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Chaotic White House once

artappraiser — Tue, 16 May 2017 16:55:12 +0000

In reply to Reports: Frustrated and Isolated Trump Considering Staff Shakeup at Demoralized White House

This time it did not even take 24 hours for Donald Trump to throw his staffers under the bus and contradict their denials: Chaotic White House once again makes a bad story worse

@ WaPo, 2 hrs. ago

Cause they haven't been made

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 15 May 2017 09:21:45 +0000

In reply to He may be a drunk driver who

Cause they haven't been made responsible yet - you could get Iraq dead wrong but still be invited back on talk shows forever. The economy? No one cares, just make shit up. We're all experts now...

He may be a drunk driver who

artappraiser — Mon, 15 May 2017 09:10:11 +0000

In reply to Wow. Mike Allen's "huge

He may be a drunk driver who zigzags all over the street, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he'll crash. Nice turn of phrase! But your whole point made me wonder, not about him, but from the other side, everyone else involved: who are all these people, why are they hanging on? Don't they realize that staying will wreck their C.V.'s and leaving and even publicly admitting why the did so would help the same? If they fight to stay on, who do they think they will get a job with in the "after Trump" future: Bretibart? Or like with celebs who want employees and professionals who not ony have no scruples but can keep their mouth shut? Or the scummiest Congresspersons? What is the reason for not flooding the exits?

"Trump has two complaints

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 May 2017 17:30:21 +0000

In reply to Wow. Mike Allen's "huge

"Trump has two complaints about Cabinet members: Either they're tooting their own horns too much, or they're insufficiently effusive in praising him as a brilliant diplomat, etc." - kinda like that "showboat" Comey.

One of the reasons Trump didn't careen off the road was a ton of people putting up side protectors (or basically he was driving the Sunday late night empty parking lot at Wal-Mart, not a real road with traffic).

Yes, he survived, but the reasons for that aren't yet settled on.

Wow. Mike Allen's "huge

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 14 May 2017 16:22:52 +0000

In reply to @ The Hill Fri. eve.

Wow. Mike Allen's "huge reboot" piece referenced by NY Mag is also stunning. This reminds me of some Trump's bad weeks during the campaign, which offer a note of caution. Every time Trump's campaign nearly careened off the road, he managed to turn the wheel before it went over the edge. He may be a drunk driver who zigzags all over the street, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he'll crash.

Make Titanic Great Again.

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 May 2017 13:40:08 +0000

In reply to @ The Hill Fri. eve.

Make Titanic Great Again. Deck chair here, deck chair there... sounds like a plan to me.

@ The Hill Fri. eve.

artappraiser — Sun, 14 May 2017 09:04:38 +0000

In reply to Reports: Frustrated and Isolated Trump Considering Staff Shakeup at Demoralized White House

@ The Hill Fri. eve. Jonathan Easley published a good one:

“It’s total chaos,” said one former transition team official with close ties to the administration.

“It’s image-making on the inside and people trying to protect themselves. There is a deep streak of paranoia among staff. The communications team shit the bed on the Comey firing and now the war with the FBI has them all scared and throwing each other under the bus.

"Thank God I don’t work there. If I did, I’d be dialing up my attorney.”