WH-insider: Trump feels unappreciated. "This isn't what he signed up for."

[DetlefK]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/30/trump-shrinking-white-house-242159

But staffing up is far down on the list of Trump’s priorities right now. As he heads into an autumn fight on tax reform with a Congress he feels does not respect or fear him, the source close to the president described his mind-set, in recent weeks, as “the worst it’s ever been.”

“He feels like this is not what he signed up for, and his accomplishments are being underplayed,” the person added. “He just looks around and says, ‘When is this going to get better?’”



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Trump's problem is:
Trump is not a man who finds solutions.
Trump is not a man of ideas.
Trump is a man who commands others to come up with solutions and ideas or else they are fired.

He's so pampered and spoiled that he lacks the critical thinking to realize that HE is doing something wrong.

That's why he brought in Ivanka and Jared. That's why he keeps firing WH-people: He thinks he can solve his problems by replacing his underlings with new ones.



Trump's other problem:
Trump doesn't know how to hire good people.
Flynn, Scaramucci, Bannon, Gorka... Those people are unqualified braggarts and Trump hired them BECAUSE they are braggarts. Not because they are good at their job.



Trump's third problem:
He doesn't realize that cheering crowds at campaign-rallies does not translate into political leverage and political support.
Trump needs buy-in from other politicians to move his agenda forward.
He doesn't realize that his cheering supporters don't deliver this buy-in.

[Orrex]

1. It's not what the large popular majority signed up for, either

Hey, I have a solution: get the fuck out of office, you stupid, incompetent hack.

[adigal]

87. Absolutely!!! And I think his problems are simpler

1. He is a malignant narcissist, incapable of seeing the world in any way others than he is the king of it. No compassion, empathy or a clue.

2. He has Alzheimers or some other form of dementia.

There you go!!!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. He was expecting military parades in his honor at this point.

And giant adoring portraits in every town square.

[Scarsdale]

39. He wanted a VP

who wold do HIS job, then tRump could take credit. Remember, Kasich aide was approached by tRump Jr. asking him if Kasich would like to be "the most powerful VP in history?" The aide asked what tRump would be doing while Kasich did his job. Junior smirked and said "Making America great again" tRump was not expecting to have to work. Nobody in that vile family has worked a day in their lousy lives. Grifting is their profession.

[skamaria]

77. The trumps are just the palins with better cash flow!

[TNNurse]

89. Damn, that is good.

[dottie66]

86. Trump once said

he thought the job of President would be easier than his job as a real estate developer.

[dixiegrrrrl]

95. and he has always said, for ages, that he wanted to be a king.

His father told him he was fit to be a king...
Marla Maples said he talked of wanting to be a king
and it seems pretty clear from the way he handles his illegally gotten office that he sees himself as a king.

However, he does not know history, esp. history of over-reaching, tone deaf kings and other rulers.

[The Wielding Truth]

107. ha--ha,hahahahaha What a dolt!

[leftstreet]

3. Give the fucker his participation trophy and send him home

[Brother Buzz]

12. DUzy worthy!

[Maynar]

99. Agreed,

[anneboleyn]

16. Amen, leftstreet

[Alice11111]

36. Yep, w loud applause

[Angry Dragon]

42. +100,000

[VOX]

47. Goddamnit, YES! A large plastic snowflake sprayed with gold Krylon...

"Here's your parting gift. Now, disappear. Completely."

[wryter2000]

59. Bingo

There's an easy way out.

I heard on Stephanie Miller's show that the guy who wrote The Art of the Deal thinks the bozo will resign by the fall.

[adigal]

88. I bet Aug 31st!!!! Howard Stern said this job would be terrible for Trump's mental health

And he was right!!!

[lastlib]

100. A match made in heaven? tRump's mental health....

...is terrible for that job!

[IronLionZion]

63. We can build a Trump statue in Trump Tower and send him home

He doesn't need a presidential library because he doesn't read books.

Fox News and Breitbart can claim he was victorious in making America great again and the job is done.

[dalton99a]

4. Kinda hard to feel sorry for an asshole who's constantly trying to kill you and burn down your house

[yallerdawg]

5. Resign and retire!

What's the point of your presidency, anyway?

"I'm not black or Hillary" only goes so far when you're nothing else.

Golf everyday, order the help around, cackle to yourself as you stiff people on the bill. You don't have to be president to do these things.

