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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 03:41 PM Jul 2018

D'OH! "In recent days, Mr. Trump has asked people privately what they think of Ms. Sanders..."



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trump-threatening-grade-sarah-sanders-press-briefings-struggles-deal-reporters/

Sanders is planning on leaving the White House by the end of this year, according to Politico. Bill Shine, the Fox News alum recently appointed to serve as deputy chief of staff for communications, has been reported to have asked a number of friends and other acquaintances about who they believe should replace Sanders if she steps down. Shine denied this story to Politico, saying that “I have not had a meeting or discussion about this” and praising Sanders as a “total team player.”

Of course, a recent report from The New York Times suggests that Trump may not have as glowing a view about his press secretary as Shine claims to possess.

In recent days, Mr. Trump has asked people privately what they think of Ms. Sanders — an indication, they say, that the press-obsessed president has begun souring on her. He has also told her, before she heads out to the lectern in the briefing room, that he is “going to grade” her televised performances. (People who have heard Mr. Trump make the threat say it is in jest.)

Ms. Sanders has been under a more watchful eye from her boss since the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 27, when she remained in her seat during a scathing roasting from a comedian who called her a liar. Mr. Trump has told people in the West Wing that he thought Ms. Sanders should have walked out, as another White House official, Mercedes Schlapp, chose to do in a showy display.
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unblock

(52,208 posts)
4. i see donnie's point. she's really way too good at her job. bad fit for this administration.
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 03:47 PM
Jul 2018

as the media face of the administration, that post really demands someone with less talent.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Sean had a nasty habit
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 04:02 PM
Jul 2018

His non-verbal cues let folks in on the fact that he hated what he was doing. Not enough to stop doing it, mind you, but he hated his job. And himself. Sanders, on the other hand, betrays no reservations whatsoever about lying through her teeth. She appears to enjoy it.

unblock

(52,208 posts)
11. indeed. typical of donnie that she makes one "mistake" and her days are numbered.
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 04:02 PM
Jul 2018

and that "mistake" was not seizing a moment for drama by storming out at the white house correspondent's dinner.

genxlib

(5,526 posts)
7. That is the challenge with being a turd polisher
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 03:54 PM
Jul 2018

No matter how hard you work at it, the turd never gets shiny.

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
8. I never thought Lying' Sarah was a good fit for the role as cast.
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 03:58 PM
Jul 2018

She's not blond, not skinny, has no apparent silicone "enhancements" and definitely not a person Don would want to "do." Plus, she sounds more Gomer Pyle than press secretary. She has done a stellar job of making herself look like a subservient imbecile though and apparently that's the quality Don most cherishes.

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