Trump furious over leak of warning to not congratulate Putin

[riversedge]

Source: CNN





Updated 9:06 AM ET, Wed March 21, 2018



Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was infuriated after it quickly leaked that he had been directly instructed by his national security advisers in briefing materials not to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent election victory during their call Tuesday morning, a source familiar with the President's thinking said.

Trump was fuming Tuesday night, asking his allies and outside advisers who they thought had leaked the information, noting that only a small group of staffers have access to those materials and would have known what guidance was included for the Putin call, the source said.

According to the source, the incident resurfaces his long-held belief there are individuals inside his administration -- especially in the national security realm -- who are actively working to undermine him.

White House chief of staff John Kelly also is furious that a confidential presidential briefing became public knowledge, a White House official said, and intends to address the matter Wednesday as aides try to figure out who disclosed the warning.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-congratulations/index.html

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Someone is in trouble. te he.

[hlthe2b]

1. my schadenfreude is tempered only by the fear...

of what an already unhinged Trump will do NEXT.

[TheBlackAdder]

20. What's the odds that this fucker leaked it himself--shoving his love of Putin & Russia in our faces?

[hlthe2b]

21. I think that may be likely in order to blame McMaster and thus give reason to fire

[rzemanfl]

2. I think Kelly leaked it. n/t

[riversedge]

11. I wonder if McMaster leaked the information?? I imagine he tires of Trump not listening to his

advise on matters of National Security.

[getagrip_already]

13. now there is a thought.....

Could be, or someone on his staff.

I doubt kelley or mcgann leaked it. And most staffers don't have access to the info, nor would they be personally offended by it to the point they would leak it.

Mcmaster would. So would his senior advisers.

Sad. Very Sad. Is Putin tired of winning yet? It has to be exhausting.

[PJMcK]

3. Poor little snowflake

Every day, there's something that infuriates Trump.

What a miserable man!

[Grassy Knoll]

4. Idiot In Queef Did It...

...To keep his shit show in the news.

[Sancho]

5. Why isn't Kelly furious at tRump??

[jrthin]

6. THIS is an excellent question. nt

[Dave Starsky]

16. There is another thread with nearly the exact same title.

Except this time, it's Kelly who's furious at Trump!

[Trust Buster]

7. Earth to Captain Queeg.

[3Hotdogs]

25. Did som'body steal his strawberries?

[dchill]

35. I think somebody stole his balls.

[3Hotdogs]

36. Well played.

[safeinOhio]

8. Some people thought it was fake news,

until he just confirmed it.

[skypilot]

23. I'm one of those people.

Actually, I didn't think it was fake news as much as I thought it was a joke. I was watching Jimmy Kimmel and he said something about Trump being instructed not to congratulate Putin but going ahead and doing it anyway. I really thought that Kimmel was joking. How much of a tool (Putin's tool) does Trump have to be to not follow an instruction as simple and obvious as that.

[Achilleaze]

9. Dirty Donny* was betrayed by someone who saw that he was betraying America

Justice.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[NastyRiffraff]

10. I think he's right

Someone inside the WH is "actively working to undermine him." And we owe this person our thanks.

[MyOwnPeace]

28. Ha!

Good one!

[PatSeg]

12. Well, at least he is smart enough

to realize that there ARE people in his administration who are actively working to undermine him. He's not totally clueless, just mostly.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. That's great! It will drive his paranoia further, as he suspects the close inner circle.

[PatSeg]

38. I think he'll reach the point

where he won't trust anyone, not even his family. The guy doesn't even have a dog he can turn to, just the sycophants on Fox News, but on some level, he knows that's BS too.

[MyOwnPeace]

31. Oh, Pat..................

you're giving IQ45 WAY too much credit - and it's one of the few times I've EVER heard someone using the phrase "he is smart enough" while talking about IQ45!

[PatSeg]

37. Ha, ha, ha

Well, at certainly wasn't meant to be a compliment! His lack of self-awareness is so overwhelming, I'm surprised when he appears to actually know what is going on around him. Of course, it is possible that he would see people undermining him, even if they weren't.

[erpowers]

14. Putin's Puppet

I assume he is mad because that action give more support to the idea that he is Putin's puppet. Why would he congratulate Putin after his staffers told him not unless he is either under the control of Putin, or he really admires Putin. Either option is bad. As others have pointed out, despite what Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, this White House has condemned other leaders who have won based on supposedly rigged elections. There is a tweet from this administration condemning Nicholas Maduro for the way elections were conducted in Venezuela.

[NCjack]

15. He will call in Dog Sessions to find the leak, and if he fails, Trump will fire him. nt

[brooklynite]

17. According to a leak.....

[left-of-center2012]

18. "the President was not scheduled to be in the West Wing until noon"

He wasn't going to show up for work until Noon?

Was he in bed 'stroking his ego'?

[apnu]

26. As he does every morning in the White House

He watches the blonds on Fox News and strokes his ego.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Mornings are his "executive time" during which he watches TV and tweets.

No, really. He doesn't show up for "work" until at least 11:00.

[MyOwnPeace]

33. So...............

"Was he in bed 'stroking his ego'?"

OK, so that's what he calls it. I've known guys that like to give their "man thing" pet names, but that's the first time I've heard someone naming it "Ego!"

[pwb]

22. So again it's who the leaker is that is the problem? Not that trump is Vlads puppet.

Not that trump ignored national security advice, or spoke to the man dividing our country any way he can. Trump still thinks he is a good man. Business before country for all of our Republican Party from the top down.
My guess is the entire Republican Party is fine with all of this?

[MyOwnPeace]

34. You have a good point..........

it's yet another "diversion" to direct attention away from the basic question: "Who's your daddy, Donny?"

And, yes, we know the answer!

[apnu]

24. So I guess that 'no smartphones, no social media' ban in the WH is working well.

NOT!

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. Jesus fucking christ, right now as I type this SIXTY MILLION AMERICANS

are rooting on and for treason.

Are rooting FOR Putin.

I still cant get over it, it is why I say it all the time.

[Eyeball_Kid]

30. Someone's pissed that Trumpy's a Russian asset. What a surprise.

Tough shit, Trumpy. You're a traitor. You SHOULD get what you deserve, but you're only getting a piece of your punishment. So languish in your rage, Trumpy, and drink your own bile while you're at it.

[tblue37]

32. Probably he told one of his friends during one of his blathering phone calls.

His "friends" leak his blathering all the time, no doubt to bolster their own sense of how important and connected they are.

[murielm99]

39. He has friends?

[tblue37]

40. I didn't mean he has friends. I meant he has "friends." nt

[murielm99]

41. K