Angry Trump fired event organizer after disastrous half-full Phoenix rally

[Miles Archer]

Angry Trump fired event organizer after disastrous half-full Phoenix rally



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/angry-trump-fired-event-organizer-after-disastrous-half-full-phoenix-rally/

According to Bloomberg Politics, George Gigicos, the former White House director of advance events, was told in no uncertain terms that he would never organize another rally for the president after Phoenix.

Three different sources told Bloomberg that Trump had his top security aide, Keith Schiller, inform Gigicos that he was out.

According to the report, “Gigicos had staged the event in a large multipurpose room. The main floor space was bisected by a dividing wall, leaving part of the space empty. There were some bleachers off to the side, but otherwise the audience was standing — and the scene appeared flat, lacking the energy and enthusiasm of other rallies.”

Trump is known to brag about his crowds, but later video showed that the crowd was even smaller in real life which angered the president who had boasted that 15,000 attendees had showed up — far fewer than local media reported.

[Warpy]

1. Yeah, and Mr. Personality couldn't hang onto the ones who showed up

I guess screeching a torrent of hate and self pity doesn't sell the way it used to.

Loved the pictures of the people sitting down and playing with their phones instead of listening to him.

[Miles Archer]

4. Read about that earlier today...

...107 degrees outside, water bottles confiscated by security upon entrance.

[CentralMass]

7. Tweeting things like: "Who knew they could stack it that tall"

[Nevernose]

19. The best deal maker in the world

Is now arguably the most powerful man in the world, and he still hasn't fixed shit. Even some of his supporters are starting to catch on that he's out of excuses to be aggrieved.

[Dustlawyer]

27. I guess they were not whine drinkers.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. So was Mr. Gigicos personally responsible for rounding up a bunch of people

and dragging them into the convention center? Or did he screw up by not hiring enough people to fill the room?

[Miles Archer]

10. Both, I guess.

Gigicos organized all of Trump’s signature campaign events and his occasional rallies since entering office. He left his White House job as director of advance on July 31 to return to his consulting business. But he continued to work for Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee.

Over the past two years, Trump had often assigned the blame -- rightly or wrongly -- to Gigicos when his rally logistics weren’t perfect. But his irritation usually blew over quickly. When his microphone had problems at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, in January 2016, Trump bellowed: "The stupid mic keeps popping! Do you hear that, George? Don’t pay them! Don’t pay them!"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/trump-is-said-to-punish-longtime-aide-after-angry-phoenix-speech

[malaise]

29. You mean he lied again

I am so shocked!

[Jim Lane]

16. There might be a legitimate criticism that he should have booked a smaller room

Downside: Some people show up hoping to get into the rally and have to be turned away.
Upside: On TV and in photographs, the room looks packed. Heck, the room is packed. There are people lined up inside, hoping the fire marshall will let them in when some people leave.

Depriving a comparative handful of people from experiencing the rally in person is a small price to pay to convey a better image to the millions who'll know only the media coverage.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Trump probably would have had a cow if he'd booked a smaller room.

He wants vast, adoring crowds filling huge arenas. If the guy had booked a high school gym or a church basement, which would have been more appropriate for the sparse crowd, there'd have been hell to pay. If you work for Trump you have to book the biggest space in town and be sure it's filled.

[Jim Lane]

21. So you're saying Trump would have disdained a legitimate criticism...

while slamming the guy for a totally bogus reason?

Wow, you must think that the President of the United States is a real idiot. Why do you hate America?

[Angry Dragon]

3. petty little man

[SHRED]

5. Wait a minute

He said there was 15K there.

[Miles Archer]

8. "A city of Phoenix spokeswoman told the Arizona Republic newspaper that about 10,000 people...

...were inside the room when Trump took the stage."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/trump-is-said-to-punish-longtime-aide-after-angry-phoenix-speech

[byronius]

26. That space wasn't big enough. Just under five thousand was the count. Protesters outnumbered them.

[WePurrsevere]

28. Sure there were, if you count the over 10k protesters outside.

As I said on Twitter, I've seen more at HS graduations than attended that Trump rally.

[monmouth4]

6. Well, Mr. Gigicos did put those "actors wanted" and other event people in the paper. If folks

don't respond..sad.

[rurallib]

9. Super Stupid got about 10X more than he should have

[ailsagirl]

11. Wish we could FIRE that imbecile

[struggle4progress]

12. "How can my 2020 re-election campaign be sputtering like this? Heads will roll!"

[Doreen]

13. Do you think this might to have something to do with people out there

that might get tickets and not go?

[Miles Archer]

14. 107 degrees on the day of the event...

...which, if you're a native, might be OK.

When I lived in Nevada, I did OK until it hit around 105. Now that I am in South Carolina, mid-70s with high humidity freaking kills me.

[Doreen]

15. I realize that. I would not been able to handle that even for Obama.

My breathing would stop and I would get heat stroke. I was trying to be sarcastic because of the low count.

[kwassa]

20. Almost froze my toes off for Obama.

The first inauguration was incredibly cold, and we waited for hours.

[Doreen]

22. Even with my arthritis I can handle the cold but high heat with any kind of

moisture in it makes my breathing very hard and painful and I get heat stroke easily. I do not think Obama would want one his people to die or need to go to the hospital just to see him. Obama cares to much. The dripping piece of shit would not care if you died or got ill just as long as you did what you were supposed to do, go see him.

[spanone]

17. so, blame the promoter if the band sucks, eh?

[Doreen]

23. WAIT!!!

This means that trump admitted he did not have many people. He is starting to see the truth....there have not been as many as he thought all of this time.

[benld74]

24. 15000 outside protesting I would believe

[NurseJackie]

25. Ha-ha! :-D