Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani as Stormy drama rages on

[demmiblue]

The recent shakeups of the president's personal and White House legal teams have done little to calm things down.

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump has shaken up his legal team in the last three weeks – and he’s still not happy.

The president has been griping to associates that Rudy Giuliani, his new personal attorney, has failed to shut down the Stormy Daniels hush money saga. And he has expressed frustration that Giuliani’s media appearances are raising more questions than they are answering, turning the story into a days-long drama capped by the admission Sunday that the president may have made similar payments to other women.

For now, White House aides said, Giuliani still has a direct line in to Trump – the two speak almost daily – and nobody in the West Wing is eager to insert themselves between the two irascible New Yorkers by yanking Giuliani off TV. But some aides said they expect the president to fire Giuliani if his behavior doesn’t change.

In a phone interview Monday, Giuliani pushed back against the notion that the president is unhappy with his performance. “If I’m not up to it, I don’t know who is,” he told POLITICO. “I know the Justice Department better than just about anyone.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/07/trump-giuliani-fallout-stormy-daniels-573196

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Rudy is a jerk.

They deserve each other.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Already? Has it been a week?

OK, so it turns out NO decent attorney other than one, the former Clinton attorney, will go anywhere near this vile, filthy racist traitor.

Gee, wonder why.

[PSPS]

3. Trump doesn't like sharing the spotlight with anyone. Giu911ani is photobombing everywhere.

[Corgigal]

4. He's not happy?

Well, of course not because you're guilty.

[Marie Marie]

5. Giuliani thinks Giuliani is doing a great job!

That makes one person who thinks so.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Surprising no one who thinks.

[gratuitous]

7. Don't know that there's much left in the tank

Hiring Giuliani indicates that Trump is getting close to the bottom of the barrel in the legal community. Giuliani doesn't really practice law anymore from what I can tell, and it's surely been a while since he was in a courtroom for anything approaching a matter as serious at Trump. Just not that many spins left in the Rolodex if Trump cans Giuliani.

[Blue_true]

14. Chris Christie. That should be a hoot. nt

[gratuitous]

15. Measure his tenure with a stop watch

[Blue_true]

16. Or his failure to get Trump his cheeseburgers.

Oh! Yeah, measure his tenure with a stop watch.

[treestar]

8. Typical Dotard; he blames his lawyers

He sure picked a good one.

[Downtown Hound]

9. Well, guess he's fired. n/t

[Jim__]

10. But Giuliani is back on TV and in the headlines! Trump's been played!

[Mr. Ected]

11. I liked those years when everybody was asking "what happened to Rudy?"

Then again, if he can sabotage the Trump Show, more power to him. Almost can't wait to hear what dribbles out of his mouth next.

[madinmaryland]

12. 9iu11iani hasn't done any lawyering in 25 years.

Other than drumming up business for his law firm, he hasn't done jack shit since before becoming mayor. He took credit for Clinton's economic recovery and the reduction of crime, but it was all of Clinton's policies that helped stem the crime wave and helped end the economic crisis in The City.

[Blue_true]

13. Two narcissists.

They will gut the other before admitting to any mistake.

[Blue Owl]

17. Or narciscysts, if I may...

n/t

[Blue_true]

18. LOL. Works for me. nt