framework that's out. And now it seems like the plan is to hold a bunch of rallies and go hard on supporting cops, which is probably what he should've done from the beginning but he's just getting started.
We're behind the 8-ball and it's not a good place to be.