http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/trump-aides-cant-stop-blabb...
Trump Aides Keep Leaking Embarrassing Stories About How He Can’t Handle Embarrassment
The president is a 70-year-old child whose TV time must be closely monitored — because any news story that upsets his ego will trigger a temper tantrum followed by irrational demands that his indulgent, overwhelmed guardians will be helpless to refuse.
Or so Donald Trump’s aides keep confiding to the nearest available reporter.
On Sunday, one of the president’s confidantes told Politico that his staffers have to “control information that may infuriate him,” a task made difficult by the fact that the leader of the free world “gets bored and likes to watch TV.”
That same day, some Trump aides provided the New York Times with a portrait of the president as a moody adolescent.
Mr. Trump grew increasingly angry on Inauguration Day after reading a series of Twitter messages pointing out that the size of his inaugural crowd did not rival that of Mr. Obama’s in 2009. But he spent his Friday night in a whirlwind of celebration and affirmation. When he awoke on Saturday morning, after his first night in the Executive Mansion, the glow was gone, several people close to him said, and the new president was filled anew with a sense of injury.
“The lack of discipline troubled even senior members of Mr. Trump’s circle,” the paper wrote, “some of whom had urged him not to indulge his simmering resentment at what he saw as unfair news coverage.”
And then, on Monday night, Trump’s staffers whispered an even more vivid account of his rough weekend to the Washington Post.
President Trump had just returned to the White House on Saturday from his final inauguration event, a tranquil interfaith prayer service, when the flashes of anger began to build.
Trump turned on the television to see a jarring juxtaposition — massive demonstrations around the globe protesting his day-old presidency and footage of the sparser crowd at his inauguration, with large patches of white empty space on the Mall. As his press secretary, Sean Spicer, was still unpacking boxes in his spacious new West Wing office, Trump grew increasingly and visibly enraged…Over the objections of his aides and advisers — who urged him to focus on policy and the broader goals of his presidency — the new president issued a decree: He wanted a fiery public response, and he wanted it to come from his press secretary.
The Post’s story is chock-full of remarkable details. To list just a few:
1. After forcing Spicer to baldly lie to the White House press corps about the size of his inauguration crowd, the president fumed that his press secretary’s performance was “not forceful enough.” According to Axios, Trump was also incensed by Spicer’s poor taste in suits, and is already considering treating the former RNC staffer to his signature catchphrase.
2. Trump already “feels demoralized that the public’s perception of his presidency so far does not necessarily align with his own sense of accomplishment.”
3. Some Trump aides think Kellyanne Conway is trying to undermine Spicer so as to steal his job.
4. Jared Kushner tried to prevent Conway from being invited into the White House at all, because he viewed her “as a possible threat to his role as Trump’s chief consigliere.”
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This account of Trump’s tumultuous first days in office comes from interviews with nearly a dozen senior White House officials and other Trump advisers and confidants, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations and moments.
Nearly a dozen of Trump’s closest confidantes helped plant an embarrassing news story about how their boss can’t handle embarrassing news stories. Which is to say: A president who prizes loyalty in his subordinates has already been betrayed by a huge swath of his inner circle.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Painted Mandolin Treblemaker
on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 12:55 pm
^Repugnant Scumbag, Planet
^Repugnant Scumbag, Planet Raper, Egomaniacal, Mango Faced, Ferret Wearing Shit-Gibbon^
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Painted Mandolin Treblemaker
on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 01:08 pm
Warning!! – A Petulant Child
Warning!! – A Petulant Child Is Loose In the Oval Office
Trump spent his first full day on the job complaining that he is not getting the human-turned-god treatment he feels he deserves like he gets at home.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/22/warning-petulant-child-loose-oval...
"Every person in America, and the world, likely comprehends that poor Donald Trump needs constant adulation and acts of obeisance even when he is being a cruel and inhumane liar; even if it is false praise. Every human being needs some sense of self-worth or there would be no reason for living; unless they are an enlightened Buddhist. However, the preponderance of human beings actually accomplish something, no matter how insignificant, that gives them a personal sense of worth. But they damn sure don’t cry like spoiled rich kids when the world fails to hang on their every utterance and cheer wildly even when they are being cruel or pathetically incompetent."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: steve.m shoelesh
on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 03:34 pm
his behavior is similar to
his behavior is similar to alcoholics who are not able to mature past the time they start drinking or drugging .... He is emotionally immature , no doubt . Sociopath at best . I suspect he stopped maturing sometime in his high school years .
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alias botb
on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 05:55 pm
I am pretty sure this is what
I am pretty sure this is what America wants. Someone who speaks his mind, is not afraid to be himself, yada yada yada. Yes, there's a lack of polish in these first steps but he's being the same guy he was while campaigning. This is how America wants to present itself. The elites in their big cities don't understand what a breath of fresh air this is to hear someone talk and act like a real American.
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on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 06:45 pm
Alias you are duped.
Alias you are duped.
This guy is nothing but a plundermonkey douchebag.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Markd (not MarkD) Mdono1
on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 08:20 pm
shoelesh,
shoelesh,
you're giving him too much credit with the high school years
pegged him topping out at 5th or 6th grade based on behaviors he exhibits (emphasize "he", nothing made up by his dishonest media)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Pipe Slingin' Redneck
on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 09:29 pm
truth
truth
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alias botb
on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 – 12:13 am
I'm not duped. America wants
I'm not duped. America wants a plundering douchebag.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Johnny D skudebro
on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 – 01:05 am
^....Or at least those from
^....Or at least those from the Red States, or Red Counties....or Red Countries...