Dana Milbank: The tragedy of Sean Spicer is classic Trump

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Dana Milbank: The tragedy of Sean Spicer is classic Trump

http://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/column/dana-milbank-the-tragedy-of-sean-spicer-is-classic-trump/article_2be6566b-5683-5306-a851-13d45b7b94a2.html



WASHINGTON — ...................

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he does make it to 2020 without impeachment, or the 25th Amendment, blocking his path. Trump has a long history of walking out of disasters unscathed. It’s those around him — the Sean Spicers of the world — who are destroyed.

Alas, poor Spicer! I knew him well.

He was one of the top Republican flacks in town, affable and quick-witted, always happy to dish with reporters off the record. I liked him. I still like him — or at least that Spicer I knew before he answered Donald Trump’s call.

The Spicer who strode into the White House briefing room Monday afternoon I did not recognize. He scanned the room, unsmiling. He furtively checked his watch. He recited a long opening statement carefully and flatly, as if reading from a science textbook. And he had absolutely nothing to say.

President Trump’s hint that he taped conversations with Jim Comey? “I was very clear that the president would have nothing further on that last week.”

The Russia probe generally? “The president’s position’s been very clear.”

And everything else: “I think I’ve made it very clear. … He made it very clear. … It’s been made very clear.”

Spicer was studiously dour and clearly wasn’t enjoying himself. He was puffy, pinched and pale. And little wonder: Trump has sucked the lifeblood out of him. The president turned him into a national punchline on his first day on the job, forcing him to provide “alternative facts” about the inauguration..........................


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At the end of the lifeless performance by the beleaguered spokesman, what was clear is this: His utility to Trump has diminished. And, as many a Trump loyalist has discovered, you are useful to Trump until you are not — and then you are cast aside.

[samnsara]

1. no more SNL spicey??? ohhhhh noooooooo

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Hmmm, where did I put it, oh yeah, there it is...

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

3. Common knowledge that you....

throw out your old spice(r)'s after six months. They just get that stale flavor.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Remember what happened with Scottie McClellan

Sean Spicer would have even more compelling reasons to set the record straight...