[Ellen Forradalom]

6. Two more problems:

1. The Mueller investigation machine is inexorably grinding on and will catch up everyone involved in his campaign; and
2. Trump is creating political opportunities for opponents in and outside of the GOP.

[Alice11111]

37. I fear most Trump Repubs will just dismiss Mueller

as Dems gone wild. Of course, Mueller is a Repub, but facts don't matter. They already say it. That's how they talked DT into letting it go.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. It never stopped for Obama and they had nothing but their prejudices to throw at him.

[Phoenix61]

8. I bet we could get a whole bunch of folks

together to throw him the biggest, most spectacular going away party. Just saying.

[DetlefK]

17. "President Trump, the Democrats are proposing a new national holiday..."

[annabanana]

54. Actually, I like that idea.. "Trump Day"

Once he accepts it and leaves office, we can turn it into a National "Throw Out the Trash Day".. Dump Day, if you will..

[gvstn]

25. If you are going to pitch the idea to him

You had better skip the word "spec-tac-u-lar. At least two too many syllables. Best to stick with "greatest".

[stage left]

110. It would be a great party. The greatest most beautiful party.

Champagne, balloons, lots of confetti, and dancing in the streets. Hell, I'd even bake him a beautiful chocolate cake.

[global1]

9. Do You Think He's Close To Throwing In The Towel?......nt

[ailsagirl]

49. Seems to be showing signs of it

...but with that clod, who can really know?

Stay tuned

[NewJeffCT]

10. He kept firing people throughout his campaign

and he managed to get it close enough for the Russians, the media and the Comey letter to steal. He's just doing more of the same thing now that he's in the White House. Why change if it brought him success before?

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[wiggs]

13. He's not there for the long haul. He will continue to change whatever he can behind the scenes to

advance the billionaire perspective on life in America ....and to undo any and all achievements of the previous administration...and he will continue to suck badly as a person and a president so that a significant portion of the country and world is grateful when he resigns and Pence steps in.

He won't go out a loser. He will be bought off by the RNC, Kochs, Edelsons, and others so that he walks away with huge profits. He and his family will immediately be pardoned by Pence for anything and everything, going back to money laundering, obstruction, and collusion.

He walks away richer and without longstanding legal jeopardy. He is literally not trying to be a good president...it's not the plan.

[catbyte]

81. There's always potential state charges that Pence can't pardon away. The sleazy NY/NJ deals

and the sketchy Trump Tower Moscow were all plotted in NYC, and I can't see any Governor of New York pardoning him & his crime family unless he never wants to be elected to anything ever again.

[MagickMuffin]

14. When is this going to get better?

I can answer your question! When you and your cabal leave office. And a Democrat is in office again!

There easy peasy. Bye-bye!!!

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. trumpy, things will get better when you resign. Do it - now!

[Maven]

18. WHAT. ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

He has done NOTHING except try to destroy what others built through hard work. Oh and GOLFED a fuckton. POS.

[Oneironaut]

23. "He made America great again!" - The standard response

"How?" You ask?

That's when they start calling you a libtard and snowflake.

[niyad]

24. and used the treasury as his personal piggy bank.

[Alice11111]

38. Gorsuch and fed judges...our worst nightmare for eons

[Squinch]

62. My first reaction too. Accomplishments:

[workinclasszero]

19. That poor little snowflake

RESIGN now asshole!

Everybody and his dog knows Trump is a useless piece of trash not fit to be President even Putin does by now!!

Trump couldn't lead his way out of a wet paper sack much less his damned party, this country or the free world in general!

[Oneironaut]

20. I have a hard time believing these reports.

Trump is far too arrogant to care about what anybody thinks. Chances are, he already thinks he's the best President ever. He needs constant praise, sure, but I'm sure he brushes any criticism off as the words of "haters." He has enough arse barnacles in the White House to stroke his ego, I'm sure. No legitimate criticism exists of him. Ever.

He only cares about his cult-like following. If you don't stroke his ego at every turn, you might as well not exist to him. He would prefer that you be dead, and he'll do everything in his power to destroy you. He fires his appointees until he finds someone who always says yes, showers him with praise, and when things go bad, pretends that everything went perfectly (anyone who says otherwise must be destroyed).

