Demoralized Trump aides grapple with 'shithole'-gate

[orangecrush]

White House aides were demoralized on Thursday night, watching the word “shithole” slink across the cable news chyrons.

In the wake of the administration’s tax reform coup, Fiat Chrysler had just announced it planned to spend more than $1 billion to move its assembly plant for the Ram truck from Mexico to Michigan. Walmart touted a round of bonuses and a higher pay for its U.S. workers.


And the White House communications team had pre-planned a sit-down interview for the president with reporters from the Wall Street Journal on Thursday – an outlet they expected would focus on economic news and help drive the message of the day.

Instead, all of that was lost amid “shithole”-gate, after the president, frustrated that an immigration deal would include protections for people from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries, referred to those nations as “shithole countries” and expressed an interest in welcoming immigrants from Norway, instead.

“It’s very frustrating,” admitted one senior White House aide. “We keep going off the rails with this other stuff.”


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/01/12/trump-shithole-comment-aides-react-337961

[Hoyt]

1. Don't think they are demoralized at all. I see a lot of white wing racist support for trump today.

[dalton99a]

4. They're loving it

[Alice11111]

15. The racists, ignorant, deplorable are peeing in their pants,

with uncontrollable glee, as their leader said what they had thought for years.

Plus, he is giving it to the left , moderates, even many in his party, and standing up to them at the expense of
the standing of our country. The victims he is creating have the least resources. This is a dream come true for.him and his supporters

He needs to go, so we can salvage what is.left of our
once great nation.

[dalton99a]

17. +1

[orangecrush]

7. I saw a lot of international outrage today

The 32% that comprise his base ARE a small minority.

[Hoyt]

32. When it comes down to it, there are more white wing racist

than that. A lot of trump disapproval in USA is because he hasn't deported enough Hispanics, bashed enough Blacks, etc.

White wingers hate foreigners too.

[orangecrush]

33. Judging from the small size of the inauguration turnout

and the small size of racists daddy parts, I don't feel at all overwhelmed.

[Hoyt]

36. There were enough of them to elect trump, a GOPer Congress, and

to control a lot of states.

[louis-t]

2. My favorite "gate" ever!

Shitholegate!

[orangecrush]

3. It's the best!

[Alice11111]

5. I expect that they can never get back on the rails, before he

Knocks them off again. So, they are Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the hill for eternity . One step forward and two back.

[orangecrush]

8. It keeps getting worse

as Trumps illness progresses.

[Alice11111]

20. Yeah, he has less self control, and his staff are less able

to control him, all of the time. Even generals can't control this spoiled, immediate.impuse action, baby maniac.

It would.probably be.better.if they just kept him in his bed with 24 hr cheese burgers, 🛏🍟🍔
and at.least kept him from committing even more destructive acts and moments that embarrass the US and.plunder it to a laughing stock.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Ram Trucks have been

plagued by assembly faults at their Mexico Plant. They have the Industries highest drop out rate post production. And this plant has had a history of worker turn over higher than any other Assembly Plant.

[orangecrush]

9. I'm sorry

but I don't understand the relevance of your post?

[Luciferous]

11. Maybe that the move has less to do with Trump and his policies and more

to do with production and turnover issues.

[Wellstone ruled]

12. Most likely reason

for certain Ram Models returning State Side,Ford did the same two years ago,and set up a Chassis Plant in Indiana in order to capture sales to the RV industry. Dodge has been missing from that segment for some time.

[Alice11111]

21. Yeah. ??

[orangecrush]

23. actually, yeah

not trying to be funny.

An explanation might be helpful.

[L. Coyote]

10. Needs a hashtag #ShitHoleGate or two #RacistGate

[orangecrush]

13. Not Twitteresta

but, if you know how, go for it!

[LeftInTX]

14. It isn't shitholegate...it is plain old shithole

[orangecrush]

19. And he just keeps digging it deeper

and filling it up!

[Phoenix61]

16. They are not demoralized enough

I know this because they are still there. When you are well and truly demoralized you quit because you realize there is no way to succeed. They are just being whiny little snowflakes hoping someone will feel sorry for them.

[orangecrush]

18. The good news

demoralised staff tends to be leaky.

[Alice11111]

22. One resigjned this mornimg, citing Trump's comments.

Yep,.we shpuld get more leaks. It wasn't all Bannon.

[orangecrush]

24. Great news!

Trumps mouth will be his downfall.

[Alice11111]

25. Hopefully, law school teaches you, and experience drives it

home, that one should never say more than is necessary to say. Trump is the opposite. He says everything that he NEVER should have said.

[orangecrush]

26. He has to!

Somebody has to keep the shithole full!

[Alice11111]

27. I think it has overflowed.

[orangecrush]

28. He is

drowning in his own shithole!

[Alice11111]

29. LOL

[Beartracks]

30. It's not "going off the rails" when...

... that's the tracks your party and President have laid.

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[orangecrush]

34. Fact

[oasis]

31. This won't go away anytime soon. nt

[orangecrush]

35. it is certainly

a defining moment.

[UTUSN]

37. Slow learning crew, are they?!1

[orangecrush]

38. Apparently