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Mike Allen reports that the POTUS is pissed off at almost everyone on his team and thinking about firing anyone who isnt nailed down.
"Hes frustrated, and angry at everyone, said one of the confidants.
The conversations intensified this week as the aftermath of the Comey firing pushed the White House from chaos into crisis. Trumps friends are telling him that many of his top aides dont know how to work with him, and point out that his approval ratings arent rising, but the leaks are.
The advice hes getting is to go big that he has nothing to lose, the confidant said. The question now is how big and how bold. Im not sure he knows the answer to that yet.
If Trump follows through, his innermost White House circle would shrink from a loop to a straight line of mid-30s family members with scant governing experience: Jared and Ivanka. So while the fighting and leaking might ease, the problems may not because its the president, not the staff, calling the shots.
Read More: http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2017/5/14/94752/2136
Going big because he has nothing to lose is truly frightening.
janterry
(4,429 posts)he doesn't have much to lose. We do...............
sheshe2
(83,633 posts)This is what I am afraid of.......
FakeNoose
(32,555 posts)Nixon was gone about a month (?) after he fired his staffers.
Once he turned over the TAPES he was dead meat, and he knew it.
I don't remember the exact amount of time, but Nixon fired Haldeman, Erlichman, John Dean and most of his boys. Then he went down. I think maybe Dean resigned before he could be fired, but he was the one who turned on Nixon anyway so it didn't matter.
It won't be long now.
Democrats, we must maintain courage and resolve to see this through.
Trumpdumper
(170 posts)Dean, Ehrlichman, Haldeman all were gone in late April 1973; Nixon resigned in early August 1974.
FakeNoose
(32,555 posts)Trump can't possibly last that long.
I'll bet he's out before the end of 2017, at the rate he's going now.
randr
(12,409 posts)He never had a clue as to how our government works and none of the toadies he has hired know anymore.
William769
(55,142 posts)sheshe2
(83,633 posts)Yonnie3
(17,419 posts)I haven't heard of Jared and Ivanka's activities at all this past week, just the things they aren't going to do. Are they hiding from the Comey fallout or what?
He's going to be mighty alone if he goes big. Perhaps that situation will hasten his departure as his mental state declines.
malaise
(268,664 posts)himself
sheshe2
(83,633 posts)then we can lock him up and toss the key.
northoftheborder
(7,569 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,864 posts)It is all their fault.
Why does anyone work for him?
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)Heaven help us.
The youngest one will be working soon.
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