“Trump is Going for A Full Reset": Fuming in The West Wing, Trump Prepares to Defenestrate Cuck Allies and Go Full MAGA

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 2:10pm |

The president will meet with potential chief-of-staff candidates at Mar-a-Lago next weekend. McMaster is likely next to go. Then Jivanka.

By Gabriel Sherman @ The Hive @ VanityFair.com, March 9

[....] According to five Republicans close to the White House, Trump has diagnosed the problem as having the wrong team around him and is looking to replace his senior staff in the coming weeks. “Trump is going for a clean reset, but he needs to do it in a way that’s systemic so it doesn’t look like it’s chaos,” one Republican said.

Sources said that the first officials to go will be Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, both of whom Trump has clashed with for months. On Tuesday, Trump met with John Bolton in the Oval Office [.....]

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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/trump-is-going-for-a-clean-reset

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also @ The Hive:

ELIZABETH WARREN PREPARES TO MAKE KUSHNER’S LIFE HELL

Mueller may have the power to convene a grand jury, but nobody writes a scathing letter like the senator from Massachusetts.

and

A “VERY WEAKENED” KUSHNER GOES IT ALONE IN MEXICO

Underqualified, under-resourced, and under investigation, the Fresh Prince of Kalorama leaves diplomats fuming with an unannounced goodwill trip.

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 2:15pm

There is no 'u' in Team, only 'me'.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 4:01pm

Trump is going for a clean reset, but he needs to do it in a way that’s systemic so it doesn’t look like it’s chaos,” one Republican said.

yeah, they wouldn’t want this White House to look chaotic.

Maybe Larry, Moe and Curly can bring some stability, organization, and sense into the WH.

by CVille Dem on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 8:57pm

A heart, courage and a brain - plus ruby slippers. (or gold foil depending on tastes)

I can.t remember if Trump's supposed to be the Wizard Behind the Curtain, the Wicked Witch of the West or a flying gargoyle monkey.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 10:52pm

If all the large national and globe spanning decisions Trump made this last year came without stability and orginization at the top then this better orginazed operation will leave the snoflakes crying and even further and further behind the new reality. The tariff program is a direct shot across the bow of the Globalists and their use of crony capitalism won't be allowed to continue to undermine the US economy or security. Even some democrats are trying to coopt this America First idea but without Trump.

by Peter (not verified) on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 11:13pm

All part of floating a wacky plan,Stan? The new Trump brand?

Trump lawyers seek to offer Mueller an interview in exchange for wrapping up probe: report

By Josh Delk @ TheHill.com, March 9

Attorneys for President Trump are reportedly considering asking special counsel Robert Mueller to set a hard end date for his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election as one of the preconditions for an interview with president.

While Trump's lawyers remain split on the terms of such a deal, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, they also want Mueller to agree to parameters on the scope of such an interview.

One idea being floated is that Mueller would agree to wrap up the probe within 60 days of interviewing Trump [....]

Don't have access to the whole WSJ article, but I see it says it's from one source according to a person familiar with the discussions.

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/10/2018 - 12:50am

Whirled peas?

Forget the kid,well-intended but lousy at deals, I'll handle this.

Important work to do!

Crowley calls it: shock and awe.

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/10/2018 - 1:01am

Search for Hicks replacement turns into West Wing food fight

Various White House factions are backing different candidates for communications director, while Trump is soliciting advice from Hicks on potential successors.

@ Politico.com, Updated 03/09/2018 07:38 PM EST

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/10/2018 - 1:07am

NEW: Trump in discussions with longtime Washington lawyer Emmet Flood about joining White House legal team to deal with Mueller investigation. Flood repped former VP Dick Cheney and also repped Clinton during impeachment. w/@maggieNYT https://t.co/roLAQ8CF7M
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) March 10, 2018

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/10/2018 - 4:52pm

This portrait of the Trump administration in turmoil is based on interviews with 19 presidential advisers and administration officials, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer candid perspectives.

The mood inside the White House in recent days has verged on mania, as Trump increasingly keeps his own counsel and senior aides struggle to determine the gradations between rumor and truth. At times, they say, they are anxious and nervous, wondering what each new headline may mean for them personally.

But in other moments, they appear almost as characters in an absurdist farce — openly joking about whose career might end with the next presidential tweet [.....]

from Trump decides to remove national security adviser, and others may follow

by Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig @ WashingtonPost.com, March 15 at 8:51 PM

One takeaway: Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman has good sources about what's going on in the White House and with Trump! He basically had this story March 9

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 1:10am

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