He's a textbook sociopath and megalomaniac. His mental state is just fine, I'm sure. He thinks that he's the greatest ever. If anything, he's just angry that the media isn't falling to their knees and kissing his arse, because he's already the best President that will ever exist. He deserves nothing less than constant adoration, flowers thrown at his feet, women fainting in his presence, etc.

[ailsagirl]

71. I think he cares very much

And the reason is he's a major narcissist-- everything revolves around him. And if his fans don't number in the millions, he's bummed.

He's so jealous of President Obama because he (Obama) made it look easy-- and we all know it wasn't. PBO genuinely loved being President but it wasn't an ego trip. He wanted to make positive and constructive changes to our country (and did). He worked long and hard to be the very best.

And he was.

"sigh"

[NastyRiffraff]

80. I have to disagree

His whining, crybaby tweets about how the media is against him and destroying MAGA tells me that he cares very much what everybody says about him. Of course, if it's negative, it's "fake news," but his tweeting rants shows that he's obsessed with what people, especially those in the media, say about him. He reassures himself with pretending people walking out of his campaign-style speech in Phoenix was a big crowd, and he may actually believe that, but I believe he knows he's going down even as he comforts himself with rallies.

[ailsagirl]

91. .....

[Achilleaze]

21. Whiney, greedy, never-served republican a-holes are rarely appreciated

But I do think Americans are finally getting it about Comrade Casino, the Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, and his whiney cabal of colluding republican & russian cronies.

[niyad]

22. the solution is easy, you asshole--two words, "I resign"

WE did not sign up for having a soulless, hateful, lying, cheating, ignorant, racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic, war-and-hate-mongering narcissistic sexual predator in charge, either.

[Thomas Hurt]

26. Sooo, you are saying Trump is pissed he did not get to be the despot he thinks he deserves to be

[Va Lefty]

27. John Cleese on stupidity

Traitor Don too stupid to know he's stupid!

[Goonch]

28. Sad sack of.....

[Demtexan]

105. The lights are on but nobody is home.

Why did he even bother to come.

He could have made his little speech from home.

[LisaM]

29. Newsflash: fear and respect do not go hand in hand.

That's his biggest problem - he doesn't know this. I don't even think he believes half the claptrap he campaigned on. I find it insanely difficult to believe, for example, that he's personally opposed to abortion. I absolutely can't square that with who he is.

[Alice11111]

40. Bullys only know how to create fear

[Dulcinea]

114. He has no ideology.

The only thing he cares about is the protection and promotion of the Trump brand. That's what he is--a brand.

[Johonny]

30. If he wants to be popular he might support one cause or piece of legislation that is actually

popular. If you want to kill Grandma then don't expect to be popular.

[LiberalLovinLug]

65. Exactly

But he is too stupid I now realize. Stupider than I thought. I really thought he was savy enough that his primary persona was just mostly an act to energize his base. And that once he won, he'd then have to put on another act. Like his acting he did on his show where he pretends to make a thoughtful decision, weighing the bad and good qualities of his contestants. (Even though we now know it was staged and decided by the producers)

But he keeps showing us that he can't even understand where he is, and that the primaries and the general elections are over. That the polls now are taken not from the Republican base, but from the entire country, Republicans, Independents, Democrats, and a lot of folks that did not even vote. Its telling when you hear his post Charlottesville statements. So many Republican pundits shaking their heads on TV about how this was a perfect set up, a no brainer. To go out and make a forceful statement against bigotry, racism, and all the organizations that promote it. And that that is not what America is about. (Even if privately he's a flaming racist) He may have even gotten Van Jones or others considered more liberal in the media to call him "Presidential" again.

He could have taken advantage of his position as an "outsider". As someone who decried the paralysis in Washington. He could have ordered, in public, Republicans to work with Democrats (As some are now doing on their own) to keep but help improve the ACA, instead of just throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and thinking it'll be "so easy" to create a new baby. At least after the first efforts failed.

[Richard D]

31. I have an amazing idea for how he could be more appreciated. . .

. . . Resign.

[broadcaster90210]

32. I appreciate what an asshole he is.

Does that not count?

[ffr]

33. Here's to hoping tRump is the next 'nother one [who] bites the dust.'

Another one bites the dust

[Dulcinea]

115. I'd settle for Kellyanne Conway.

I despise that skank with every fiber of my being.

