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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House officials forced to crack jokes and kiss ass to keep Trumps attention during briefings:
TRAVIS GETTYS at Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/white-house-officials-forced-to-crack-jokes-and-kiss-ass-to-keep-trumps-attention-during-briefings-report/
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McMaster, a U.S. Army lieutenant general, has learned he can keep the presidents attention by peppering his briefings with jokes and references to Trumps name, colleagues say.
His deputy, Dina Powell, is especially good at this, White House officials say, and engages Trump by bringing up theories he believes in and things hes said in the past.
Economic adviser Gary Cohn, a rumored replacement for chief of staff Reince Priebus, has also switched to a more conversational style when briefing Trump on official business, the website reported.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin grabbed the presidents attention during one recent briefing on Chinese currency manipulation by flattering his importance.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)Who is appointing people who are destroying the country and the environment.
But, as bad as it is, better than ... ... oops, cant talk about that
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Have another scoop. And a biscuit.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)justhanginon
(3,287 posts)A mental dimbulb with no attention span should worry not only the citizens of the U.S. but the whole world. Couple that with rashness of action with the ability to launch a nuclear strike on a whim and methinks civilization has a problem.
frogmarch
(12,145 posts)when my kids were babies. I made a choo choo with the spoon when I fed them their baby food.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)And they probably demand respect from others for doing so.