NYT and WaPo reporters surprised WH has no response to Woodward bombshells

[DonViejo]

New York Times and Washington Post reporters surprised White House has no response to Woodward bombshells

Pulitzer-winning Watergate reporter Bob Woodward dropped bombshell excerpts from his new book about the Trump administration on Tuesday, revealing that President Donald Trump’s aides steal papers off the Resolute desk to prevent him from making mistakes and that many of his senior staff consider him to be an idiot.

The response from Trump has so far been muted—the White House has yet to respond, and two White House reporters are taking that as a sign that this book will be treated very differently than Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury and Omarosa Manigault Newman’s tell-all.

Josh Dawsey of the Washington Post and Maggie Haberman of the New York Times say Trump has been interested in the contents of the book for weeks.

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Axios’ Johnathan Swan contrasted this with Wolff.

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Even Fox News’ Brit Hume gave the book credence.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/new-york-times-washington-post-reporters-surprised-white-house-no-response-woodward-bombshells/

[exboyfil]

1. Interesting that is Britt Hume's takeaway

Maybe a better one would be why doesn't the GOP work with the Democrats to remove this incompetent buffoon from office.

[Cha]

6. Exactly! Bring on the craziness. they're just covering

their own Collective ass. Inside and Outside the WH

[Gothmog]

2. They took trump's phone from him

[ginnyinWI]

4. yeah I was going to say that--

When he figures out where they have hidden his phone!

[demmiblue]

3. The White House has just sent out its first pushback to Bob Woodward's new book, ...

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[ginnyinWI]

5. the faster the pushback, the more likely it is damaging. n/t

[steve2470]

7. Two possible scenarios:

1- Somehow Trump has no idea about the book's excerpts yet....I doubt this

2- Trump is in a titanic rage, rolling around on the floor, foaming at the mouth, threatening everyone with bloody murder

I think the WH aides and Sarah Sanders are sitting on him to save him, their own jobs and maybe the rest of us.

[OnDoutside]

9. I vote the 2nd option. Nailed on certainty.

[OnDoutside]

8. He didn't call him an idiot, he called him a fucking idiot, so no lie there !

[Gothmog]

10. Took the WH four hours to come with the same statement it's used for the last two books

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[edbermac]

11. His staff had him sedated.

[beachbum bob]

12. Trump hasn't watch foxnews yet on it

[Bayard]

13. Who read this book to tRump?