[tymorial]

34. If he resigns we will appreciate the shit out of him nt

[Roland99]

35. Crybaby snowflake

[lark]

41. Trump's worst problem -

himself. He's totally ignorant about policy and doesn't want to know about it. He thinks those are just details, not caring that it's life and death to others (healthcare) or important to the continuation of the good faith of America (debt ceiling and Paris accords). He doesn't give a rats ass about those and how they impact others, he only cares about his own publicity and inner child who wants "Wins".

[spanone]

43. hey don, show us what you're made of....QUIT!

that'll teach us

[tanyev]

44. Poor baby. Take your ball and go home. That would show us!

[Still In Wisconsin]

45. ... but the cheering crowds at rallies may be all that keeps TRUMP from nuking NK just out of pure

frustration. I am really beginning to believe that!

[haveahart]

46. He can always resign.

[ailsagirl]

48. It's a story as old as mankind

Someone thinks that once something significant is attained that his/her life will be perfect

Sorry, drumpf-- that ain't how it works

[C Moon]

50. Trump's fourth problem is that he was hoisted into that position illegally.

[L. Coyote]

51. If you don't feel satisfied being a baseball cap salesman, get a new job!

Try shoe salesman. I hear there's a great future in high heeled shoes.

[Scoopster]

52. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT THEN FUCKING QUIT. n/t

[Cuthbert Allgood]

53. Under appreciated?

He has done basically nothing. There is no legislation passed. Sure, he signed executive orders, but any chimp can do that.

[appleannie1943]

55. Poor baby. Maybe he should grow up and take responsibility for his own actions.

[pangaia]

56. trumper's problem is none of the above..

it is that he is a narcissistic, psychopathic magalomaniac..

He is ignorant, stupid, lazy and...
As it was expressed, "He has a black hole for a soul."



Oh yes, almost forgot, he is an ASSHOLE !

[janx]

57. He looks like a zombie in that pic!!

One hundred years from now, someone will see his ghost, and it'll look exactly like that!

[samnsara]

58. yeah.. WHEN is it gonna get any better DonnieJohn?!

[muntrv]

60. Awwww poor baby!

[vkkv]

61. W-H-I-N-E-R !!!!!!!!!! L-O-S-E-R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Doitnow]

64. Well, then, save our country and LEAVE OFFICE!

[Skittles]

66. all he envisioned was crowds cheering and money pouring in

he forgot it's an actual JOB

[Jopin Klobe]

67. He didn't "sign up for it" ...

... he begged, borrowed, stole and dealt with Russia for it ...

[louis-t]

68. Meanwhile..."What a crowd! What a turnout!"

Asshole.

[stopbush]

69. He's a stupid man's idea of a smart man.

That's it in a nutshell.

[MyOwnPeace]

72. BEST description..........

I've read of him!!!

Says EVERYTHING about him - and those that voted for him!

[JustAnotherGen]

70. Then quit

First little bit of resistance he's ever faced in his life and he feels 'unappreciated'.

[Beartracks]

73. Sad.

[neeksgeek]

74. When is this going to get better?

When you resign!

[Vinca]

75. Don thought the job was more of a monarch type of gig.

And he definitely never thought he'd have to read things, learn things and work!

[Marie Marie]

76. Who knew Presidentin' would be so complicated?

[6000eliot]

78. He is unappriciated because he is unworthy of appreciation.

It's that simple really.

[CapnSteve]

79. Ignore. Upstage. Indict.

How to get rid of Trump:

1) Ignore: The one, best way to hurt Donnie is to ignore him.

2) Upstage: The second best way is to show you are better than him (and ALL of us are better than him!) and steal his spotlight at the same time.

3) Indict: Thanks to Ken Star we know a president can be indicted. Robert Mueller has this task well in hand it will happen.

Ignore. Upstage. Indict.

That is all.

[Warpy]

82. So resign, you bastard, RESIGN.

Do it now and you get Secret Service to use as servants for a few years plus your pension.

Wait too long and you'll be dragged out.

Your choice.

[Still In Wisconsin]

83. My dad is a combat vet (USMC, Korea) and he has a special word for Trump: CANDY ASS.

Dad has never abided whining from anybody (especially his children) but when an entitled ass like TRUMP whines his blood boils. "PRESIDENT CANDY ASS!" he yells. He's an old man now so allowed to yell at his TV. I think the name fits though!

