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Pentagon agrees to disagree

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:38:16 +0000

In reply to Staff that's ignoring him,

Staff that's ignoring him,

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:27:22 +0000

In reply to Book by Former Staff Member (Cliff Sims) Describes a White House ‘Out of Control’

Staff that's ignoring him, just pointing it out (also notably flying in the face of Kellyann's recent spin)

White House just released Nat'l Drug Control strategy & it does not once mention wall/physical barrier as a means of combating drug trafficking. Talks about need for better air & maritime monitoring, improved interdiction of drugs sent thru mail/"express consignment carriers"
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) January 31, 2019

Same. https://t.co/GcYdVbo88j

artappraiser — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:09:02 +0000

In reply to Book by Former Staff Member (Cliff Sims) Describes a White House ‘Out of Control’

Same. https://t.co/GcYdVbo88j
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 29, 2019

In related news, after

jollyroger — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:47:08 +0000

In reply to possible slime coming alert:

In related news, after chatting with Pres. Erdogan by phone and learning, serendipitously that under Erdogan's predecessor Ottoman Empire the hareem was guarded by eunuchs (as a prophylactic against aduiterous dalliances) Trump issued an order that all White House aides have their tongues cut out...He was heard muttering "I got your vipers right here..."

possible slime coming alert:

artappraiser — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:48:05 +0000

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possible slime coming alert:

Will re-up what I said yesterday about POTUS focusing on things he feels like he can control during times of extreme stress https://t.co/1b5WqpCKTK
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 28, 2019

his book has important

artappraiser — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:27:02 +0000

In reply to The Atlantic's review: An

as a fly on the wall who had cultivated Trump's personal trust by chatting with him on a personal level, his book has important confirmation about how foreign and economic policy is made by manipulating Trump's narcissism:

He credits Stephen Miller’s survival to the speechwriter’s ability to play both sides of the “globalist/nationalist” divide in the White House. While then–chief strategist Steve Bannon viewed Miller as his “right-wing protege,” his ideological ally against the so-called globalists, Miller was cultivating a close relationship with perhaps the globalist in chief, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. Sims writes of listening in on Miller “plung[ing] the knife” into Bannon’s back and “twisting it with relish” during a conversation with the president. “Your polling numbers are actually very strong considering Steve won’t stop leaking to the press and trying to undermine Jared,” Miller said, according to Sims. “If Steve wasn’t doing that, I bet you’d be ten points higher.”

He also watched as senior officials privately laughed off many of the president’s stranger requests. In his first few days as director of the National Economic Council, Sims writes, Larry Kudlow emerged from a meeting with the president looking flustered. He told Gary Cohn, his predecessor, that Trump ordered him to “stop” a “special deal” that he believed Amazon was getting from the U.S. Postal Service. “Gary laughed loudly,” Sims writes. “‘Welcome to the White House,’ [Cohn] said, shaking Larry’s hand … ‘It’s total bulls—.’” Cohn explained that Amazon was not, in fact, getting “some special deal.” “He’s just mad at [Jeff] Bezos for owning The Washington Post.”

this new review, published

artappraiser — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:15:59 +0000

In reply to The Atlantic's review: An

this new review, published this morning, is the #1 most popular story @ The Atlantic right now. She did a series of interviews with Sims as well as reading the book.

The Atlantic's review: An

artappraiser — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:06:48 +0000

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The Atlantic's review: An Obscure White House Staffer’s Jaw-Dropping Trump Tell-All

In Team of Vipers, Cliff Sims recounts his year and a half in a West Wing “out of control.” By Elaina Plott, Jan. 28

[....] Sims was unexceptional—a communications adviser most notable for helping the White House in its efforts to overhaul the tax code. But by virtue of an uncommonly close relationship with President Donald Trump, starting on the campaign, Sims enjoyed access to many of this administration’s most telling moments [....]

Kellyanne, leaker and viper

artappraiser — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:33:01 +0000

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Kellyanne, leaker and viper extraordinaire, targets including Jvanka, Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon.....and?..twin of Cruella DeVille, and just like she as she was depicted on SNL:

Vipers everywhere: An inside look at Trump’s White House@nickconfessore @Messina2012 @K_JeanPierre w/ @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/764CsDC2Bo
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 24, 2019

Here's a link to the Vanity Fair excerpt

“SHE WAS A CARTOON VILLAIN BROUGHT TO LIFE”: A FORMER TRUMP AIDE RECALLS CONWAY’S LEAKING TACTICS IN THE WEST WING VIPER’S NEST

In this exclusive excerpt from Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House, a former Trump aide recalls the leaking, the gossiping, and the infighting that made Kellyanne Conway such a formidable player in the White House.

BY CLIFF SIMS JANUARY 23, 2019 6:29 PM

From the “Team of Vipers”

artappraiser — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:57:53 +0000

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From the “Team of Vipers” excerpt in @VanityFair: Cliff Sims puts on the record the anonymous attribution allegedly preferred by Donald Trump, a topic much-discussed among the DC press corps for the last two years. https://t.co/y0E0ef0qs1 pic.twitter.com/XUsJByTmoQ
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 24, 2019