[adigal]

90. LOL! My dad, a Korean war USMC vet too, loved that word!!!!! How funny!!!!

Give your Dad a hug and Semoer Fi from me!

[Dulcinea]

116. My late great-uncle loved that term too!

He served in the Navy during WW2.

[paleotn]

84. No, it's not going to get better...

Welcome the US presidency, dumbass. You know, the toughest job in the world. This guy is so f'ing stupid it burns

[Solly Mack]

85. He knows where the door is, I'm assuming.

[3catwoman3]

92. Too bad. So sad.

Boo-fucking-hoo!

[Blue Owl]

93. Choices, Mr. Trump. Choices.

This is all on your side of the table.

[JHB]

94. Look! There's the door! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!

Obama didn't think you should go through the door! Hear that, Mr. Trump, sir? That Obama didn't think you were good enough to just walk out that door and leave it behind!

[Honeycombe8]

96. He doesn't want to govern well, to persuade, to do good, to bring the country together...

he wants to be FEARED. That's his goal. That's his idea of success.

[dflprincess]

97. Nobody likes him, everybody hates him

perhaps he should eat worms.

[VOX]

98. Cry me a fucking river, Psycho.

Leave. Take your weird family and weird cabinet and weird staff and MAGA by getting the fuck out of our lives.

[CentralMass]

101. I feel his pain and support his resignation.

[oasis]

102. Deplorable Trump trash can't do a thing but cheer for his sorry ass.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

103. Hang on a second... I'm looking for

my very very tiny violin so I can play a very very sad song.

Oh, here it is...

[yuiyoshida]

104. Poor baby, kawai-sou

No sympathy for Donnie two scoops.

[SergeStorms]

106. Oh boy........where to start?

“He feels like this is not what he signed up for, and his accomplishments are being underplayed,” the person added. “He just looks around and says, ‘When is this going to get better?’”

First off, what accomplishments? Other than some presidential signing orders, none of his vaunted agenda has even been proposed to Congress, let alone passed. He's of the opinion that all a president does is to provide a germ of an idea, then Congress is supposed to flesh everything out, come up with all the answers, vote on it, pass it, then submit it to him for a real "dog and pony show" signing ceremony, where he can tell everyone how hard he worked to get this bill passed. That's how stupid and lazy this guy is.

Secondly, "When is this going to get better". Short answer here, Donnie: WHEN YOU GET BETTER. He's a totally unprepared, incompetent fool who puts zero effort into everything he does as president.

Yet another, "I'm the victim" screed from the absolute worst President this country has ever had, and ever will have. He's in so far over his head, the only thing that keeps him from drowning is the abundant amount of air inside his head. Even the staunchest of Trump supporters are starting to believe what everyone has told them all along: He has absolutely no idea what he's doing. Is everyone sick of winning yet?

[klook]

108. He's very much appreciated by the Republicans,

who continue to undo gains made during the Obama years. While everybody's focused on the latest tantrum, blunder, or outrage coming from the Trump sideshow, they're consolidating control over state legislatures, voting processes, law enforcement, environmental regulations, the judiciary, and -- soon -- the 2020 census.

Their only real regret (and it's a big one) is that they haven't yet been able to give billionaires and multinational corporations the superfluous tax breaks they expect. Since this is the true purpose of the Republican Party, they'll keep working on that while we obsess over the careening toddler's reality show.

[Amimnoch]

109. "Trump is not a man of ideas." On this I disagree.

I disagree because that is ALL that he is.. vomiting forth one idea after another as they pop into that sad head of his.

What he completely lacks is any kind of plan to implement any of those ideas. All ideas, no details.

We'll make America great again! well... how exactly?
We'll have the best health care around, and everyone will be covered, and we'll do this by repealing Obamacare! Well... how exactly?
We're going to build a wall, and we're going to make Mexico pay for it!... Well.. how exactly?
We're making the economy great again! Well.. how exactly?

This emperor has no clothes.

[ecstatic]

111. so he truly believes he's had accomplishments?

Delusional as f*ck.

[rickford66]

112. Is there a waiting period for a president to be vested in his/her pension?

There probably isn't, but I can hope.

[roamer65]

113. Then fucking resign, Dump.

Truth is you aren't wanted.